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Thursday, November 8, 2018

“Sessions Managed to Anger Both His Employees and His Boss; The best thing about his term as attorney general was his recusal from the Mueller investigation”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

Posted at 2:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals Court Rules Against Trump on Canceling DACA Protections; Issue likely to go to the Supreme Court”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Richard Wolf and Alan Gomez of USA Today report that “Federal appeals court rules against Trump administration effort to end DACA program.”

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Appeals court rules against Trump DACA phaseout.”

Ariane de Vogue and Dan Berman of CNN report that “Appeals court says Trump admin can’t end DACA.”

And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Trump Administration Effort To End DACA; The 9th Circuit’s ruling is the first from an appeals court to weigh in on the Trump administration’s decision to end the program.”

Posted at 2:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s Appointment of the Acting Attorney General Is Unconstitutional: The president is evading the requirement to seek the Senate’s advice and consent for the nation’s chief law enforcement officer and the person who will oversee the Mueller investigation.” Neal K. Katyal and George T. Conway III have this essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 1:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Anthony Kennedy To Kick Off Inaugural Karsh Event; David Rubenstein Will Interview Retired Jurist for Broadcast at UVA Law”: Eric Williamson of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

Posted at 12:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh offers clues to his Supreme Court tenure: collegiality and ‘common sense.'” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Posted at 12:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized With 3 Broken Ribs”: Eileen Sullivan and Adam Liptak of The New York Times have this report.

Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is Hospitalized After Fall; Supreme Court justice fractured three ribs in fall in office.”

William Cummings and Richard Wolf of USA Today report that “Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized after fall in her office.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Ginsburg, 85, hospitalized after fracturing 3 ribs in fall.”

Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg fractures three ribs in fall.”

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized With Three Broken Ribs.”

Posted at 12:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“Roger Stone associate challenges Mueller’s special counsel appointment”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has an article that begins, “A federal appeals court on Thursday is set to consider the validity of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s appointment to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.”

Posted at 11:48 AM by Howard Bashman



“Abortion clinics on edge after woman who shot Kansas doctor is released from prison”: Judy L. Thomas of The Kansas City Star has an article that begins, “Abortion clinics across the country were taking extra precautions Wednesday after the anti-abortion activist who shot Wichita physician George Tiller in 1993 and committed a string of clinic attacks in several states was released from prison.”

Posted at 8:58 AM by Howard Bashman



“Two states passed abortion amendments to their constitutions in the midterm. What does that mean?” Jessica Ravitz of CNN has this report.

Posted at 8:52 AM by Howard Bashman



“What It Felt Like for a Florida Man with a Felony to Regain His Voting Rights”: Daniel A. Gross has this post online at The New Yorker.

Posted at 8:45 AM by Howard Bashman



“Women win both Michigan Supreme Court seats: ‘Look at what women did.'” Tresa Baldas of The Detroit Free Press has this report.

Posted at 8:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“Who Owns the Supreme Court? The Trump administration is treating it like a wholly owned subsidiary.” Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 8:12 AM by Howard Bashman