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Tuesday, October 22, 2019

“Associate Justice Elena Kagan says U.S. Supreme Court not partisan, despite current political climate; The justice spoke Tuesday night at CU Boulder”: Saja Hindi of The Denver Post has this report.

The University of Colorado Law School has posted the video of Justice Kagan’s remarks on YouTube at this link.

Posted at 11:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“An overlooked consequence of the Supreme Court’s gerrymandering rulings: Stricter abortion laws.” Reis Thebault of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 11:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ninth Circuit Upholds Block on Expanded Exemptions for Birth Control Coverage”: Nicholas Iovino of Courthouse News Service has this report.

Mary Anne Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has a report headlined “Trump Birth Control Religious Opt-Out Properly Blocked: Ninth Circuit.”

And in commentary, online at The Los Angeles Times, Jon Healey has an essay titled “California’s battle with Trump over contraception isn’t just about contraception.”

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

Posted at 10:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“Laura Kelly will soon pick a Supreme Court justice. One finalist could spur backlash.” Jonathan Shorman of The Wichita Eagle has this report.

Posted at 7:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“People still trust the Supreme Court. Democrats, don’t mess that up.” Columnist Kathleen Parker has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 7:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“When the Government Seizes Your Embryos; In Poland, single women who have frozen embryos are now barred from accessing them”: Anna Louie Sussman has this post online at The New Yorker.

Posted at 4:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“A new poll finds strong support for the Supreme Court ending LGBTQ discrimination; Neil Gorsuch’s fears of ‘social upheaval’ don’t seem justified”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

Posted at 3:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Justice Kagan encourages, amuses crowd at U lecture; Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan shares insights, anecdotes at U”: Rochelle Olson of The Minneapolis Star Tribune has this report.

Joe Kelly of the Minnesota Daily reports that “Supreme Court Justice Kagan visits UMN, speaks on gender diversity of the court; Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan shared her thoughts on female representation on the court and her love for the job.”

Steve Karnowski of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Justice Kagan: High court must avoid partisan perceptions.”

And Matt Sepic of MPR News has a report headlined “Justice Kagan: U.S. Supreme Court more complicated than the divided public knows.”

Posted at 3:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Roger Stone’s Plea for Social Media Comeback Fails at Appeals Court”: Andrew M Harris of Bloomberg News has this report.

Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Court rejects Roger Stone challenge to gag order.”

And Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News reports that “Roger Stone Lost His Appeal Of The Gag Order Barring Him From Posting On Twitter, Facebook, And Instagram; Stone’s trial is set to begin next month.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

Posted at 1:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge sets retrial date for Katherine Magbanua in Dan Markel killing”: Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

Posted at 1:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ruth Bader Ginsburg visits UC Berkeley, recounts her fights for women’s rights”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

Casey Tolan of The East Bay Times reports that “Ruth Bader Ginsburg reassures fans she’s doing ‘very well’ at UC Berkeley talk; ‘If you have survived cancer, you have a zest for life that you didn’t before.’

And Ariane de Vogue and Chandelis Duster of CNN report that “Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she never stopped working out during pancreatic cancer treatment.”

The UC Berkeley School of Law has posted on YouTube a video of the event titled “A Conversation with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”

Posted at 1:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Textualism as pretext in the LGBTQ discrimination cases”: Tonja Jacobi and Matthew Sag have this post at the “SCOTUS OA” blog.

Posted at 1:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Story on Originalism and Judicial Independence; An old argument against ‘flexible and changeable interpretation'”: Stephen Sachs has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 1:03 PM by Howard Bashman