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Thursday, September 13, 2018

“Kavanaugh contacted Kozinski after resignation because he was ‘concerned about his mental health'”: Sophie Tatum of CNN has this report.

Posted at 3:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Convicted medical pot seller finds congressional allies in legal appeal”: Joel Rubin of The Los Angeles Times had this report back in May 2015.

Today, the majority on a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this decision affirming the defendant’s conviction for violating federal drug laws and remanding for certain additional proceedings. Circuit Judge Paul J. Watford issued a dissenting opinion, concluding that the district court’s specific anti-jury nullification charge violated the defendant’s right to a fair trial.

Posted at 1:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Dianne Feinstein Withholding Brett Kavanaugh Document From Fellow Judiciary Committee Democrats”: Ryan Grim of The Intercept has this report.

And Lissandra Villa and Paul McLeod of BuzzFeed News report that “Senate Democrats Have Referred A Secret Letter About Brett Kavanaugh To The FBI; Rumors about the letters’ contents have flooded Capitol Hill over the last week, but Sen. Dianne Feinstein has declined to share its contents.”

Update: In other coverage, Catie Edmondson and Nicholas Fandos of The New York Times report that “Dianne Feinstein Refers a Kavanaugh Matter to Federal Investigators.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Senate Democrats forward ‘information’ to FBI about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.”

Ariane de Vogue and Ted Barrett of CNN report that “Democrats send ‘information’ concerning Kavanaugh nomination to FBI.”

Posted at 1:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Howard County teen pleads guilty to terrorism plot”: Back in May 2012, Tricia Bishop of The Baltimore Sun had an article that begins, “With a full math and science scholarship to the Johns Hopkins University and accolades for his writing, Howard County’s Mohammad Hassan Khalid seemed ready to continue the American dream his father embarked on years ago when he brought the family from Pakistan.”

And in April 2014, Ed Pilkington of The Guardian (UK) had an article headlined “Mohammad Hassan Khalid given five years in jail for his part in jihadist plot; Khalid, the youngest person at 15 to be prosecuted for terrorism in the US, found guilty of involvement in conspiracy by ‘Jihad Jane’ to kill Swedish artist.”

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued this decision holding that Khalid is a U.S. citizen.

Posted at 1:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“State Supreme Courts Increasingly Face Partisan Impeachment Threats; The trial to impeach the entire West Virginia Supreme Court starts this week; It’s just one example of a growing trend among unhappy lawmakers”: Alan Greenblatt of Governing has this report.

Posted at 1:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Stop Pretending the Supreme Court Is Above Politics: Since the 1950s, the court has become ever more powerful and partisan; The founders never wanted it that way.” Joseph J. Ellis has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 1:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Supreme Court Transformed: What will the court look like when neither side of the ideological divide has to walk on eggs to win the favor of the justice in the middle?” Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 9:14 AM by Howard Bashman