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Friday, September 20, 2019

“Judicial Make-Up Call: With two more Trump nominees, Patrick Bumatay and Lawrence VanDyke, this isn’t Obama’s Ninth Circuit.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

Posted at 10:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Administrative State Under Judicial Fire: Appeals courts brawl over agency power; Will the Justices intervene?” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 10:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why They’ll Never Stop Targeting Kavanaugh; The continuing assault reflects both a fixation and an effort to deprive the court of its legitimacy”: Columnist Peggy Noonan has this essay online at Thw Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 10:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Two Times Reporters on ‘The Education of Brett Kavanaugh’: Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly discuss their new book, and Tim Winton talks about his most recent novel, ‘The Shepherd’s Hut.'” The New York Times has posted online this Book Review podcast hosted by Pamela Paul.

Posted at 10:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court says Sacramento-area transgender man can sue Mercy San Juan over denying hysterectomy”: Cathie Anderson of The Sacramento Bee has this report.

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Suit by transgender man initially refused surgery reinstated by appeals court.”

And columnist Michael Hiltzik of The Los Angeles Times has an essay titled “Court reinstates lawsuit against Catholic hospital for refusing transgender patient’s surgery.”

You can access Tuesday’s ruling of the California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District at this link.

Posted at 10:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump to nominate ex-Nevada solicitor general to appeals court”: Debra J. Saunders of The Las Vegas Review-Journal has this report.

Posted at 6:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Where the Top Democratic Candidates Stand on the Supreme Court”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

Posted at 5:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Gerald Bostock’s is one of the landmark LGBTQ discrimination cases SCOTUS will soon hear. He tells Tim Teeman he wants to ‘ensure nobody goes to work in fear of losing their job.'” Tim Teeman of The Daily Beast has this report.

Posted at 1:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump announces two judicial nominees for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

Jordan S. Rubin of Bloomberg Law reports that “Openly Gay Prosecutor Among Two Planned Ninth Circuit Nominees.”

And Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service reports that “Trump Continues to Reshape Ninth Circuit With Two New Picks.”

The White House today issued a news release titled “President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees and United States Marshal Nominee.”

Posted at 1:48 PM by Howard Bashman