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Friday, May 31, 2019

“What Does the Government Owe These Airport Investors? A private equity group wants the Supreme Court to weigh in on the value of their speculation in gates at Dallas’s Love Field before and after a regulatory change.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

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“One Of Brett Kavanaugh’s DC Circuit Colleagues Is Speaking Out About His Confirmation”: Kevin Daley of The Daily Caller has this report.

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Thursday, May 30, 2019

“Death penalty repealed; NH Senate votes to override veto”: Dave Solomon of The Union Leader of Manchester, New Hampshire has this report.

Ethan DeWitt of The Concord (N.H.) Monitor reports that “Senate overrides Sununu to end death penalty in New Hampshire.”

Zoe Greenberg of The Boston Globe reports that “New Hampshire becomes 21st state to abolish the death penalty.”

Mark Berman of The Washington Post reports that “New Hampshire abolishes death penalty after lawmakers override governor.”

Jon Kamp of The Wall Street Journal reports that “New Hampshire Lawmakers Ban Death Penalty With Veto Override; Senate votes 16-8 to overturn Republican Gov. Chris Sununu’s veto, a victory for capital-punishment opponents.”

Holly Ramer of The Associated Press reports that “New Hampshire repeals death penalty as Senate overrides veto.”

Eli Watkins of CNN reports that “New Hampshire repeals death penalty after lawmakers override Republican governor.”

Louis Casiano of Fox News reports that “New Hampshire lawmakers repeal death penalty with override of governor’s veto.”

And in commentary, online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “New Hampshire Legislature Overrides Veto, Abolishes Death Penalty.”

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“Give Michigan Supreme Court justices a 10% pay raise, state panel says”: Paul Egan of The Detroit Free Press has an article that begins, “A state panel , expressing concern Thursday that judges of the Michigan Court of Appeals will soon be paid more than justices of the Michigan Supreme Court, unanimously recommended the justices receive a pay hike of 10% over two years.”

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“Supreme Court scholars’ new paper sparks debate over influence of blogs, podcasts”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

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“Clarence Thomas’s Misplaced Anti-Eugenics Concurrence in the Indiana Abortion Case”: Law professor Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

And at the “Balkinization” blog, Mark Graber has a post titled “More Policy from Justice Thomas.”

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“The Three Fault Lines of Contemporary Originalism”: John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

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“Fisher & Larsen on ‘Virtual Briefing’: A Recommendation and Some Thoughts.” Paul Horwitz has this post at “PrawfsBlawg.”

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“The last time the Supreme Court was invited to overturn Roe v. Wade, a surprising majority was unwilling”: Robert Barnes has this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Post..

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Wednesday, May 29, 2019

“New Cert Petition on Scope of Appellate Review in Contention Against Torture Cases”: Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog.

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“New Podcast Highlights Government Critic Fane Lozman’s Supreme Court Win”: Brittany Shammas of Miami New Times has this report.

According to the article, the podcast is scheduled to release its first five episodes on June 18, 2019.

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“The Supreme Court Dodges an Abortion Case: The majority has managed to deal with a contentious issue by not really dealing with it at all.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

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“In Defense of ‘Virtual Briefing’ (i.e. Blogging, Tweeting, Podcasting About Supreme Court Cases); Some thoughts on a new draft article by Jeff Fisher and Alli Larsen”: Will Baude has this worthwhile post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

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“How To Think Like John Paul Stevens, and How Not To”: Michael S. Greve has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

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“En Banc Watch: Fight Over Substantive Due Process Sees Court Refuse to Rehear Flint Water Case.” Benjamin Beaton and Colter Paulson have this post at the “Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog.”

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“The Supreme Court has overturned more than 200 of its own decisions; Here’s what it could mean for Roe v. Wade”: AJ Willingham of CNN has this report.

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“Clarence Thomas Knows Nothing of My Work: The justice used my book to tie abortion to eugenics; But his rendition of the history is incorrect.” Adam Cohen has this essay online at The Atlantic.

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Tuesday, May 28, 2019