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Friday, December 21, 2018

“Ohio Gov. John Kasich signs one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bans; vetoes ‘heartbeat bill'”: Jessie Balmert of The Cincinnati Enquirer has this report.

Jeremy Pelzer of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that “Gov. John Kasich OKs tighter abortion restrictions, vetoes ‘heartbeat’ bill and pay raises.”

Laura A. Bischoff of The Dayton Daily News reports that “Kasich vetoes heartbeat abortion ban, signs other abortion bill.”

Julie Carr Smyth of The Associated Press reports that “Kasich veto sets up Ohio showdown over abortion limit.”

And Jessica Ravitz of CNN reports that “With new law, Ohio bans common abortion procedure.”

Posted at 10:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Undergoes Surgery For Lung Cancer”: This audio segment appeared on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

Posted at 10:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court denies Trump administration request to immediately enforce new asylum rules”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Trump can’t immediately deny asylum to people who cross the border illegally, Supreme Court rules.”

Brent Kendall and Alicia A. Caldwell of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Denies Trump Administration Request to Reinstate Asylum Ban; Chief Justice John Roberts is the swing vote in latest legal setback for the president’s immigration policy.”

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court rejects bid to revive Trump asylum policy.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court rejects Trump plea to enforce asylum ban.”

Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley of Reuters report that “Roberts, liberal justices snub Trump bid to enforce asylum policy.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid to Curb Asylum Claims at Border.”

Caroline Kelly, Ariane de Vogue, and Dan Berman of CNN report that “Supreme Court upholds block on Trump’s asylum ban.”

Bill Mears and Judson Berger of Fox News report that “Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to enforce asylum crackdown.”

Pete Williams and Dartunorro Clark of NBC News report that “Supreme Court rejects Trump’s asylum ban in 5-4 ruling as Chief Justice Roberts sides with liberal judges; The decision leaves in place a lower court ruling that blocked the president’s proclamation.”

John Bowden of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court refuses to restore Trump’s temporary asylum restrictions.”

And Adolfo Flores and Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News report that “The Supreme Court Rejected The Trump Administration’s Request To Let It Enforce Its New Asylum Restriction; In a 5–4 ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts joined his more liberal colleagues in denying the Justice Department’s stay request.”

Posted at 10:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump administration lawyers rush cases to the Supreme Court, and blame blue-state federal judges”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Posted at 1:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Should Clarify Second Amendment Test; Challenge to ban on interstate handgun sales would be a good vehicle”: David Kopel has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 1:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ruth Bader Ginsburg Underwent Cancer Surgery”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Ruth Bader Ginsburg has surgery for malignant nodules in her lung.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has an article headlined “New health scare for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as doctors remove cancerous nodules from her lung.”

Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Justice Ginsburg Has Cancerous Growths Removed From Lung, No Evidence of Remaining Disease; The 85-year-old jurist is resting comfortably.”

Ledyard King of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has malignant growths removed from lung, no signs of cancer remain.”

Dave Boyer of The Washington Times reports that “Justice Ginsburg undergoes surgery to remove cancerous growths.”

Dan Berman and Veronica Stracqualursi of CNN report that “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has cancerous nodules removed from lung.”

Alex Pappas of Fox News reports that “Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has cancerous growths removed from lung.”

Dareh Gregorian of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has malignant growths removed from lungs; Ginsburg underwent surgery Friday morning to remove cancerous growths from her left lung.”

Matthew Choi and Adam Cancryn of Politico report that “Justice Ginsburg had surgery to remove cancerous nodules.”

And Tal Axelrod of The Hill reports that “Ginsburg undergoes procedure to remove cancerous growths in lung.”

Posted at 1:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Been Treated For Lung Cancer; ‘Post-surgery, there was no evidence of any remaining disease,’ according to a statement from the court”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report.

Posted at 12:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Embedded Left-Liberal Assumptions of the Legal Academy”: John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law and Liberty” blog.

Posted at 10:50 AM by Howard Bashman



“Mosque surveillance case languishes amid concerns over court backlog; A ruling could provide guidance about what surveillance tactics are legal in places of worship, a loaded issue under President Donald Trump”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has a report that begins, “A legal case that could have profound consequences for the government’s ability to conduct surveillance inside mosques and other houses of worship has been stalled at a federal appeals court for more than three years with no sign of progress.”

Posted at 9:00 AM by Howard Bashman