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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

“William Howard Taft and the Constitution”: The National Constitution Center has posted the video of this event from earlier this evening on YouTube.

I recently received a second review copy of Jeffrey Rosen’s new book, making me think that perhaps a give-away contest for interested readers of this blog may be in order.

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“Appeals court considers ‘how long is too long’ in challenge to Guantanamo detention”: Ann E. Marimow and Missy Ryan of The Washington Post have this report.

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“Federal appeals court upholds Utah’s controversial election law”: Dennis Romboy of The Deseret News has this report.

Lee Davidson and Dan Harrie of The Salt Lake Tribune report that “10th Circuit Court rules against Utah Republican Party’s attempt to overturn signature-gathering election law.”

And Michelle L. Price of The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court rules against Utah GOP, upholds nominating law.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit at this link.

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“Commander v. Chief: The lessons of Eisenhower’s civil-rights struggle with his chief justice Earl Warren.” Michael O’Donnell has this book review in the April 2018 issue of The Atlantic.

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“UCI Law presents The Supreme Court’s Past, Present and Future, a conversation with UCLA Law Prof. Adam Winkler and UCI Law Prof. Rick Hasen to discuss their newly released books”: The event will be livestreamed via this link beginning at 8:30 p.m. eastern time tonight.

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“Chief Justice Roberts Is Reshaping The First Amendment”: Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux has this post at FiveThirtyEight.

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“Even tort reformers can’t abide 9th Circuit’s notorious Hyundai ruling”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

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“Supreme Court Warily Eyes California Law Involving Abortion and Free Speech”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court questions California law requiring antiabortion centers to disclose that the state provides abortion services.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “California disclosure law for pregnancy centers faces skeptical questions in Supreme Court.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court skeptical of California law requiring information about abortion.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court questions crisis pregnancy center law.”

Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley of Reuters report that “U.S. high court skeptical toward California law on anti-abortion centers.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Supreme Court hostile to part of California law aimed at ‘crisis pregnancy centers’; Justices troubled by provisions forcing advertising disclosures on anti-abortion advocates.”

And in commentary, Ian Millhiser of ThinkProgress has an essay titled “A law targeting deceptive anti-abortion clinics had a brutal day in the Supreme Court; The best case scenario for pro-choice advocates is a narrow opinion.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, No. 16-1140.

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“Scrunchies, Scourge of the 1980s, Are Back; The puffy hair accessory is now making appearances at work, raising questions about its place in the office; Justice Ginsburg’s decision”: Katherine Bindley will have this front page article in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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“The Supreme Court Will Decide Whether California Can Require ‘Crisis Pregnancy Centers’ To Post Information On Abortions”: Ema O’Connor and Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News have this report.

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