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Thursday, February 9, 2017
Wednesday, February 8, 2017

“Supreme Court Nominee Calls Trump’s Attacks on Judiciary ‘Demoralizing'”: Julie Hirschfeld Davis of The New York Times has this report.

Abby Phillip, Robert Barnes, and Ed O’Keefe of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch says Trump’s attacks on judiciary are ‘demoralizing.’”

Beth Reinhard of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch Calls Trump’s Comments on Judiciary ‘Demoralizing’; Comment made in closed-door meeting with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, confirmed by confirmation team.”

And Josh Dawsey and Seung Min Kim of Politico.com report that “Gorsuch calls Trump’s judge attacks ‘demoralizing’ and ‘disheartening’; The Supreme Court nominee breaks with the president who selected him eight days after he was nominated.”

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“Supreme Court Nominee Calls Trump’s Judicial Attacks ‘Demoralizing’; ‘Disheartening’ and ‘demoralizing,’ Judge Neil Gorsuch says of President Trump’s comments in recent days”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report.

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“Record Audience for Appeals Court’s Hearing on Trump Travel Ban”: Brent Kendall has this post at WSJ.com’s “Washington Wire” blog.

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“U.S. Supreme Court puts off action on major class action dispute”: Lawrence Hurley and Robert Iafolla of Reuters have this report.

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“The travel ban hearing: an important legal battle in a larger constitutional war; Whichever side loses will almost certainly seek immediate review in the US supreme court — the implications for the US and the world are extraordinary.” Joshua Matz has this essay online at The Guardian (UK).

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“What’s at Stake in a Supreme Court Ruling in the Trump Immigration Battle?” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

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“A Filibuster on a Supreme Court Nomination Is So Rare It’s Only Worked Once”: Elizabeth King of Time magazine has this report.

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“Trump’s own words a factor on immigration ban’s legal fate?” Lyle Denniston has this post at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

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“Younger Supreme Court appointees stay on the bench longer, but there are plenty of exceptions”: Kristen Bialik and John Gramlich of Pew Research Center have this report.

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“Gorsuch in the Mainstream: He was upheld at the Supreme Court in seven of eight cases.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

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“Travel ban: Local attorneys say feds got tough questions from judges, but so did the state.” Nina Shapiro of The Seattle Times has this report.

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Tuesday, February 7, 2017

“Checks? Never Heard of Them. Balances? Forget About It. Donald Trump’s unnerving belief that the judiciary’s purpose is to stay out of his way.” Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

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“Appeals Court Panel Appears Skeptical of Trump’s Travel Ban”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Matt Zapotosky and Robert Barnes of The Washington Post report that “Federal appeals court weighs Trump immigration order.”

Maura Dolan and Jaweed Kaleem of The Los Angeles Times report that “Judges sharply question attorneys for both sides on Trump’s travel ban.”

Alan Gomez and Richard Wolf of USA Today report that “Federal appeals court skeptical of Trump’s travel ban.”

Devlin Barrett, Brent Kendall, and Aruna Viswanatha of The Wall Street Journal report that “Court Grills Lawyers on Donald Trump’s Immigration Order; Judges fired tough questions at both sides in hearing over Trump’s travel ban, promising a quick ruling.”

Dan Levine and Emily Stephenson of Reuters report that “Judges press Trump administration on travel ban.”

Sudhin Thanawala of The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court hammers on government arguments for travel ban.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico.com reports that “Court dubious of government arguments on Trump’s travel ban; A federal appeals court is the next major legal test for the president’s executive order barring refugees and visitors from seven Muslim countries.”

Ariane de Vogue and Laura Jarrett of CNN.com have a report headlined “Travel ban hearing: fiery judges put lawyers on their heels.”

And Chris Geidner and Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News report that “Appeals Court Judges Skeptical Of Justice Department Arguments In Support Of Reinstating Ban; The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard one hour of arguments over the temporary restraining order against President Trump’s refugee and travel ban.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted the video of the oral argument on YouTube at this link.

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“Federal judges are rarely heard in real-time outside the courtroom. For Trump’s travel ban hearing, you can listen live.” Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

Of course, it’s just business as usual for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

At 6 p.m. eastern time, the oral argument of this matter will be streamed live on YouTube via this link. As of the time of this post, the oral argument of other cases is being live-streamed now by the Ninth Circuit on YouTube at this link.

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“Trump Team Shuffles Lawyers in Hours Before Travel Ban Hearing”: Greg Farrell and Tom Schoenberg of Bloomberg News have this report.

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“Implementing Obergefell: Who Decides the Scope of a Newly Minted Right?” Mark Pulliam has this post today at the blog of the Library of Law and Liberty.

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“What is the Trumpian view of the Constitution?” Eric Posner has a blog post that begins, “I’m looking for someone who will provide a legal or constitutional defense of Trump’s attack on the courts.”

Posted at 4:33 PM by Howard Bashman