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Monday, January 21, 2019

“Federal Circuits and the Second Amendment in 2018: Good decisions in some cases, judicial nullification in some others.” David Kopel has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 10:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“The left couldn’t prevent Kavanaugh’s confirmation — Here’s their latest Supreme Court strategy”: Peter J. Wallison has this essay online at Fox News.

Posted at 9:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Louisiana parole board to rehear case of man central to Supreme Court ruling on juvenile lifers”: Grace Toohey of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana has this report.

Posted at 9:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Electoral College debate heads to Washington’s Supreme Court; Three Washington Democrats will explain Tuesday to the state Supreme Court why they voted against their party’s presidential nominee in the 2016 election”: Paige Browning of KUOW Radio in Seattle has this report.

According to the article, “Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig, is asking the court to overturn the fines and allow electors to vote as they choose..”

Posted at 1:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘Fox & Friends’ accidentally shows graphic saying Ruth Bader Ginsburg is dead”: Avery Anapol of The Hill has this report. You can view the video via this link.

Ella Torres of The New York Daily News reports that “‘Fox & Friends’ apologizes for graphic mistakenly stating that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is dead.”

And Rebecca Rubin of Variety reports that “Fox News Apologizes for Airing Graphic Implying Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Died.”

Posted at 1:27 PM by Howard Bashman



“Poor stay in jail while rich go free: Rethinking cash bail in Wisconsin; Across the country, poor defendants can spend days, weeks — even years — behind bars awaiting trial, an approach that judges increasingly find is unconstitutional.” Emily Hamer and Sheila Terman Cohen have this article online at the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.

And Sheila Terman Cohen also has a related article online there headlined “Bail bond industry fights back against moves to limit or end cash bail; Wisconsin is one of just a handful of states that ban bail bonding, barring companies from profiting from people too poor to pay their way out of jail.”

Posted at 8:30 AM by Howard Bashman



“Trademark Fight Over Vulgar Term’s ‘Phonetic Twin’ Heads to Supreme Court”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 8:24 AM by Howard Bashman