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Tuesday, June 11, 2019

“Mississippi-based federal judge nominated to appeals court”: Emily Wagster Pettus of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “President Donald Trump is nominating a federal district judge from southern Mississippi to serve on one of the nation’s most conservative federal appeals courts.”

Today, the White House issued a news release titled “President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees.”

Posted at 10:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“The End of the Rape and Incest Exception: Republicans are abandoning language that has long been standard in abortion bans. Why?” Law professor Mary Ziegler will have this op-ed in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 9:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Amazon is (so far) winning its war against products liability exposure”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

Posted at 9:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Near Beer and the Middle Tier”: You can access this month’s installment of “The Ginsburg Tapes” podcast with Lauren Moxley via this link.

Posted at 8:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“NAACP challenges Arkansas Supreme Court, Court of Appeals elections as racially discriminatory”: Max Brantley of Arkansas Times has this report.

Posted at 7:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“We need to prepare for a complete reversal of the role the Supreme Court plays in our lives”: Columnist Ronald A. Klain has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 7:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump offers a corrupt bargain to the Supreme Court; Donald Trump’s lawyers aren’t even hiding their appeals to the court’s self-interest”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at ThinkProgress.

Posted at 1:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“NPR Correspondent Nina Totenberg Watches Billions After a Day at the Supreme Court”: Lisa Ryan has this post at “The Cut” blog of New York magazine.

Posted at 12:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge reverses, Wendi Adelson will face defense questioning in Markel murder case”: In today’s edition of The Tallahassee Democrat, Karl Etters has a front page article that begins, “an Markel’s ex-wife will be subject to questioning by the attorneys of a woman accused of brokering the killing of the Florida State law professor after a judge reversed course on his own order.”

Posted at 12:52 PM by Howard Bashman