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Friday, November 17, 2017

“Four Thoughts on the Briefing in Carpenter v. United States”: Orin Kerr has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

Posted at 5:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why is the American Bar Association changing how it reviews potential judges? Experience, not ideology, is what the ABA should focus on.” Ronald A. Cass has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 1:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“Former inmate gets second chance from state Supreme Court”: Andrew Binion of The Kitsap (Wash.) Sun has this report.

Austin Jenkin of Northwest Public Radio reports that “Prison Inmate Turned Law Graduate Gets Day In Court In Fight To Become Lawyer.

And online at The Atlantic, Josh Jacobs has an article headlined “Why It’s Difficult for Former Inmates to Become Lawyers; State bar associations often have ambiguous character requirements that preclude their admission.”

Posted at 1:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Conservative group with major role in picking Trump judicial nominees proposes court-packing scheme; They aren’t even being subtle”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at ThinkProgress.

The essay reports on a memorandum written by law professor Steven G. Calabresi and Shams Hirji titled “Proposed Judgeship Bill.”

Earlier this week, Calabresi and Hirji had an essay titled “Republicans Should Expand the Federal Courts; Judges face a ‘crisis in volume’ — and Trump would appoint the new ones” online at National Review.

Posted at 10:48 AM by Howard Bashman



“Grassley shouldn’t be Trump’s errand boy in takeover of courts; Grassley should stand up for justice, independence”: The Des Moines Register has published this editorial.

Posted at 10:40 AM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s Flurry Of Judge Appointments Will Reshape Judiciary”: That was the title of Wednesday’s broadcast of “On Point” with Tom Ashbrook on WBUR Radio. You can listen to the audio via this link.

Posted at 10:35 AM by Howard Bashman



“Wireless carriers on mute as U.S. top court hears big privacy case”: Lawrence Hurley and Dustin Volz of Reuters have this report.

Posted at 10:32 AM by Howard Bashman