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Sunday, April 22, 2018

“On the so-called ‘Global Injunction’ question in the Travel Ban case”: Marty Lederman has this post at the “Balkinization” blog.

Posted at 11:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“Drop noted in debates before Arkansas’ high court”: John Moritz has this front page article in today’s edition of The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

According to the article, “The highest court has granted fewer than a quarter of the requests for oral arguments it has considered in 2018, at least a four-year low, according to an analysis of court records.”

Posted at 10:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Government ministers to vote on bill to override Supreme Court decisions”: Lahav Harkov of The Jerusalem Post has this report.

Posted at 8:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Meet the prosecutor experts say could be Robert Mueller’s Supreme Court closer”: Lauren Pearle of ABC News has this report.

Posted at 8:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“In travel ban case, Supreme Court considers ‘the president’ vs. ‘this president'”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Rosenstein Takes a Pause — to Argue a Case Before the Supreme Court; The deputy attorney general, amid political uproar over Russian probe, will represent government in sentencing case; a package from the White House”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 8:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“A how-to guide for suing websites that allow private gun deals”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has a post that begins, “A state appellate court in Wisconsin ruled Thursday that the daughter of a woman killed in a mass shooting at a beauty salon can sue the online weapons-dealing site Armslist.com for allowing the gunman to obtain a weapon.”

My earlier coverage of Thursday’s ruling of the Court of Appeals of Wisconsin can be accessed here.

Posted at 8:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“She slipped on a puddle in a Boise Walmart. Her lawsuit reached the Supreme Court.” Audrey Dutton of The Idaho Statesman has this report.

Posted at 9:40 AM by Howard Bashman



“Statehouse Beat: Audit of Supreme Court justices raises eyebrows, questions.” Phil Kabler of The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette-Mail has this report.

Posted at 9:38 AM by Howard Bashman



“Former Supreme Court justices drew roadmap for McDonald defeat”: In today’s edition of The Connecticut Post, Ken Dixon has a front page article that begins, “Two former state Supreme Court justices worked behind the scenes to help kill Justice Andrew J. McDonald’s candidacy for chief justice, Hearst Connecticut Media has learned.”

Posted at 9:35 AM by Howard Bashman



“Fifth Circuit’s Judge Ho Quotes Clarence Thomas in First Opinion”: Melissa Heelan Stanzione of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Posted at 9:22 AM by Howard Bashman



“At Supreme Court, Originalism’s Illusory Promise Exposed”: Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

Posted at 9:18 AM by Howard Bashman