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Monday, September 30, 2019

“Confessed Dan Markel murderer Luis Rivera could take the stand Tuesday”: Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

Posted at 10:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“With the Affordable Care Act’s future in doubt, evidence grows that it has saved lives”: Amy Goldstein of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 9:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“SCOTUS Spotlight: Tony Mauro on the Supreme Court beat.” You can access the new installment of the “SCOTUStalk” podcast from “SCOTUSblog” via this link.

Posted at 9:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Was It Worth It? Is It Still? Will It Ever Be? The women (and men) who came forward about sexual assault and harassment tell about everything that came after.” Irin Carmon and Amelia Schonbek have this post at “The Cut” blog of New York Magazine.

Posted at 9:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. District Judge Carlos Murguia admonished for sexual harassment, affair with felon, tardiness”: Sherman Smith of The Topeka Capital-Journal has this report.

And Steve Vockrodt of The Kansas City Star reports that “Kansas federal judge gets rare public reprimand for harassment, affair with felon.”

Today, the Judicial Council of the Tenth Circuit issued an order that publicly reprimands U.S. District Judge Carlos Murguia of the District of Kansas for several forms of misconduct.

Posted at 8:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Priscilla Owen of Austin becomes chief judge of US appeals court”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has this report.

Posted at 8:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“Counterpoint: Amy Coney Barrett Would Be A Fine Supreme Court Justice. Yes, she’s ‘very Catholic.’ But conservatives have little to fear.” Ian Samuel has this essay online at Human Events.

Posted at 8:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“William Nardini — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

Posted at 8:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Is Key After Trump’s String of Losses in Lower Courts; Lower courts have blocked president from enforcing initiatives, including rollbacks of Obama-era rules”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 1:39 PM by Howard Bashman



“What 2 Deep-Dive Books on Kavanaugh Taught Me About Truth in the Trump Era”: Law professor Lara Bazelon has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

And C-SPAN’s “Book TV” has posted related videos here and here.

Posted at 9:08 AM by Howard Bashman



“Domino’s Wants to Slice Away at the Americans With Disabilities Act; The possibility that the Supreme Court might decide that Domino’s doesn’t have to make its website accessible fills me with dread — and not because I love its pizza”: Richard Supple has this essay online at Slate.

Posted at 9:05 AM by Howard Bashman



“In Death Penalty Cases, Sotomayor Is Alone in ‘Bearing Witness'”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 9:00 AM by Howard Bashman