“Institute Gives $1 Million Prize to Justice Ginsburg; Money will be distributed to charities and nonprofits she designates”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2019
“Institute Gives $1 Million Prize to Justice Ginsburg; Money will be distributed to charities and nonprofits she designates”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report. Posted at 10:35 PM by Howard Bashman“Injured worker may proceed with suit against Canada”: Angela Childers of Business Insurance had this report back in June 2019 about the ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Today, the First Circuit issued an order denying rehearing en banc by an evenly divided court. Two judges issued a dissent urging the U.S. Supreme Court to grant review. Posted at 10:26 PM by Howard Bashman“9th Circuit rules that arbitrators must disclose ownership stakes”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post about a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday. Posted at 10:18 PM by Howard Bashman“Ninth Cir. Refusal to Review Asylum Case Draws Scornful Dissents”: Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on an order denying rehearing en banc, and the dissents therefrom, that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday. Posted at 10:15 PM by Howard Bashman“Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Mourns Loss of Chief Judge Emeritus Procter R. Hug, Jr.” The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this news release today. Posted at 10:04 PM by Howard Bashman“‘The Idea Was To Get Rid Of Me’: Justice Clarence Thomas Speaks About His Confirmation Fight in New Documentary.” Tessa Berenson of Time magazine has this report. Posted at 8:06 PM by Howard Bashman“The Resilience of Obamacare in Reality if not Necessarily in the Trump-Packed Courts”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.” Posted at 4:28 PM by Howard Bashman“Susan Collins Will Oppose Controversial Judicial Nominee Steven Menashi; She is the first Republican senator to come out against Trump’s court pick, who has a record of opposing rights for women, LGBTQ people and minorities”: Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report. Posted at 4:22 PM by Howard Bashman“The Judges Republicans Are Doing It All For: Trump nominated his fifth judge rated ‘not qualified’ by the American Bar Association this week; She’s never tried a case.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate. Posted at 2:03 PM by Howard Bashman“Trump Taxes: Judges Seem Skeptical of Bid to Block Subpoena for Returns; President Trump is appealing a ruling ordering him to abide by a subpoena from state prosecutors to turn over eight years of tax returns.” Benjamin Weiser and Azi Paybarah of The New York Times have this report. Ann E. Marimow and Jonathan O’Connell of The Washington Post report that “In court hearing, Trump lawyer argues a sitting president would be immune from prosecution even if he were to shoot someone.” Brendan Pierson of Reuters reports that “Trump could shoot someone and escape prosecution, his lawyer argues.” Bob Van Voris of Bloomberg News reports that “Trump Lawyer Sees Presidential Immunity — Even for Shooting.” Pete Williams of NBC News has a report headlined “Trump’s lawyers argue he can’t be charged while in office — even if he shoots someone; ‘That’s your position?’ asked federal appeals court Judge Denny Chin. ‘That is correct,’ the president’s lawyer responded.” And Marshall Cohen of CNN reports that “Trump couldn’t be prosecuted for a Fifth Avenue shooting while in office, his lawyer argues.” C-SPAN has posted online at this link the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Posted at 1:40 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court Lets Climate Change Lawsuit Proceed; The court’s brief order addressed a threshold question: Should climate suits filed by state and local governments be heard in state or federal court?” Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times. And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Oil Companies Rejected by Supreme Court on Climate Change Suits.” You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link. Posted at 1:29 PM by Howard Bashman“Cortez fisherman struggles after Supreme Court win”: In today’s edition of The Sarasota Herald-Tribune, columnist Chris Anderson has a front page essay that begins, “Cortez fisherman John Yates had a bizarre conviction for missing grouper overturned by the Supreme Court in 2015. It came at a cost.” Posted at 1:20 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan shares wisdom, laughs Tuesday during CU Boulder lecture”: Kelsey Hammon has this front page article in today’s edition of The Boulder Daily Camera. Posted at 1:16 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to teach UF law class”: April Rubin of The Independent Florida Alligator has this report. Posted at 1:09 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg awarded $1 million prize for ‘thinkers’ in philosophy and culture”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report. Posted at 1:06 PM by Howard Bashman |
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