“Statement in Response to Attorney General Barr’s Address at Federalist Society”: The co-founders and additional members of Checks & Balances posted this statement online today.
In news coverage of the statement, Katie Benner of The New York Times has an article headlined “Barr’s Legal Views Come Under Fire From Conservative-Leaning Lawyers; A speech by Mr. Barr last week, in which he argued that Mr. Trump had never overstepped his authority, so alarmed a group of lawyers that they felt compelled to push back publicly.”
“Supreme Court to Decide Case Involving Muslims Placed on No-Fly List; Four men claim they deserve money damages for being improperly placed on the list”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
And John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court to take up Trump appeal over Muslims put on ‘no fly list’ for refusing to spy.”
“Comcast Scrutinized After Racial Bias Hearing at Supreme Court; Paula Madison, a former executive at NBCU, follows Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs this week in challenging Comcast’s commitment to diversity”: Eriq Gardner has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter.
“Facebook Executive Joel Kaplan ‘Helped Quarterback’ His Pal Brett Kavanaugh’s SCOTUS Nomination; While the Facebook policy chief’s ties to Kavanaugh were widely known, a new book reports that Kaplan played a key role in lobbying for the judge’s nomination in the first place”: Maxwell Tani and Andrew Kirell of The Daily Beast have this report.
“Bill Barr says he’d take fight to restart federal executions to Supreme Court if needed”: Vandana Rambaran of Fox News has this report.
“Trump’s Senate Impeachment Defense Will Be to Put Joe Biden on Trial”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“U.S. Supreme Court to hear Trump appeal in ‘no-fly list’ suit”: Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.
You can access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.
“Historical marker commemorates Bloomington’s 1973 landmark Supreme Court case Hess v. Indiana”: Carson TerBush of The Indiana Daily Student has this report.
“Two friends, one judge — and a fight for the Senate and Supreme Court”: The Washington Post has published online this essay adapted from Ruth Marcus’s forthcoming book, “Supreme Ambition: Brett Kavanaugh and the Conservative Takeover.”
“My Experience on the Supreme Court Bar Line for the DACA Case; I arrived at 3:11 a.m., and almost did not make it into the Court”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
“An Unfair Accusation of Partisanship against the Roberts Court”: John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.
“Hearings over, all eyes on Supreme Court showdowns over Trump’s financial records”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.
