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Monday, July 2, 2018

“Yelp does not have to remove users’ posts, California Supreme Court says”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

Sudhin Thanawala of The Associated Press has a report headlined “California high court: Yelp can’t be ordered to remove posts.”

Edvard Pettersson of Bloomberg News reports that “Yelp Can’t Be Forced to Remove Defamatory Reviews, Court Says.”

At the “At the Lectern” blog, David Ettinger has a post titled “Divided Supreme Court overturns order requiring Yelp to remove negative review of attorney.”

And at Public Citizen’s “Consumer Law & Policy Blog,” Paul Alan Levy has a post titled “California Supreme Court Reverses Order Compelling Yelp to Comply with Order Compelling User to Remove a Defamatory Review.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of California at this link.

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“Trump ponders midterms, history and drama for Supreme Court pick”: Sarah Westwood, Jeff Zeleny, and Kevin Liptak of CNN have this report.

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“How Amy Coney Barrett vaulted onto Trump’s Supreme Court shortlist; A testy exchange with Dianne Feinstein helped make this former Notre Dame law professor a favorite of conservatives”: Eliana Johnson of Politico has this report.

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“Want to overturn Roe, Republicans? Get ready for what comes next.” Columnist Charles Lane has this essay online at The Washington Post.

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“Abortion, Roe — and Trump: The Supreme Court is the Democrats’ preferred legislature for social issues.” Columnist William McGurn has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

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“Trump interviews Supreme Court candidates as political fight over Kennedy replacement intensifies”: Robert Costa, Josh Dawsey, and Felicia Sonmez of The Washington Post have this report.

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“The Names Of The Four Supreme Court Finalists Interviewed By President Donald Trump (So Far): All four of these names appear on President Trump’s shortlist of 25 contenders.” David Lat has this post at “Above the Law.”

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“The list won Trump the White House. Now Democrats are using it against him. Trump’s highly publicized list of potential Supreme Court nominees has given liberals plenty of time to craft a campaign against his pick.” Lorraine Woellert and Christopher Cadelago of Politico have this report.

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“Grassley, Leahy urge Supreme Court to start releasing same-day audio of arguments”: Lydia Wheeler of The Hill has this report.

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“Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Statutory Interpretation: Textualism, Precedent, Judicial Restraint, and the Future of Chevron.” Evan Bernick has this guest post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

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“Sen. Susan Collins says she won’t support Supreme Court pick with ‘hostility’ to Roe v. Wade”: Jan Crawford of CBS News has this report. According to Crawford, Eleventh Circuit Judge William “Pryor was a top finalist to replace Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat last year, but sources say Pryor has been eliminated this time around.”

And Melissa Brown of The Montgomery Advertiser reports that “Two Alabama jurists on Trump’s Supreme Court nominee list.”

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“Judge Kavanaugh: Interpretive Principles as a Way of Life.” Jennifer Mascott has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

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“The Case for Brett Kavanaugh: He faithfully applies the Constitution, and his dissents have already influenced the high court.” J.D. Vance has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

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“Potential Trump Supreme Court pick Amul Thakar would be good for the court and good for Republicans”: John Fund has this essay online at Fox News.

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“As Court Pick, Mike Lee Would Be Tough to Bork; He combines solid conservatism with a long record of bipartisanship”: Deroy Murdock has this essay online at National Review.

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“Trump Isn’t Remaking The Supreme Court. Leonard Leo Is. The Federalist Society leader has helped put three conservative justices onto the court. He’s about to get a fourth.” Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.

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“America’s Next Top Justice: Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Or Judge Raymond Kethledge? President Trump’s SCOTUS pick will likely be one of two very well-regarded, experienced, and conservative jurists.” David Lat has this post at “Above the Law.”

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“Kennedy’s Replacement: Presidential Self-Interest and the Functions of the Confirmation Process.” Bob Bauer has this post at the “Just Security” blog.

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Eighth Circuit grants writ of mandamus to dismiss lawsuit brought by state court trial judge alleging that the Justices of the Supreme Court of Arkansas violated his constitutional rights by permanently barring him from presiding over death penalty cases: You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.

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“Court-packing, Democrats’ nuclear option for the Supreme Court, explained; Why an FDR plan from the 1930s is suddenly popular again”: Dylan Matthews of Vox has this report.

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“Trump Says Abortion Rights Could Be Decided by States; Statement points out the high stakes in the battle over replacing Supreme Court Justice Kennedy”: Stephanie Armour and Peter Nicholas of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

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“How a new court-packing scheme could save the Supreme Court from right-wing domination”: Columnist Michael Hiltzik has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

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“2 federal judges seen as Trump’s leading contenders for Supreme Court”: Blair Guild of CBS News has this report. According to the article, “CBS News has learned that D.C. Circuit Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Chicago Circuit Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett are currently Mr. Trump’s leading contenders for the appointment to the nation’s highest court.”

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