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Monday, August 5, 2019

“Senate Republicans Are Quietly Advancing a Radical Gun Plan; They’re confirming judges who want to render us powerless to stop mass shootings”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 11:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Harassment, Accountability, and the Erosion of Judicial Legitimacy”: Nina Reddy has this essay online at the Center for American Progress.

Posted at 2:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“How a short-term rental dispute in Indio landed in the California Supreme Court”: Amy DiPierro of The Desert Sun of Palm Springs, California has this report.

Posted at 8:10 AM by Howard Bashman



“With a new vacancy on the Texas Supreme Court, attention turns to diversity concerns; Gov. Greg Abbott has his third opportunity to appoint a judge to the state’s highest civil court; His first two picks were white men”: Emma Platoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

Posted at 7:59 AM by Howard Bashman



“Parents reflect on case to be reviewed by U.S. Supreme Court”: In today’s edition of The Daily Inter Lake of Kalispell, Montana, Hilary Matheson has an article that begins, “Kalispell parents Kendra Espinoza and Jeri Anderson and Bigfork parent Jaime Schaefer are the faces of a Montana case regarding religious schools and funding that will have its day in the United States Supreme Court.”

Posted at 7:55 AM by Howard Bashman



“A Relentless Jailhouse Lawyer Propels a Case to the Supreme Court”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 7:48 AM by Howard Bashman