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Sunday, April 16, 2017

“May it please the court: an alumna’s journey to the Supreme Court.” Sonali Seth of The Daily Trojan, the student newspaper of the University of Southern California, has this report.

Posted at 10:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Will Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch recuse himself on his first day on the job?” Cody Derespina of FoxNews.com has this report.

Posted at 10:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“A civility award for the Supreme Court’s odd couple”: Columnist Michael McGough recently had this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 8:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“When the separation of church and state leads to children with scraped knees”: Columnist George F. Will has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 8:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch is no Antonin Scalia”: Online at The San Jose Mercury News, attorney Christian Mammen has an essay that begins, “I am a proud Berkeley liberal. I have lived in the Bay Area for the past 20 years, and have been a registered Democrat since college. I have also known Neil Gorsuch for over 20 years, since we were graduate students at Oxford, churning out our dissertations in the Law Library.”

Posted at 8:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Playground of Liberty: An important church-state case at the Supreme Court centers on tire scraps repurposed for kids’ play areas.” Slate has posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick.

Posted at 7:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court, with Gorsuch, set to hear church-state case”: Mark Sherman and Maria Danilova of The Associated Press have this report.

Posted at 10:56 AM by Howard Bashman