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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

“Gorsuch’s writings borrow from other authors; The White House rejects any suggestion of impropriety”: John Bresnahan and Burgess Everett of Politico.com have this report.

Posted at 11:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Demystifying Differences Between this SCOTUS Confirmation and Others That Preceded It”: Adam Feldman has this post today at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

Posted at 8:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“LGBT employees protected from workplace discrimination, appeals court rules”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.

The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Civil Rights Law covers LGBT workplace bias.”

And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Federal Appeals Court Issues Historic Ruling In Favor Of Job Protections For Gay Workers; The court ruled that sexual orientation discrimination is illegal under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Judge Diane Wood called it a ‘common-sense reality that it is actually impossible to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation without discriminating on the basis of sex.’

You can access today’s en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

Posted at 7:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Mississippi Religious-Freedom Law Debated in Fifth Circuit”: Erik De La Garza of Courthouse News Service has this report.

Dominic Holden of BuzzFeed News has an article headlined “LGBT Rights Are Still Up For Debate Inside This Texas Courtroom; Same-sex couples have the right to marry; Do people and businesses who disagree with them — or with transgender people’s gender identity — have the right refuse any of them service?

And in commentary, online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “The Nation’s Worst Anti-Gay Bill Goes on Trial: A federal court scrutinizes Mississippi’s HB 1523, which protects the ‘religious freedom’ of people discriminating against the LGBTQ community” and an essay titled “Mississippi’s Anti-LGBTQ Lawyers Are Gaslighting Their Opponents in Court.”

You can access via this link (88.9 MB mp3 audio file) the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Posted at 1:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“How Gorsuch Could Pull the Eight Other Justices Rightward”: Justin Wolfers has this post today at “The Upshot” blog of The New York Times.

Posted at 1:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Pattern of misstated facts found in probe of renowned federal judge’s opinions”: Emily Hoerner and Rick Tulsky of Injustice Watch have this report.

Posted at 12:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Cincinnati Law Dean Is Put on Leave After Proposing Ways to Cut Budget”: Elizabeth Olson has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 10:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“Democrats’ Vow to Filibuster Ensures Bitter Fight Over Gorsuch”: Matt Flegenheimer has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times. Charlie Savage has an article headlined “The Senate Filibuster, Explained.” Linda Qiu reports that “In Gorsuch Confirmation Battle, Both Sides Spin and Mislead.” And in commentary, columnist David Leonhardt has an op-ed titled “How to End the Politicization of the Courts.”

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Ed O’Keefe and Elise Viebeck have a front page article headlined “Democrats secure enough votes to block Gorsuch, setting stage for ‘nuclear’ option.” In commentary, the newspaper contains an editorial titled “The Senate is on the brink of a historic mistake.” And columnist Ruth Marcus has an op-ed titled “A (probably futile) plea for sanity in the Senate.”

Lisa Mascaro of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Senators work quietly on long-shot bid for compromise as Democrats secure votes to filibuster Gorsuch.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch clears committee as Democrats vow filibuster.”

In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Byron Tau has a front page article headlined “Democrats Have Votes to Block Neil Gorsuch, Sparking Rule-Change Fight; Forty-one ‘no’ votes could set up Republican move to end filibuster on Supreme Court nominees.”

In today’s edition of The Washington Times, Alex Swoyer has a front page article headlined “Senate gears up for historic, bitter battle over Gorsuch.”

And in today’s edition of The Denver Post, Mark K. Matthews has a front page article headlined “Senate Judiciary committee advances Neil Gorsuch nomination as filibuster threat looms; In break from party, Michael Bennet of Colorado says he won’t support filibuster.”

Posted at 10:36 AM by Howard Bashman



“Records show deep ties between FBI and Best Buy computer technicians looking for child porn”: Tom Jackman has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 10:07 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Denies New Hampshire Bid to Restore Ballot Selfies Ban; Court rejects request by state to review September ruling by a federal appeals court that toppled the ban”: Joe Palazzolo has this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 10:02 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to Weigh if Firms Can Be Sued in Human Rights Cases”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes has an article headlined “Supreme Court to weigh corporations’ liability in human rights violations abroad.”

And in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Brent Kendall has an article headlined “Supreme Court to Consider Corporate Liability in U.S. for Violating International Law; Court to review appeal by a group of litigants from Israel and other nations, alleging Jordan-based Arab Bank provided financial services to terror groups.”

Posted at 9:57 AM by Howard Bashman



“Paul Kane on Senate Rules and Supreme Court Justice Confirmation Vote”: This video segment appeared on today’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal.”

Posted at 9:36 AM by Howard Bashman