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Wednesday, December 11, 2019

“CFPB challenger to SCOTUS: Let Congress fix bureau’s constitutional flaw.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

Posted at 10:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Weighs Role of Jury in Death Penalty Case; An Arizona death row inmate was granted a new sentencing to consider evidence of childhood abuse; The justices examined whether that required a hearing in a trial court”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court divided on Arizona murderer’s effort to reverse death sentence.”

And Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service reports that “Arizona Killer’s Death Sentence Fought at Supreme Court.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in McKinney v. Arizona, No. 18-1109.

Posted at 10:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Lawrence VanDyke confirmed to appellate court bench”: Gary Martin of The Las Vegas Review-Journal has this report.

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Senate confirms conservative, described by the bar as unfit, to SF appeals court.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Senate confirms Trump’s 50th federal appeals court judge.”

Matthew Daly of The Associated Press reports that “Senate OKs appeals court judges over home-state opposition.”

Gregg Re of Fox News reports that “Trump secures 50th appellate court appointment, with another Ninth Circuit judge confirmed.”

Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service reports that “10th Trump Nominee Confirmed to Seat on Ninth Circuit.”

The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a news release titled “Senate Confirms Lawrence VanDyke to Seat on Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.”

In commentary, online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “Senate Confirms Trump Judicial Nominee Who Cried When Confronted With Anti-Gay Record; Lawrence VanDyke is just the latest Trump nominee whom Republicans confirmed despite a ‘Not Qualified’ rating.”

And at his “The Vetting Room” blog, Harsh Voruganti has a post titled “Lawrence VanDyke — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.”

This afternoon, the U.S. Senate confirmed Lawrence VanDyke to serve on the Ninth Circuit by a vote of 51-to-44.

Posted at 7:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Lawyers fear Tories are planning ‘revenge’ against Supreme Court; Legal experts raise concern that constitutional review could be used to punish judges for overturning prorogation”: Jane Croft and James Blitz of Financial Times (UK) have an article (subscription may be required to access) that begins, “Plans by UK prime minister Boris Johnson to conduct a sweeping review of the constitutional relationship between the UK government and the courts have raised fears that he may be seeking to punish the Supreme Court for overturning his prorogation of parliament.”

Posted at 1:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. Supreme Court to hear international child custody dispute from Cleveland area”: Sabrina Eaton of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report.

Posted at 12:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“His Appeal in Louisiana Was a Sham Proceeding. But the High Court Won’t Review the Case. Louisiana automatically rejected appeals from prisoners who represented themselves. One prisoner hoped the Supreme Court would consider his conviction in the light of that scandal.” Andrew Cohen has this report online at The Marshall Project.

Posted at 10:20 AM by Howard Bashman