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Sunday, July 28, 2019

“Gay discrimination case pending in Supreme Court unusually long time”: Dillon Rosenblatt of the Arizona Capitol Times has an article that begins, “Dissent among Arizona Supreme Court justices in a gay discrimination case could be why they still have not issued a ruling since oral arguments six months ago, an Arizona State University law professor said.”

Posted at 9:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Liberal groups seek to make Supreme Court an issue in 2020 presidential race, and conservatives exult”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Posted at 8:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Two more apology letters surface from Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Jefferson Hughes III; Hughes says he doesn’t remember writing them, recipient says ‘somebody should have stopped him a long time ago'”: Andrea Gallo and John Simerman have this front page article in today’s edition of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Posted at 8:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s Death Penalty Obsession Won’t Stem the Tide Against Executions; The decision to resume federal executions may play well to Trump’s base, but the rest of America is growing disillusioned with capital punishment”: Professor Austin Sarat has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 8:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Lets Trump Proceed on Border Wall”: Adam Liptak had this front page article in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times.

In Saturday’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes had a front page article headlined “Supreme Court says Trump can proceed with plan to spend military funds for border wall construction.”

In Saturday’s edition of The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage had a front page article headlined “Supreme Court rules for Trump in border wall funding dispute.”

In Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin, Louise Radnofsky, and Andrew Restuccia had a front page article headlined “Trump Scores Two Victories on Border; Supreme court rules Trump can use Pentagon funds for border wall; Guatemala agrees to require migrants traveling through it to the U.S. to seek asylum there.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court allows border wall spending in battle between President Donald Trump and liberal opponent.”

And Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court rules Trump can begin border wall construction.”

You can view Friday evening’s 5-to-4 order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

Posted at 8:04 PM by Howard Bashman