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Sunday, July 9, 2017

“The Generational Significance of the Travel Ban Cases: The Supreme Court could leave a legacy as enduring as Brown v Board of Education.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 9:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“All the President’s Lawyers: Donald Trump’s life and career have been defined by his legal battles; But do the attorneys who guided him through the courtrooms of New York and New Jersey know how to navigate Washington?” Jonathan Mahler has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times Magazine.

Posted at 7:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Canada Apologizes and Pays Millions to Citizen Held at Guantanamo Bay”: In Saturday’s edition of The New York Times, Ian Austen had an article that begins, “The government of Canada on Friday formally apologized to Omar Khadr, the only Canadian imprisoned at the United States military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.”

And Robert Fife and Jeff Gray of The Toronto Globe and Mail report that “Federal government officially apologizes to Omar Khadr.”

Posted at 7:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Kennedy, Don’t Retire”: Carl Reiner has this essay in the SundayReview section of today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 7:33 PM by Howard Bashman