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Wednesday, September 4, 2019

“No, Presidential Elector Litigation Will Not Lead To Chaos”: Jason Harrow has this post at the “Take Care” blog.

Posted at 8:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“History of controversial statements follows new federal judge to Galveston”: Nick Powell of The Houston Chronicle has an article that begins, “A Texas Supreme Court justice with a controversial background is poised to take over the federal bench in Galveston.”

Posted at 1:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“A 37-Year-Old Filmed His Legal Sex Acts With A 16-Year-Old And Sent Her The Videos. A Court Said He Distributed Child Porn. Matthew Rouse pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography and was sentenced to eight years in prison. An appellate court recently upheld his conviction.” Tasneem Nashrulla of BuzzFeed News has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued yesterday.

Posted at 10:50 AM by Howard Bashman



“Conservative Judges Are Brawling Over Originalism; The union between the federal judiciary’s true believers in the primacy of our founding documents is fraying”: Matt Ford of The New Republic recently had this report.

Posted at 10:37 AM by Howard Bashman



“Fifth Circuit Releases Opinion and Dissent Finding Mississippi District Violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog” about a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday.

Circuit Judge Don R. Willett‘s dissent is noteworthy among other reasons because therein he mentions that the Fifth Circuit has nonpublic ““Internal Court Policies” that improperly may have discouraged that court from previously granting en banc review in this very case.

Posted at 10:35 AM by Howard Bashman



“Lively crowd greets Ruth Bader Ginsburg in North Little Rock; Justice reflects on path that led to high court”: Linda Satter has this front page article in today’s edition of The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Posted at 8:50 AM by Howard Bashman