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Saturday, April 28, 2018

“Supreme Court orders release of audio, video from Las Vegas shooting”: Rachel Crosby of The Las Vegas Review-Journal has this report.

Posted at 9:44 AM by Howard Bashman



Friday, April 27, 2018

“Does Anyone on the Supreme Court Believe in Chevron Anymore? A Squib on Chevron in SAS Institute.” Asher Steinberg has this post at his blog, “The Narrowest Grounds.”

Posted at 9:07 AM by Howard Bashman



“Case of suspected American ISIS member held in Iraq goes to appeals court”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 9:05 AM by Howard Bashman



Thursday, April 26, 2018

“Ian Samuel is Shaming Big Law — And It’s Working; The Harvard Law School lecturer and co-host of the ‘First Mondays’ podcast created a huge uproar when he tweeted that Munger, Tolles & Olson required that summer associates agree to arbitration in their employment contracts”: Vivia Chen of The American Lawyer has this report.

Posted at 10:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“I’m the Masterpiece Cakeshop baker. Will the Supreme Court uphold my freedom?” Jack Phillips has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 10:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court of Donald Trump: The travel ban oral arguments may be an indication of the deference to come.” Andrew Cohen has this essay online at Rolling Stone.

Posted at 10:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Constitution Doesn’t Guarantee Your Anonymity; Georgia’s law against wearing masks in public must be applied to everyone, including those protesting the presence of hate groups”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

Posted at 9:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Central Issue Before the D.C. Circuit on Friday in Doe v. Mattis”: Robert Chesney has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

Posted at 9:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Mimes in Robes: Trump’s judicial nominees are now refusing to answer any questions about what it is they actually believe.” Perry Grossman and Dahlia Lithwick have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 8:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump elevates one of his district court judges to circuit court post”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

John Monk of The State of Columbia, South Carolina reports that “Trump nominates Dylann Roof prosecutor Jay Richardson to top 4th Circuit court.”

And Jennifer Berry Hawes of The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina reports that “Trump nominates Dylann Roof prosecutor Jay Richardson to 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.”

The White House today issued a news release titled “President Donald J. Trump Announces Thirteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees and Seventh Wave of United States Marshal Nominees.”

Posted at 8:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Notebook: Why not live audio from high court?” Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press have this report.

Posted at 8:26 AM by Howard Bashman



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