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Saturday, November 16, 2019

“Solum on Posner and the Descriptive/Normative Gap in Originalist Theory”: Eric Segall has this post at “Dorf on Law.”

Posted at 10:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Booze, Gunshots and White Castle: Three Judges Are Suspended for Brawl; After finding the strip club next door closed, judges who were in Indianapolis for a conference got into a fight that left two of them hospitalized”: John Ismay has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 10:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“How to Rein In an All-Too-Powerful Supreme Court: Congress should empower itself to more easily overturn Supreme Court decisions.” Law professor Ganesh Sitaraman has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 9:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Gorsuch to Federalist Society: Opponents may fire ‘slings and arrows’ but ‘I’m still here.'” Ryan Lovelace of The Washington Times has this report.

Posted at 9:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Chief Justice Mark Cady, who wrote the opinion affirming right to same-sex marriage in Iowa, dies at 66”: Anna Spoerre and Daniel P. Finney of The Des Moines Register have this report.

In addition, Anna Spoerre of The Des Moines Register has an article headlined “‘He leaves behind a legacy of service and dedication that we should never forget’: Iowa’s leaders remember Chief Justice Mark Cady.”

David Pitt of The Associated Press reports that “Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady dies unexpectedly.”

And the Iowa Judicial Branch has posted online a news release titled “Iowa Judicial Branch Mourns the Passing of Chief Justice Cady” and these remembrances from others.

Posted at 9:10 PM by Howard Bashman