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Friday, March 9, 2018

“Thurgood Marshall remembered by Justice Kagan and other former clerks”: Jon Levitan has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

Posted at 1:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Join the Ohio Lawyers Chapters of the Federalist Society for our Second Annual Ohio Conference on April 6, 2018”: You can view the program and speakers for this day-long event via this link.

Posted at 11:56 AM by Howard Bashman



“Wisconsin high court candidates Rebecca Dallet and Michael Screnock divided over guns, NRA”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

Posted at 8:52 AM by Howard Bashman



“The endangered GOP senator who thinks Justice Kennedy could save him; In audio obtained by POLITICO, Nevada’s Dean Heller predicts an imminent high court vacancy and calls some of Trump’s tweets ‘crazy'”: Burgess Everett of Politico has this report.

Posted at 8:46 AM by Howard Bashman



“How the Supreme Court is Expanding the Immigrant Detention System: Last week, the justices set a grim precedent for civil rights.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 8:40 AM by Howard Bashman



Thursday, March 8, 2018

“Lakeland’s Canady named chief justice of Florida Supreme Court”: Suzie Schottelkotte of The Ledger of Lakeland, Florida has this report.

Posted at 9:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump DOJ facing showdown with China in U.S. Supreme Court case”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

Posted at 8:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal judicial picks have become more contentious, and Trump’s are no exception”: John Gramlich of the Pew Research Center has this report.

Posted at 4:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“My Spring Break of Service: How I Unexpectedly Worked on a US Supreme Court Case.” The University of Chicago Law School has posted online this essay by law student Andrew Hosea.

Posted at 3:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Second Amendment Does Not Transcend All Others: Its text and context don’t ensure an unlimited individual right to bear any kind and number of weapons by anyone.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 3:30 PM by Howard Bashman



Wednesday, March 7, 2018

“The New Challenge to Obamacare: Is this a chance for the Supreme Court to correct its constitutional mistake?” Randy Barnett has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 7:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“When Opposites Attract Ideology Falls to the Wayside”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

Posted at 5:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“RBG — Official Trailer”: Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing have posted this video on YouTube. You can access the movie’s official website at this link. The movie’s release date is May 4, 2018.

Posted at 3:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Colorado Supreme Court’s chief justice to retire in June, giving Hickenlooper a fifth pick for the seven-judge panel; Nancy E. Rice was appointed to the Colorado Supreme Court in 1998”: Jesse Paul of The Denver Post has this report.

Posted at 2:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Teenagers Defeat Trump’s Move to Kill Climate Change Lawsuit”: Kartikay Mehrotra of Bloomberg News has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

Update: In other coverage, Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “U.S. loses bid to halt children’s climate change lawsuit.”

And Zahra Hirji of BuzzFeed News reports that “The US Government Just Lost Another Attempt To Stop Kids From Suing Over Climate Change.”

Posted at 2:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Now we know why defense attorneys quit the USS Cole case. They found a microphone.” Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has a report that begins, “Lawyers for the alleged USS Cole bombing mastermind quit the capital case after discovering a microphone in their special client meeting room and were denied the opportunity to either talk about or investigate it, the Miami Herald has learned.”

Posted at 1:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. appeals court says Title VII covers transgender workers”: Daniel Wiessner and Jonathan Stempel of Reuters have this report on a ruling that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.

Update: In other coverage, Dominic Holden of BuzzFeed News reports that “A Federal Court Just Rejected A Funeral Home’s Religious Objections To Employing A Transgender Woman; This is the first ruling of its type by a federal appeals court.”

Posted at 1:40 PM by Howard Bashman