“Alabamians Defend Arrest of Woman Whose Fetus Died in Shooting”: Farah Stockman has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.
And online at The New York Times, Michele Goodwin has an essay titled “Alabama Isn’t the Only State That Punishes Pregnant Women; Across the United States, pregnant women’s lives, rights and dignity matter less and less.”
“U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge over U.S. Bank pension funding; Minneapolis-based bank accused of losing more than $1 billion in pension funds”: Brandon Stahl of The Minneapolis Star Tribune has this report.
“The Supreme Court Steps to the Right; Though liberals could issue a few sighs of relief, the recent term signaled a continued consolidation of conservative power”: Matt Ford of The New Republic has this report.
“Justice Kagan’s Powerful Defense of the Administrative State: She got the better of the argument with Gorsuch; She also won on the merits.” Law professor Cass R. Sunstein has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“Justice Roberts Is a Different Kind of Swing Voter; The balance of power in the Supreme Court is now in the hands of a true believer in judicial restraint who wants to avoid partisan politics”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“A Brief History of Judicial Appointments from the Last 50 Years Through the Trump Administration”: Donald F. McGahn II has this essay at the William & Mary Law Review Online.
And forthcoming in the University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Robert Luther III (a former and current colleague of McGahn) will have an essay titled “Two Years of Judicial Selection in the Trump Administration.”
“Sipping My Tea”: The inaugural episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast focusing on the U.S. Supreme Court has been posted online, and you can listen via this link. The podcast is hosted by Leah Litman, Melissa Murray, Jaime Santos, and Kate Shaw.
“With Kavanaugh in Place, Supreme Court Takes Bumpy Right Turn”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.