“Meet Kellyanne Conway’s husband”: Mari A. Schaefer of The Philadelphia Inquirer has a blog post that begins, “As President Trump continues to fill key positions in his staff, one name floated about for solicitor general is that of George T. Conway III, husband of Kellyanne Conway, the counselor to the president.”
“Scalia: Portrait of a Man & Jurist.” The Federalist Society today has posted on YouTube this excerpt from the forthcoming the feature-length documentary, “Scalia: Portrait of a Man & Jurist.”
“Justice Samuel Alito’s remarks at the Claremont Institute, 2/11/2017”: “SCOTUSMap” has this post today. Because this does not appear to be an authorized video recording, those wishing to view the video should do so soon, before the video permanently disappears.
Update on February 14, 2017 at 9:54 a.m.: As predicted, the YouTube videos are no longer accessible.
Seventh Circuit denies petition for review challenging removal of alien who violated federal law by voting in two federal elections: You can access today’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.
“Iowa State University loses appeal in marijuana T-shirt case”: David Pitt of The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.
“Justice Thurgood Marshall’s Legacy: Former law clerks to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall spoke about his legacy.” C-SPAN has posted online the video of this program, which featured Justice Elena Kagan as a panelist.
“The Federalist Paper: The Publication Neil Gorsuch Helped Found at Columbia; Gorsuch has been a sensible voice for conservatism in liberal circles since his college years.” National Review has recently republished online this article written by D. Keith Mano, which originally appeared 20 years ago in the February 13, 1987 issue of that magazine.
“On Living Well: Five Lessons from Antonin Scalia; His former law clerk recalls the legendary Supreme Court justice on the anniversary of his death.” Ryan J. Walsh has this essay online today at National Review.
“I’m a moderate for Gorsuch: Former law clerk; He pushed us for research and didn’t bring preconceptions into the courtroom.” Jessica Greenstone has this essay online at USA Today.
“The Vulnerabilities in the Ninth Circuit’s Executive-Order Decision”: Jeffrey Toobin has this post online at The New Yorker.
Also online at The New Yorker, John Cassidy has a related post titled “An Encouraging First Victory Over Trumpery.”
“How a 1993 Supreme Court ruling on Santeria’s animal sacrifices helped halt Trump’s travel bans”: Jason Silverstein of The New York Daily News has this report.
“SJC nominee ‘enamored’ with state Constitution”: Jim O’Sullivan of The Boston Globe has this report.
And State House News Service reports that “SJC nominee Elspeth Cypher may offer ‘centrist’ outlook.”
“Protecting consumers from swindlers; How ‘fake facts’ make millions for class-action lawyers”: Theodore H. Frank has this essay online at The Washington Times.
“Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Anti-Immigrant Sentiment ‘Disheartening’; The U.S. Supreme Court Justice, in Honolulu for a UH law school program, spoke to high school students Saturday.” Anita Hofschneider of Honolulu Civil Beat has this report.
“Del.’s longest-serving Supreme Court justice to retire”: Jessica Masulli Reyes of The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware has this report.
“Cheshire Killer Komisarjevsky Asks State Supreme Court For New Trial”: Dave Altimari of The Hartford Courant has this report.
“Georgia Supreme Court to consider appeal in Six Flags beating case; Appeals court previously threw out $35M judgment”: This front page article appears in today’s edition of The Marietta (Ga.) Daily Journal.
“Supreme Court nominee has defended free speech, religion”: Jeff Donn and Geoff Mulvihill of The Associated Press have this report.
“Why Trump Has Declared War on the Judiciary: He’s making things awkward for his SCOTUS nominee and hurting his chances in court; What’s his endgame?” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“What Alex Kozinski Thinks About the Ninth Circuit’s Close-Up and Making Courts More Accessible”: Ross Todd of The Recorder has this report.
“Gorsuch Not Easy to Pigeonhole on Gay Rights, Friends Say”: Sheryl Gay Stolberg will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.
Sunday’s edition of The New York Times will also contain the new installment of Carl Hulse’s “On Washington” column, headlined “In Neil Gorsuch’s Confirmations, Parsing the Meaning of ‘Yes.’”
“Standing up for ‘so-called’ law”: Law school deans Martha Minow and Robert Post have this essay online at The Boston Globe.
“Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Pick Came Of Age In A Very Different Republican Party; It’s easy to imagine an alternate universe where Neil Gorsuch became a Never Trumper”: Ben Walsh of The Huffington Post has this report.
“Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch Scales Back Description of Pro Bono Work at Harvard; President Donald Trump had highlighted that work when he introduced his nominee”: Beth Reinhard of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
“Fixing Trump Executive Order’s Legal Problems Is No Easy Task”: Greg Stohr and David Voreacos of Bloomberg News have this report.
“9th Circuit to Trump: Rhetoric matters.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.
“‘Disgraceful!’ Trump Won’t Stop Attacking The Federal Judiciary.” Caitlin MacNeal of TPM DC has this report.
“What Neil Gorsuch Was Trying to Tell America When He Criticized Trump”: Bruce Allen Murphy has this post at Forbes.com.
“Here’s How Neil Gorsuch Became Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee; US Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch submitted his formal questionnaire to the Senate Judiciary Committee, answering questions about his past decisions and providing new details about the events leading up to his nomination”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.
“The Statutory Legality of Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration: Part IV.” Josh Blackman has this blog post today, in part responding to a post by Ian Samuel that I linked to this morning.
“Feds drop request to rein in ban on Obama transgender policy”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this blog post today.
“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: ‘So Absurd That It Hardly Requires a Response.'” Aaron Nielson has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.
“‘See the Sights of Terminal 4!’ A Reply to Section 1182(f) Enthusiasts.” Ian Samuel has this guest post today at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.
“A Flawed Restraining of a Flawed Order”: Law professor (and former Tenth Circuit judge) Michael McConnell has this post at the “Defining Ideas” blog of the Hoover Institution.
“As Trump tweets, legal community turns eyes to John Roberts”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.