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Sunday, September 15, 2019

“The Importance of Civics with Justice Neil Gorsuch”: You can access this recent installment of the “”Livin’ the Bream” podcast with Shannon Bream of Fox News via this link.

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“Calls for Kavanaugh’s Impeachment Come Amid New Misconduct Allegations; President Trump and other Republicans defended the Supreme Court justice after a New York Times essay described a previously unreported story about him as a student at Yale”: Sandra E. Garcia of The New York Times has this report.

Emily Wax-Thibodeaux of The Washington Post reports that “Democratic candidates demand Kavanaugh impeachment after new allegation in Times piece.” Deanna Paul has an article headlined “Calls for Justice Kavanaugh’s impeachment are mounting. Here’s how it could work.” And in commentary, columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. has an essay titled “The Kavanaugh revelations: Why the Supreme Court is broken.”

Laura King of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Trump rallies to Kavanaugh’s defense after new sexual misconduct allegation surfaces.”

Catherine Lucey of The Wall Street Journal reports that “New Report on Brett Kavanaugh Reopens Debate About Supreme Court Justice; Account of sexual-misconduct allegations spurs Democratic calls for his removal, and a defense from Trump.”

Nicholas Wu of USA Today reports that “Democratic presidential candidates want Kavanaugh impeached after newly surfaced sexual misconduct accusation.”

Gabriella Muñoz of The Washington Times reports that “Trump urges Brett Kavanaugh libel lawsuits after new allegations surface.”

Doina Chiacu of Reuters reports that “Trump rebuffs Kavanaugh impeachment calls after new sexual misconduct report.”

Ros Krasny and Mark Niquette of Bloomberg News report that “Trump Defends Brett Kavanaugh After New Revelations.”

Kate Sullivan and Ariane de Vogue of CNN report that “Trump says his DOJ should ‘rescue’ Brett Kavanaugh.”

Gregg Re of Fox News reports that “Kavanaugh ‘must be impeached,’ top Dems say, as new uncorroborated allegation surfaces.”

David Cohen of Politico reports that “Trump stands up for Brett Kavanaugh over ‘liable.’

Chris Mills Rodrigo of The Hill reports that “2020 Democrats call for Kavanaugh to be impeached.”

And Lam Thuy Vo of BuzzFeed News reports that “Democrats Call For Kavanaugh Impeachment After New Report On Sexual Misconduct Allegations; A new book is providing details on the investigation into Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s conduct during college as well as a new allegation.”

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“Justice Dept. to Honor Team That Worked on Kavanaugh Confirmation Process”: Katie Benner has this article in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 8:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“No Obama or Trump Judges Here, Appointees of Both Declare; In panel discussion, judges back Chief Justice Roberts’s rebuttal to President Trump on their ideological leanings”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 8:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“Brett Kavanaugh Fit In With the Privileged Kids. She Did Not. Deborah Ramirez’s Yale experience says much about the college’s efforts to diversify its student body in the 1980s.” Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly have this news analysis in the Sunday Review section of today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 9:12 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court Is Trump’s Enforcer: This administration seems to regard ‘extraordinary relief’ from the high court as nothing more than its due.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 9:07 AM by Howard Bashman



Saturday, September 14, 2019

“Retired Chief Justice of Oregon Supreme Court Says Gov. Kate Brown Should Revoke Misha Isaak’s Appointment to the Oregon Court of Appeals”: Nigel Jaquiss of Willamette Week has this report.

Posted at 1:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Republicans Have Been Winning On Judges For Decades. Democrats Have Barely Talked About It. Trump made the courts a major voting issue for Republicans in 2016. Liberal legal advocacy groups and court watchdogs are divided on how to make that happen for Democrats in 2020.” Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.

Posted at 12:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Neil Gorsuch Says Supreme Court Justices Aren’t Liberal, Conservative”: Greg Stohr and Kimberly Robinson of Bloomberg News have this report.

Posted at 12:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘The Education of Brett Kavanaugh’ Takes a Hard Look at the Supreme Court Justice and His Accusers”: Hanna Rosin will have this review of the book “The Education of Brett Kavanaugh: An Investigation,” written by Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly, in the September 22, 2019 issue of the Sunday Book Review of The New York Times.

And online at The Washington Post, Jill Filipovic has a review of the book titled “In this account of the Kavanaugh hearings, no heroes or villains — just humans.”

Posted at 12:44 PM by Howard Bashman



Friday, September 13, 2019

“Showtime, Sacha Baron Cohen Ask Court to Toss Roy Moore’s ‘Who Is America?’ Lawsuit; They say Moore contractually waived his right to sue and as the former Chief Justice of Alabama’s state Supreme Court ‘is well aware of the consequences of signing contracts.'” Ashley Cullins has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter.

Posted at 1:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Asylum Ruling Changes Little at Border for Now; Trump administration’s new rule could expedite decisions to deport some applicants, but options other than asylum remain”: Michelle Hackman and Alicia A. Caldwell have this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

And today’s edition of that newspaper also contains an editorial titled “The High Court’s Injunction Slapdown; A victory for the rule of law, no matter who is President.”

Posted at 1:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court revives lawsuit saying Trump is violating the Constitution by doing business with foreign governments”: David A. Fahrenthold of The Washington Post has this report.

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Federal court allows lawsuit against Trump over business ties.”

Andrew Chung and Jan Wolfe of Reuters report that “U.S. appeals court says Trump cannot dodge foreign corruption lawsuit.”

Chris Dolmetsch and Bob Van Voris of Bloomberg News report that “Trump Finances Closer to Scrutiny as U.S. Court Revives Suit.”

Erica Orden of CNN reports that “Federal appeals court revives ethics lawsuit against Trump.”

And Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News reports that “A Court Revived Another Lawsuit Against Trump For Continuing To Profit From His Businesses; The 2nd Circuit found that hotel and restaurant owners could bring constitutional claims against Trump for refusing to divest from his companies.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

Posted at 1:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“NJ Legal Potentates in Newark for Swearing In of Paul Matey on the 3rd Circuit Court”: Jay Lassiter of Insider NJ has this report.

Posted at 1:11 PM by Howard Bashman



Thursday, September 12, 2019

“Two Florida Supreme Court justices appointed to federal appeals court; Justices Barbara Lagoa and Robert Luck have been serving on Florida’s highest court since January”: The News Service of Florida has a report that begins, “Just months after joining the Florida Supreme Court, Justice Barbara Lagoa and Justice Robert Luck have been picked by President Donald Trump to serve on a federal appeals court, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office said Thursday evening.”

And the Office of Florida’s Governor issued a news release titled “Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida Leaders Applaud President Donald Trump on His Nominations of Florida Supreme Court Justices Barbara Lagoa and Robert Luck to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.”

Posted at 10:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Does this anti-discrimination law protect LGBTQ workers? 3 cases ask Supreme Court to decide.” Marcia Coyle of PBS NewsHour has this report.

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“The Supreme Court’s Devastating Asylum Ruling Follows a Troubling Pattern; The court’s ‘shadow docket’ is growing”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

And online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “Justice Sotomayor warns the Supreme Court is doing ‘extraordinary’ favors for Trump; The Trump administration thinks the court is its personal fixer; The court isn’t doing much to disabuse it of this idea.”

Posted at 9:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Is the Supreme Court too deferential to Trump — or worried some judges are overstepping their power?” Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 9:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why did ‘sources familiar with the private Supreme Court deliberations’ talk to CNN about the Census Case? What do we make of the Department of Commerce leak? And did Justice Sotomayor lose the majority opinion in Gundy?” Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 4:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump Asylum Victory May Only Be Temporary; Understanding the 7-2 vote requires a close look at Supreme Court professional etiquette”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

Posted at 3:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Previewing the Supreme Court’s October Term 2019”: The George Washington University Law School hosted this event today, featuring panelists Sherrilyn Ifill, Kannon K. Shanmugam, and Jonathan Turley. Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern served as moderator. You can view the video at the law school’s Facebook page via this link.

Posted at 3:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ted Cruz will oppose Trump’s judicial nominee; ‘Sul’ Ozerden’s nomination to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals could be in jeopardy”: Burgess Everett, Marianne LeVine, and Eliana Johnson of Politico have this report.

Posted at 3:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Religious Crusaders at the Supreme Court’s Gates: Conservative justices appear eager to take on a subject at the heart of the country’s culture wars.” Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 9:34 AM by Howard Bashman



“5th Circ. Judge Willett On Textualism And Giving Up Twitter”: Jimmy Hoover of Law360 has this report (subscription may be required for full access).

Posted at 9:32 AM by Howard Bashman



Wednesday, September 11, 2019