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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.

Posted at 10:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“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.”

Posted at 10:28 PM by Howard Bashman



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

Posted at 10:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“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.

Posted at 9:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“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.

Posted at 9:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“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.

Posted at 5:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“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.

Posted at 3:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“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.

Posted at 3:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“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.

Posted at 3:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“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.”

Posted at 1:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“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.”

Posted at 1:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“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.

Posted at 1:18 PM by Howard Bashman



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

Posted at 1:14 PM by Howard Bashman



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

Posted at 11:24 AM by Howard Bashman



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

Posted at 11:15 AM by Howard Bashman



“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.

Posted at 11:09 AM by Howard Bashman