“Could hard-right Supreme Court haunt GOP? History says maybe.” Alan Fram of The Associated Press has this report.
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Tuesday, August 7, 2018
“Could hard-right Supreme Court haunt GOP? History says maybe.” Alan Fram of The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 8:42 AM by Howard BashmanMonday, August 6, 2018
“DOJ Says Judge Ignored ‘Economics, Common Sense’ in Allowing AT&T-Time Warner Deal; Justice Department’s arguments come in brief filed with D.C. Appeals Court; AT&T says ‘appeals aren’t do-overs'”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report. And Elizabeth Winkler of The Wall Street Journal reports that “AT&T Not Out of the Legal Woods Yet; The Justice Department’s appeal of a judge’s decision to allow AT&T’s purchase of Time Warner is highly unusual but the odds of it achieving at least a partial victory aren’t trivial.” Posted at 9:22 PM by Howard Bashman“A Moment of Honesty From Chuck Schumer: He admits his mind is made up on Kavanaugh; That means his document demands are in bad faith.” Chuck Grassley (R-IA), chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal. Posted at 9:15 PM by Howard Bashman“Are medical malpractice review panels just what the doctor ordered — or unconstitutional?” Andrew Wolfson of The Louisville Courier Journal has this report. Posted at 9:00 PM by Howard Bashman“Gov. Kim Reynolds: ‘I absolutely did not’ ask Iowa Supreme Court finalists about abortion.” William Petroski of The Des Moines Register has this report. Posted at 8:55 PM by Howard Bashman“No More Mr. Nice Justice: Brett Kavanaugh’s kindness and courtesy has no bearing on whether he should be confirmed to the Supreme Court.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate. Posted at 8:52 PM by Howard Bashman“GOP senators rave about Kavanaugh; Dems prepare to grill him”: Lisa Mascaro of The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 5:57 PM by Howard Bashman“Dems zero in on Kavanaugh ties to judge in sexual harassment scandal; ‘We need to know what Judge Kavanaugh knew,’ says one member of the Senate Judiciary Committee”: Elana Schor of Politico has this report. Posted at 5:53 PM by Howard Bashman“On Kavanaugh, Republicans Neck-Deep in Hypocrisy”: Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost on Justice.” Posted at 2:22 PM by Howard Bashman“Gendered interruptions at the Court”: Tonja Jacobi has this post at her brand-new “SCOTUS OA” blog, which may eventually provide another data point for my thesis that every blog with “SCOTUS” in its title that exists for sufficient time will eventually become part of the “SCOTUSblog” empire. Posted at 2:20 PM by Howard Bashman“Democrats’ claims that Kavanaugh will destroy ObamaCare are nonsense”: Law professors John Yoo and Robert J. Delahunty have this essay online at Fox News. Posted at 1:40 PM by Howard BashmanNinth Circuit panel recognizes as plausible the argument that California’s felony-murder rule is unconstitutionally vague under Johnson: You can access today’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link. Posted at 1:35 PM by Howard Bashman“NC legislature is ‘trying to rig this election,’ candidate says. Now he’s suing.” Will Doran of The News & Observer has an article that begins, “One of three candidates for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court sued the state legislature on Monday, accusing its political leaders of meddling in the election and violating his rights in order to boost their preferred candidate.” Posted at 1:20 PM by Howard Bashman“Appeals court reinstates charges against ex-State Sen. John Sampson”: Stephen Rex Brown of The New York Daily News has this report. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit today issued two separate decisions involving this criminal defendant, and you can access them here and here. Posted at 1:10 PM by Howard Bashman“Ruth Bader Ginsburg Bemoans a ‘Divisive’ Term, but Vows to Stick Around”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times. Posted at 9:55 AM by Howard Bashman“In Key Moment, Argentina to Vote on Loosening Strict Abortion Laws; Vote expected to be tight after contentious debate; approval would be significant outcome in Latin America”: Ryan Dube has this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. Posted at 8:34 AM by Howard Bashman“Harvard’s Education in Discrimination: A lawsuit is revealing the secrets of race in admissions.” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. Posted at 8:30 AM by Howard Bashman“Context Matters When We Scrutinize Online Threats: We can’t let our modern fears become a zero-tolerance policy against tasteless jokes on social media.” Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg View. Posted at 8:24 AM by Howard Bashman“Good Behaviour #8: ‘Batting .998.'” You can access today’s new installment of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Ian Samuel and Dan Epps, via this link. Posted at 8:20 AM by Howard BashmanSunday, August 5, 2018
“If Mueller subpoenas Trump to testify, legal fight would go to Supreme Court: Trump lawyer.” Roey Hadar of ABC News has this report. Posted at 10:40 PM by Howard Bashman“Republicans dismiss claims of partisanship in battle over Brett Kavanaugh documents”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report. Posted at 10:30 PM by Howard Bashman“Top court nominee has long knocked back environmental rules”: Geoff Mulvihill of The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 10:28 PM by Howard Bashman“Trump’s Supreme Court nominee argued presidents should be shielded from all criminal probes — even questioning”: David G. Savage has this front page article in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times. Posted at 10:20 PM by Howard Bashman“The battle to confirm Kavanaugh heats up with document fight; The political battle, for now, is focused on a mountain of documents — specifically, a set of papers from Kavanaugh’s tenure as staff secretary to President George W. Bush”: Leigh Ann Caldwell of NBC News has this report. Posted at 10:12 PM by Howard Bashman“Unions Take a Hit After Supreme Court Ruling; States are ordered to stop collecting millions of dollars in fees from public workers”: Kris Maher of The Wall Street Journal has this report. Posted at 10:10 PM by Howard Bashman“Trump’s Supreme Court might overturn a doctrine, but that won’t destroy the ‘administrative state'”: Joshua A. Geltzer has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times. Posted at 11:55 AM by Howard Bashman“Testing — and Mostly Rejecting — the Folk Wisdom of the Effective Appellate Brief”: Steven R. Morrison and Brian Darby have posted this article online. The data on which the article was based can be accessed via this link. Posted at 9:30 AM by Howard Bashman“Brett Kavanaugh: Evil Carpool Dad; The alleged right-wing monster is actually a teddy bear.” Deroy Murdock has this essay online at National Review. Posted at 9:25 AM by Howard BashmanSaturday, August 4, 2018
“22 former Justice Thomas clerks have jobs thanks to Trump”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 9:12 PM by Howard Bashman“51 Imperfect Solutions: An Interview With Judge Jeffrey Sutton (Part 2).” David Lat has this post at “Above the Law.” Posted at 8:12 PM by Howard Bashman“New Documents From Kavanaugh’s Time In The Bush White House Show He Worked On Key Questions Of Presidential Power”: Chris Geidner and Jason Leopold of BuzzFeed News have this report. Posted at 5:30 PM by Howard Bashman“Woman overcomes hardships to become lawyer, wins Supreme Court case”: Scott Wolchek of CBS affiliate WNEM-TV in Saginaw, Michigan has this report. Posted at 11:30 AM by Howard Bashman“As Supreme Court Nears Solid Conservative Majority, GOP Reaps Reward From ‘Long Game'”: Mara Liasson of NPR has this audio report. Posted at 11:24 AM by Howard Bashman“The Partisan Battle Brett Kavanaugh Now Regrets”: Michael D. Shear and Adam Liptak of The New York Times have this article. Posted at 11:18 AM by Howard BashmanFriday, August 3, 2018
“Trump Administration Tells Supreme Court to Wipe Out Decision Upholding Net Neutrality; Justice Department lawyers argue that the repeal of net neutrality rules renders the old dispute moot”: Eriq Gardner has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter. Posted at 10:42 PM by Howard Bashman |
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