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Saturday, July 28, 2018

“Kavanaugh And Allies Celebrate Early Successes Over Beer And Chips At White House”: Kevin Daley of The Daily Caller has this report.

Posted at 11:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Schumer plays long game, avoids hardball with centrist Democrats over Supreme Court pick”: Sean Sullivan has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 11:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Liberal activists embrace ‘dark money’ in Supreme Court fight”: Michelle Ye Hee Lee has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 11:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s ’emoluments’ battle: How a scholar’s search of 200 years of dictionaries helped win a historic ruling.” Fred Barbash of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 11:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Retiring U.S. Supreme Court justice speaks in Anaheim about career, motivation when making decisions”: Sean Emery of The Orange County Register has an article that begins, “Retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy raised concerns over the United States ‘drifting away’ from Europe and criticized the use of solitary confinement amid recollections of his early career during a speech at the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference in Anaheim.”

And C-SPAN has posted online the video of the remarks in a segment titled “Retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy on Legacy and Court.”

Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Can a pharmacist legally deny a patient a prescription? It depends; Recent cases highlight the gray area around ‘conscience clauses’ that many patients don’t even know exist.” Elizabeth Chuck of NBC News has this report.

Posted at 5:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court to reconsider rejection of settlement against Hyundai, Kia”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court to reconsider Hyundai-Kia gas mileage settlement.”

And Linda Chiem of Law360.com reports that “Full 9th Circ. To Review Hyundai, Kia Fuel Economy Ruling” (subscription required for full access).

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granting rehearing en banc at this link. And this blog’s earlier coverage of the now-vacated divided three-judge panel’s ruling can be accessed here.

Posted at 1:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“No mystery to Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh’s gun views”: Michael Kunzelman and Larry Neumeister of The Associated Press have this report.

Posted at 1:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘A different level of intensity’: Collins and Murkowski find pressure over Supreme Court lacks emotional pleas on health care.” Paul Kane of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 10:54 AM by Howard Bashman



“An obscure federal law may give corporations immunity from lawsuits over terrorism”: Matt Pearce of The Los Angeles Times has an article that begins, “For MGM Resorts International, millions of dollars could hinge on a single question: Was the shooting massacre of 58 people at a concert in Las Vegas last year an act of terrorism?”

Posted at 10:40 AM by Howard Bashman