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Sunday, June 30, 2019

“Is the Supreme Court’s Job to Defer? Kagan and Gorsuch clash over separation of powers and the right method of interpreting regulations.” Peter J. Wallison has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

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“Roberts’ Supreme Court defies easy political labels”: Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press have this report.

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“Supreme Court rulings shatter illusion of justices’ ideological divide”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

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“How will Supreme Court shocker affect Christie, Kelly, Baroni and others tied to Bridgegate saga?” Kelly Heyboer of NJ Advance Media has this report.

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“Brett Kavanaugh is exactly who we thought he was; What goes around, comes around”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at ThinkProgress.

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“Supreme Court term found Trump’s justices, and others, forming unpredictable alliances; The high court divided along the typical ideological lines only seven times”: Pete Williams of NBC News has this report.

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Saturday, June 29, 2019

“‘A court without a middle’: Supreme Court term signals changes ahead; The five conservative justices sent signals they want to undo long-standing precedents they think were wrongly decided.” Todd Ruger of Roll Call has this report.

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“Top supporter of Trump judges pushes back against impeaching Justice Roberts”: Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times have an article that begins, “A leading conservative voice on judicial nominees rejected the suggestion of impeaching Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. Friday, saying that while she was disappointed in some of his decision-making, ousting him wasn’t going to happen.”

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“Supreme Court with Roberts in charge: Conservative, but not always predictable.” David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

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“Ready, Set, Gerrymander! As SCOTUS closes the door on political gerrymander cases, the redistricting floodgates are about to open.” Slate has posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick, with guests Mark Joseph Stern and law professors Pam Karlan and Leah Litman.

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“Trump’s new rules on Title X and abortion referrals are absurd. How did judges miss that?” The Los Angeles Times has published this editorial.

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“They’re not ‘wonder twins’: Gorsuch, Kavanaugh shift the Supreme Court, but their differences are striking.” Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

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“A Supreme Court Term Marked by Shifting Alliances and Surprise Votes; Even as the court’s center of gravity shifted to the right, the court’s more liberal justices held their own”: Adam Liptak and Alicia Parlapiano will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

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“A bullet, a miscarriage and an unthinkable question: Who’s the victim, and who is to blame?” Gheni Platenburg and Michael Brice-Saddler of The Washington Post have this report from Birmingham, Alabama.

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“The Court Mitch McConnell Built: Has it become hopelessly partisan?” Carl Hulse will have this news analysis in the Sunday Review section of tomorrow’s edition of The New York Times.

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“What’s Next For The Census After Supreme Court Ruling”: Hansi Lo Wang had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Saturday.”

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“It’s Now the Supreme Court’s Turn to Try to Resolve the Fate of the Dreamers”: Michael D. Shear and Adam Liptak have this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes has a front page article headlined “Supreme Court to review DACA program protecting young undocumented immigrants.”

In today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage has an article headlined “Trump vs. ‘Dreamers’: Supreme Court to decide on DACA during the election year.”

In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Brent Kendall and Louise Radnofsky have an article headlined “Supreme Court to Review Trump Effort to Cancel DACA; Case on immigration program is likely to be decided during the 2020 election season.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court to hear Trump administration plea to end DACA program for immigrants who came as children.”

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court to decide legality of Trump DACA phaseout.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court to rule on Trump bid to end ‘dreamers’ program.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court to hear Trump bid to ditch ‘Dreamers’ immigration program.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Will Hear Trump Bid to End Obama’s DACA Program.”

Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court agrees to hear DACA case in win for Trump administration; The court will hear the case during its next term, which begins in October, and a decision likely wouldn’t come until 2020.”

Ariane de Vogue and Priscilla Alvarez of CNN report that “Supreme Court to decide future of DACA protections for undocumented immigrants.”

Shannon Bream and Bill Mears of Fox News report that “Supreme Court to decide whether Trump administration can end DACA program.”

Ted Hesson and Josh Gerstein of Politico report that “Supreme Court will hear arguments over DACA termination.”

And Jacqueline Thomsen of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court to hear cases on Trump efforts to end DACA.”

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“Supreme Court in census opinion: Courts are not a rubber stamp for executive branch.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

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“U.S. chief justice’s ‘swing’ role shown in census, gerrymandering rulings”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

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“Supreme Court in transition: Conservatives ascendant but Roberts, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh prove unpredictable.” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

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“Our society has rules. Thankfully, John Roberts knows when to break them.” Columnist David Von Drehle has this essay online at The Washington Post.

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“John Roberts said there are no Trump judges or Obama judges. Clarence Thomas didn’t get the memo.” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

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Friday, June 28, 2019

“John Roberts pulls out the thesaurus for one of Trump’s nearly 11,000 lies”: Columnist Dana Milbank has this essay online at The Washington Post.

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“Trump’s Supreme Court Picks, While Aligned, Haven’t Moved in Lockstep; Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh staked out differences in tone and priorities in just-completed term”: Brent Kendall and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

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“Supreme Court Will Not Hear Bid to Revive Alabama Abortion Ban”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court won’t revive Alabama ban on second-trimester abortion procedure.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court refuses to hear Alabama’s defense of abortion ban struck down last year.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court rejects review of Alabama abortion law.”

Brian Lyman of The Montgomery Advertiser reports that “U.S. Supreme Court won’t take up Alabama abortion procedure ban.”

Mark Sherman and Kim Chandler of The Associated Press report that “Justices won’t revive Alabama ban on abortion procedure.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court declines Alabama bid to revive abortion restriction.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Rejects Alabama Bid to Bar Common Abortion Method.”

Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court won’t hear appeal to restore Alabama abortion law; In 2016, Alabama’s Legislature voted to ban a procedure known as dilation and evacuation but the law was blocked by the courts before it took effect.”

Caroline Kelly and Ariane de Vogue of CNN report that “Clarence Thomas urges Supreme Court to revisit abortion precedents as justices dodge another case.”

Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico reports that “Supreme Court rejects Alabama’s request to reconsider abortion ban that was blocked.”

And Jacqueline Thomsen of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court rejects bid to restore Alabama abortion law.”

This blog’s earlier coverage of the Eleventh Circuit’s ruling disdainfully striking down the abortion ban can be accessed here.

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“A Recap Of The Supreme Court Term”: This audio segment featuring Nina Totenberg and Tom Goldstein appeared on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

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