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Monday, November 18, 2019

“Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan talked to George Mason University students about the American legal system; Justice Kagan discussed a variety of topics including her career, advise to aspiring judges and varied processes of the Supreme Court”: C-SPAN has posted online at this link the video of this event from earlier today.

Posted at 10:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“House is investigating whether Trump lied to Mueller, its general counsel told a federal appeals court”: Ann E. Marimow, Spencer S. Hsu, and Rachael Bade of The Washington Post have this report.

Charlie Savage of The New York Times reports that “Impeachment Investigators Exploring Whether Trump Lied to Mueller; As part of the Russia inquiry, President Trump had given written answers to questions from Robert S. Mueller III.”

And Darren Samuelsohn and Josh Gerstein of Politico report that “Judges suggest court shouldn’t solve dispute over Mueller’s evidence; Democrats want access to the secret grand jury information Robert Mueller relied on during his Russia probe.”

You can access at this link the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Posted at 10:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Undoing Voluntary Dismissals of Class Actions After Baker; The Ninth Circuit held that Rule 60(b)(6) could undo voluntary dismissals that were sought to obtain review of class-certification denials”: Bryan Lammon has this post at his “Final Decisions” blog.

Posted at 10:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“Christine Blasey Ford says her Kavanaugh testimony ‘was simply doing my duty as a citizen'”: Alex Horton of The Washington Post has this report.

Chandelis Duster of CNN reports that “Christine Blasey Ford says she’s ‘thankful’ to have started a national conversation about sexual assault.”

Nick Givas of Fox News reports that “Christine Blasey Ford urges Americans to believe Trump’s impeachment witness while receiving ACLU courage award.”

And Rebecca Klar of The Hill reports that “Christine Blasey Ford receives ACLU courage award.”

You can access on YouTube a video titled “Kavanaugh accuser receives ACLU ‘Courage Award.’

Posted at 10:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Chief Justice Gives Trump Temporary Reprieve in Financial Records Case; John Roberts blocked an appeals court ruling requiring disclosure of the records while the Supreme Court considers how to proceed”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court puts temporary hold on Trump financial records ruling.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court halts turnover of Trump tax returns.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Temporarily Halts House Bid for Trump Records.”

Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court puts hold on House subpoena for Trump financial records; Democrats said they needed the documents to investigate whether the president accurately filled out required disclosure forms.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Supreme Court stops Trump financial documents from going to House on Wednesday.”

Ronn Blitzer of Fox News reports that “Supreme Court temporarily blocks release of Trump tax returns.”

And Harper Neidig of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court temporarily blocks House subpoena of Trump financial records.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

Posted at 9:57 PM by Howard Bashman



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

Posted at 11:45 AM by Howard Bashman



“How to Attend Oral Arguments at the Supreme Court; An in-depth look at the written and unwritten rules to attend oral argument at the Supreme Court”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 11:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“Mueller grand-jury material urgently needed for impeachment inquiry, Congress tells court”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has an article that begins, “A federal appeals court in Washington on Monday is set to consider whether the Justice Department must immediately release to Congress secret grand-jury materials from former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation.”

After registering for access, you can listen online live to the oral argument of this appeal, already underway at the time this post was first published, via this link.

Posted at 9:37 AM by Howard Bashman



“With presidential election looming, Supreme Court should take a lesson from Bush v. Gore and pass on questions over Trump’s taxes”: Columnist Dahleen Glanton has this essay online at The Chicago Tribune.

Posted at 8:35 AM by Howard Bashman



“‘The Plural Text’ and the Death of Legal Meaning”: Robin Ridless has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

Posted at 8:32 AM by Howard Bashman



“For Supporters Of Abortion Access, Troubling Trends In Texas”: Ashley Lopez of Austin’s NPR Station KUT 90.5 had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

Posted at 8:30 AM by Howard Bashman