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Sunday, July 21, 2019

“Republican Supreme Court judge disses all six other NC justices”: Travis Fain of WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina recently had this report.

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“The Smart Way to Overturn Roe v. Wade: The strongest limits on abortion are likely to be struck down and never reach the Supreme Court.” Clarke D. Forsythe has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“What makes history constitutionally relevant? Some Reservations about Baude and Sachs’ view of the past.” Rick Hills has this post at “PrawfsBlawg.”

Posted at 4:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Conservative Nationalism Is Trumpism for Intellectuals”: Online at The New Yorker, Osita Nwanevu has this post featuring recent quotations from law professor Amy Wax.

Posted at 4:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Flaws of the Great Justice Stevens; Fine personal qualities do not always translate into judicial virtues”: Law professor Barry P. McDonald has this essay in the Sunday Review section of today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 1:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Waco resident gets census test with citizenship question, despite Supreme Court blocking question on 2020 Census”: Brooke Crum has this front page article in today’s edition of The Waco (Tex.) Tribune-Herald.

Posted at 8:44 AM by Howard Bashman



Saturday, July 20, 2019

“The End of an Era, and the Cult of the Constitution: What we lost with Justice John Paul Stevens’ death, and Mary Anne Franks on what we lose when we unquestioningly revere the Constitution.” Slate has posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick.

Posted at 8:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Do protections for people with disabilities apply online? Domino’s asks high court.” Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 8:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“Death penalty trials have continued despite Newsom’s moratorium. The California Supreme Court could stop them.” Alene Tchekmedyian of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Posted at 10:40 AM by Howard Bashman



“Abortion Rulings in Alaska Prompt Governor To Cut Court Funding; ACLU sues after Dunleavy reduces Supreme Court funding by same amount state spends on elective abortion coverage”: Ethan Millman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 9:54 AM by Howard Bashman



Friday, July 19, 2019

“Trump’s Labor Pick Has Defended Corporations, and One Killer Whale; Eugene Scalia, whom Mr. Trump plans to nominate as labor secretary, has been a go-to lawyer for businesses like UPS and SeaWorld”: Noam Scheiber will have this article in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times.

Jeff Stein and Rachel Siegel of The Washington Post report that “Eugene Scalia has defended Wall Street, Walmart and SeaWorld. Now he’s Trump’s pick for labor secretary.”

And David Harrison and Andrew Ackerman of The Wall Street Journal report that “Labor Secretary Pick Eugene Scalia Has Long Fought Rules Aimed at Business; Trump’s proposed successor to Alexander Acosta challenged aspects of Dodd-Frank, ergonomics rules.”

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“These maps from a dead GOP operative’s secret files are now on display in court”: Will Doran of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report.

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“For Stevens, Chevron Decision Defined How Supreme Court Changed”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And in commentary, The Washington Post has published an editorial titled “The United States is a better place today because of John Paul Stevens.” Also online at that newspaper, law professor Jonathan Turley has an essay titled “John Paul Stevens was the Babe Ruth of the bench, minus the theatrics; He found his voice — and his vision — on the Supreme Court.” Columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. has an essay titled “We can either choose Trump’s vision of America, or John Paul Stevens’s.” Cliff Sloan has an essay titled “John Paul Stevens, the rule-of-law justice.” Columnist Charles Lane has an essay titled “Thank (or blame) John Paul Stevens for your binge-watching habit.” Columnist Harry Litman has an essay titled “John Paul Stevens was appointed by a Republican. But he had an independent streak.” And columnist Henry Olsen has an essay titled “We don’t have justices like John Paul Stevens anymore. That’s a good thing.”

The New York Sun has published an editorial titled “John Paul Stevens.”

Online at The Week, W. James Antle III has an essay titled “What John Paul Stevens inadvertently taught conservatives about the Supreme Court.”

Online at The Atlantic, law professor Garrett Epps has an essay titled “The Case That Changed John Paul Stevens’s Life: When the late justice was a child, his father was arrested.”

Online at Bloomberg Opinion, law professor Stephen L. Carter has an essay titled “Five Opinions That Show Justice Stevens’s Greatness; He did his own work and was proud of it.”

Online at The Conversation, law professor Merritt McAlister has an essay titled “Justice Stevens, Babe Ruth and the best law clerk assignment ever.”

At “Dorf on Law,” Anne M. Voigts has a guest post titled “Remembering Justice Stevens.”

At the Brennan Center for Justice, Andrew Cohen has an essay titled “Regrets, He Had a Few: The Legacy of John Paul Stevens; It takes a modest man, an honorable man, to admit his mistakes. The late justice did just that.”

Online at ABA Journal, Mark Walsh has a post titled “Justice John Paul Stevens: Remembering a man of modesty, remarkable intellect.”

And online at “SCOTUSblog,” Paul Clement has a guest post titled “Justice Stevens at oral argument: Often fatal; always kind.” Ian Gershengorn has a guest post titled “Remembering Justice Stevens.” Jeffrey Fisher has a guest post titled “Justice Stevens: Setting an example for all of us.” And Kenneth Manaster has a guest post titled “July 16, 1969: Judicial launch.”

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“The History Behind the Supreme Court Showdown Over Tribal Land Is Bloody and Violent. For Rebecca Nagle, It’s Also Personal. The Cherokee journalist unpacks the case that could restore half of Oklahoma’s lands to Native tribes.” Delilah Friedler of Mother Jones has this profile of Rebecca Nagle, host of the must-hear podcast “This Land.”

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“Where Roe v. Wade Has the Biggest Effect: In a post-Roe world, abortions would fall significantly, and access would become highly uneven.” Quoctrung Bui, Claire Cain Miller, and Margot Sanger-Katz have this interactive report online at The Upshot site of The New York Times.

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“Justice Elena Kagan uses Spider-Man to warn of Supreme Court’s ‘great responsibility’ to follow precedent”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

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“Mississippi Quotes John Roberts to Defend Its Racist Election Law; The state’s response to a lawsuit by four black voters shows the wide ramifications of the Supreme Court’s recent gerrymandering ruling”: Matt Ford of The New Republic has this report.

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“How Donald Trump is breaking the law: The writ of the courts still runs — for now; But Trump is remaking the American bench, and destroying the norms on which democracy depends.” Dahlia Lithwick has this article in the Summer 2019 issue of Prospect (UK) magazine.

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Thursday, July 18, 2019

“America is ‘better off’ with ‘fewer nonwhites’ says Amy Wax at national conference”: Ashley Ahn of The Daily Pennsylvanian has this report.

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“Antiabortion Movement Begins to Crack, After Decades of Unity; New wing of movement aims to challenge Roe v. Wade directly with ‘heartbeat’ bills, seeing hope in Supreme Court change, but traditional opponents say a defeat could stall momentum for years”: Jacob Gershman and Arian Campo-Flores have this front page article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 9:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Epstein Scandal Brings Legal Titans to Blows; Four-year battle between David Boies, Alan Dershowitz turns uglier following financier’s arrest”: Joe Palazzolo and Jacob Gershman will have this article in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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“Trump likely to tap Scalia’s son for Labor chief”: Gabby Orr, Marianne LeVine, Anita Kumar, and Ian Kullgren of Politico have this report.

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“Justice Elena Kagan encourages gerrymandering protesters: ‘Carry on the efforts.'” Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

Sam Levine of HuffPost reports that “Elena Kagan Says She’ll Never Accept Supreme Court’s Partisan Gerrymandering Ruling; Kagan dissented strongly in the June 27 case and said Thursday she was writing for the future.”

And Jacqueline Thomsen of The Hill has a report headlined “Kagan: I will ‘never accept’ Supreme Court’s ruling on partisan gerrymandering.”

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“Justice Kagan Remarks at Georgetown University Law Center: Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan discusses the law and legal education at Georgetown University’s law center in Washington, DC.” C-SPAN has posted online at this link the video of this event from earlier this afternoon.

Posted at 5:56 PM by Howard Bashman