“Grassley schedules judicial hearings despite ‘blue slip’ concerns; Hearing for David Stras and Kyle Duncan set for Nov. 29”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.
Stephen Montemayor of The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that “U.S. Senate will proceed with stalled nomination of Minnesota’s Stras for Appeals Court; Over Sen. Al Franken’s objections, panel to go ahead with judge nomination hearing.”
And Bryn Stole of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisana reports that “Federal Fifth Circuit nominee from Louisiana to get hearing, despite lack of endorsement from Sen. John Kennedy.”
“This ex-Fidelity worker won at the Supreme Court. Now a Boston jury will decide if she is a true whistle-blower.” Columnist Shirley Leung has this essay online at The Boston Globe.
“Snyder expected to name Chief Legal Counsel Beth Clement to Michigan Supreme Court”: Paul Egan of The Detroit Free Press has this report.
“She’s fought gerrymandering and voter ID. Now she wants a NC Supreme Court seat.” Anne Blythe of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report.
“Supreme Court Ruling Could Limit Workplace Harassment Claims, Advocates Say”: Yuki Noguchi had this audio segment on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
“Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch to speak at Stockton”: Claire Lowe of The Atlantic City Press has this report.
“Trudeau’s Supreme Court pick tangled in race, gender politics”: Sean Fine of The Toronto Globe & Mail has this news analysis.
“Democrats Just Lost One Of The Only Ways They Could Block Trump’s Judicial Nominees”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.
“Grassley rips up ‘blue slip’ for a pair of Trump court picks”: Seung Min Kim of Politico.com has this report.
“As judiciary nominees come quick, Democrats cry foul”: David Shortell of CNN.com has this report.
“Same-sex marriage foes stick together despite long odds”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
“Senate quickens pace of approving Trump judicial picks”: Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.
Second Circuit Chief Judge Robert A. Katzmann and Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton spoke at the National Constitution Center earlier today about “Federal Judges, Statutory Construction, and Federalism“: You can view the video of the discussion on YouTube via this link.
“Hargan v. Garza And The (Near) Future Of Abortion Access”: Leah Litman has this post at the “Take Care” blog.
“Free speech at the Supreme Court: The justices dive into new abortion controversy; Can a state require pro-life pregnancy centres to alert women of government-funded abortions?” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.
“ABA committee member provides context to ‘you guys’ comment in Grasz interview”: Debra Cassens Weiss has this post online at ABA Journal.
“Late Discovered Conflicts at SCOTUS Show Need for New Checks”: Kimberly Robinson of Bloomberg BNA has this report.
