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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

“SCOTUS Travel Ban Argument Post-Mortem and the Surprising Relevance of Korematsu”: Michael Dorf has this post at “Dorf on Law.”

Posted at 11:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Rick Scott wins round as appeals court blocks rejection of felons’ voting rights system; Decision leaves current vote restoration system in place — for now”: Steve Bousquet of The Tampa Bay Times has this report.

Gray Rohrer of The Orlando Sentinel reports that “Appeals court delays changes in felon voting-rights system.”

Gary Fineout of The Associated Press reports that “Federal court sides with Florida in voting rights battle.”

Sam Levine of HuffPost reports that “Federal Court Says Florida Can Hold Off On New System For Restoring Voting Rights; Florida is just one of four states that permanently disenfranchises people who commit a felony.”

And the News Service of Florida reports that “Appeals court grants Gov. Scott,Cabinet reprieve on revamping felon voting rights process.”

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

Posted at 11:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why Justice Kennedy Might Still Write the Court’s Opinion in the Wisconsin Partisan Gerrymandering Case”: Richard Pildes has this post at the “Election Law Blog.”

Posted at 11:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Liberals on top U.S. court ask if Trump travel waivers just ‘window dressing'”: Mica Rosenberg and Dan Levine of Reuters have this report.

Posted at 10:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Democrats confront Texas nominee to federal appeals court”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has this report.

Nicole Cobler of The Dallas Morning News reports that “Trump judge nominees from Texas grilled about political bias by Senate panel.”

Emma Platoff of The Texas Tribune reports that “At confirmation hearing, federal judicial nominee defends impartiality; Andrew Oldham, a nominee for an influential federal appeals court, asserted during a U.S. Senate committee hearing Wednesday that the positions he took on behalf of Texas would not influence his work as a judge.”

And Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service reports that “Fifth Circuit Nominee Says Past Advocacy Won’t Follow Him to Bench.”

You can view the video of today’s hearing for judicial nominees of the Senate Judiciary Committee via this link.

Posted at 9:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court hears appeal: Do Phoenix wedding invitation designers have to serve gay couples?” Jessica Boehm of The Arizona Republic has this report.

Posted at 9:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Law Students Argue Prisoner’s Religious Liberty Case Before U.S. Court of Appeals”: Helen Clarke Ebert of the University of St. Thomas School of Law has this report.

Posted at 9:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“State supreme court to decide limits of LGBTQ rights in Missouri”: Rachel Lippmann of St. Louis Public Radio has this report.

Posted at 9:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“How a Supreme Court fight over vitamin C holds a key to what Chinese law means in America; Highest US court to rule on whether it should defer to China’s own view of its law in anti-trust hearings”: Robert Delaney of The South China Morning Post has this report.

Posted at 9:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Star in conservative legal circles, Baton Rouge’s Kyle Duncan confirmed to Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals”: Bryn Stole has this front page article in today’s edition of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Posted at 8:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Same-day audio should be standard for the Supreme Court”: Columnist Michael McGough has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 8:46 PM by Howard Bashman



In Bashman news from Minnesota: Jake Judd of KNSI Radio of St. Cloud reports that “Bat Used To Bash Man In Head.” Now that baseball season is here, it’s understandable that more attention is being paid to the implement of crime rather than its victim.

Posted at 6:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Thanks for Nothing, Supreme Court. You Left Patents a Mess. A far more radical approach is needed to balance the needs of tech companies, drug makers, universities and inventors.” Joe Nocera has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

Posted at 2:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Key Justices Seem Skeptical of Challenge to Trump’s Travel Ban”: Adam Liptak and Michael D. Shear of The New York Times have this report.

Robert Barnes, Ann E. Marimow, and Matt Zapotosky of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court’s conservative justices appear to back Trump’s authority for travel ban.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court seems headed toward upholding Trump’s third try at a travel ban.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court shows support for President Trump’s immigration travel ban.”

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Trump’s tweets front and center as Supreme Court heats travel ban.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Trump seems likely to win travel ban case at Supreme Court.”

Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung of Reuters report that “U.S. Supreme Court leans toward upholding Trump’s travel ban.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Trump Travel Ban Gets Support From Key Justices at Supreme Court.”

Ariane de Vogue and Saba Hamedy of CNN report that “Kennedy, conservatives appear to back Trump on travel ban.”

Josh Gerstein and Ted Hesson of Politico report that “Supreme Court appears split on Trump’s travel ban; Frequent swing Justice Anthony Kennedy seemed to struggle with aspects of the case.”

And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Trump’s Travel Ban Gets A Hearing At The Supreme Court; The Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision by the end of June.”

Posted at 1:08 PM by Howard Bashman