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Sunday, December 1, 2019

“Bill Barr is Wrong to Claim Courts Cannot Examine Government Motives; Assessment of motives is often an essential tool for protecting our constitutional rights”: Ilya Somin has this post online at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 8:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court set to hear first major gun control case since 2010”: Alex Swoyer and David Sherfinski of The Washington Times have this report.

Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Gun control advocates nervous as Supreme Court takes up first 2nd Amendment case in a decade.”

Bradford Betz of Fox News reports that “Supreme Court to take up first gun rights case in nearly a decade.”

And this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered” contained an audio segment titled “Supreme Court Takes Up Case On Gun Laws” featuring an interview with law professor Joseph Blocher.

Posted at 8:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Guns, Liberals and the Supreme Court: The Justices have a chance to shore up their eroding Heller precedent.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

Posted at 3:21 PM by Howard Bashman



“New York Case to Test Supreme Court’s Position on Gun Rights; Focus to be on Chief Justice Roberts at Monday argument over law that has already been repealed”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 3:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“How a Divided Left Is Losing the Battle on Abortion: Miscalculations, and an unexpected victory by President Trump, have put abortion access at its most vulnerable point in decades, and the left on the defensive; Now it is trying to recover.” Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer of The New York Times have this report.

Posted at 3:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court may expand Second Amendment rights despite repeal of disputed gun restrictions”: Richard Wolf of USA Today as this report.

Denis Slattery of The New York Daily News reports that “Supreme Court to hear appeal over former NYPD rule that barred gun owners from transporting firearms out of the city.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Justices take up gun case, though disputed law has changed.”

Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court weighs challenge to New York gun transport limits.”

And Devin Dwyer of ABC News reports that “Gun safety groups brace for Supreme Court moves on 2nd Amendment.”

Posted at 10:44 AM by Howard Bashman



“A tiny town’s long struggle to rid itself of toxic waste reaches the Supreme Court”: Kathleen McLaughlin of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 10:37 AM by Howard Bashman