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Thursday, September 26, 2019

“The Not-So-Supreme Court: The Founders never intended for the Court to be the final arbiter of what the Constitution means.” Professor Greg Weiner has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 8:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Term will Decide on LGBT Workplace Discrimination Cases”: This audio segment featuring Chris Geidner appeared on today’s broadcast of “The Takeaway” from WNYC Radio.

Posted at 8:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Boris Johnson Has a Point About the Supreme Court; The decision may serve to rein in this prime minister, but it sets a dangerous precedent of greater activism”: Francis Hoar has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

Posted at 8:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“How the U.K. Supreme Court’s Rebuke to Boris Johnson Remakes British Law”: Mark Landler and Benjamin Mueller had this article in yesterday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 7:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Dan Markel trial: Five years after murder, three theories of the case emerge in opening statements.” Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

Posted at 7:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Robes on: What to expect from the Supreme Court’s new term; Justices will face cases involving LGBT rights, gun regulation and presidential power.” Steven Mazie has this article in the September 28, 2019 issue of The Economist.

Posted at 6:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Homeless people could lose the right to sleep on sidewalks if Western cities have their way”: Benjamin Oreskes has this article in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 6:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“The fight to end Roe v. Wade enters its endgame next week; The Supreme Court could dismantle the constitutional right to an abortion, and all it has to do is sit on its hands”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

Posted at 5:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Divide and Conquer: How the Democrats Can Maintain Control of the Ninth Circuit.” Michael J. Hasday has this post at the blog of the Harvard Law & Policy Review.

Posted at 5:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Senate Republicans May Have Just Tanked Another Trump Court Pick; ‘I don’t think the votes are there,’ GOP Sen. John Kennedy said of appeals court nominee Halil Suleyman Ozerden”: Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.

Posted at 5:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“There Was More to the Price Hike on Stamps Than the Cost; There has to be a reason for official decisions beyond ‘because we say so'”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 3:57 PM by Howard Bashman