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Tuesday, April 10, 2018

“Judiciary Chairman Calls Firing Mueller ‘Suicide’ for Trump; Grassley warns president against firing Mueller or Sessions, notes potential Supreme Court vacancy”: Niels Lesniewski of Roll Call has this report.

Posted at 11:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appellate E-Filing Evolves in the Third Circuit and Pennsylvania State Courts”: This month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column appeared in today’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers.

Posted at 10:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“The First Couple of Trump’s America: Clarence Thomas is moving closer to the right-wing fringe; His wife Ginni is already there.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 8:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“A year on the bench: High profile cases may pull Neil Gorsuch in different directions; Disputes over public unions and gay rights could put the newest justice’s judicial philosophy at odds with his conservatism.” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

Posted at 7:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“State attorney general, environmental group to appeal decision on Trump’s border wall”: Greg Moran of The San Diego Union-Tribune has this report.

Posted at 1:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Neil Gorsuch thrills conservatives in first year on Supreme Court”: Melissa Quinn of the Washington Examiner has this report.

Posted at 1:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“President Donald J. Trump Announces Twelfth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Twelfth Wave of United States Attorneys, and Sixth Wave of United States Marshals”: The White House issued this news release today.

For the federal appellate courts, the nominees consist of two individuals (one from New Jersey and the other from Pennsylvania) for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and one individual (from Georgia) for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. I will link to news coverage of these nominations later today.

Posted at 9:59 AM by Howard Bashman