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Friday, May 11, 2018

“John Roberts’ Long Game: How much damage did Trinity Lutheran do to the separation of church and state? The New Mexico Supreme Court assesses.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 11:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Concentrated Power Leads to Political Backlash; The power we invest in the Supreme Court doesn’t warp and bend our politics solely during confirmation battles”: Jonah Goldberg has this essay online at National Review.

Posted at 10:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominations During President Trump’s First Year in Office: Comparative Analysis with Recent Presidents.” Barry J. McMillion of Congressional Research Service has this report.

Posted at 9:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Oregon Supreme Court upholds Thurston High School shooter Kip Kinkel’s 112-year prison sentence”: Jack Moran has this front page article in today’s edition of The Register-Guard of Eugene, Oregon.

Aimee Green of The Oregonian reports that “Thurston shooter Kip Kinkel’s 112-year prison term is constitutional, high court rules.”

Tom James of The Associated Press reports that “Oregon school shooter loses life-sentence appeal.”

Nick Mccann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Oregon High Court OKs 112-Year Sentence for School Shooter.”

And Kimberley Freda of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that “Oregon Supreme Court Upholds Sentence For 1998 Thurston High School Shooter.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Oregon via this link.

Posted at 1:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Could a U.S. State Sue Russia for Election-Related Hacking Under the Supreme Court’s Original Jurisdiction?” Ingrid Wuerth has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

Posted at 12:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Opponents of DACA program seek repeat trip from Brownsville, Texas, to Supreme Court”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Posted at 12:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Notebook: Mystery, a faux pas, wordy Breyer.” Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press have this report.

Posted at 12:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s judges, U.S. attorneys overwhelmingly white men; The analysis of the president’s nominees was released by Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee”: Matthew Nussbaum of Politico has this report.

Posted at 10:09 AM by Howard Bashman



“Growing share of Americans say Supreme Court should base its rulings on what Constitution means today”: Kristen Bialik of the Pew Research Center has this report.

Posted at 8:46 AM by Howard Bashman



“Sen. Chuck Grassley to Supreme Court justices on retirement: ‘Do it yesterday.'” Sally Persons of The Washington Times has this report.

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Grassley cites midterms in plea to Supreme Court justices to decide on retirement.”

And Burgess Everett of Politico reports that “Grassley reignites SCOTUS war; His suggestion that Anthony Kennedy or other justices considering retirement do so now triggers an angry response from Democrats.”

Posted at 8:44 AM by Howard Bashman