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Friday, December 13, 2019

“Mississippi 15-week abortion ban is blocked by appeals court”: Emily Wagster Pettus of The Associated Press has this report.

Caroline Kelly of CNN reports that “Court strikes down Mississippi 15-week abortion ban.”

And Tal Axelrod of The Hill reports that “Federal appeals court blocks Mississippi 15-week abortion ban, calls it unconstitutional.”

Senior Circuit Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham wrote the majority opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. And Circuit Judge James C. Ho issued an opinion concurring in the judgment.

Posted at 9:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to Rule on Release of Trump’s Financial Records; The court’s ruling, expected by June, could release information the president has tried to protect. Or the justices could rule that his financial affairs are not legitimate subjects of inquiry so long as he remains in office”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court will take up Trump’s broad claims of protection from investigation.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court to decide whether Trump’s tax returns must be released to House.”

Jess Bravin and Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court to Decide Cases on Access to Trump’s Financial Records; A decision, likely next June, could have lasting implications for the presidency.”

Richard Wolf and Kevin McCoy of USA Today report that “Supreme Court agrees to review Trump’s efforts to keep his tax returns, financial records secret.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court to take up cases concerning Trump’s financial records.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Justices to take up dispute over subpoenas for Trump records.”

Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung of Reuters report that “U.S. Supreme Court takes up Trump bid to shield financial records.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Trump Gets High Court Review on Financial Records Subpoenas.”

Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court to rule on release of Trump tax records; By granting review of these cases now, the justices made it possible for them to be heard during the current court term.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Supreme Court to hear Trump pleas to block subpoenas for financial records.” And Joan Biskupic of CNN reports that “The Supreme Court just jumped into the political deep end with Trump taxes lawsuit.”

Bill Mears and Shannon Bream of Fox News report that “Supreme Court to decide fate of subpoenas for Trump financial records.”

Tucker Higgins of CNBC reports that “Supreme Court will hear three cases over Trump’s financial records.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Supreme Court to hear three cases seeking access to Trump’s financial and tax records; The justices are likely to rule on the cases by June.”

Todd Ruger of Roll Call reports that “Justices decide to wade into separation-of-powers showdown; The issue lands there just as the House prepares a floor vote on articles of impeachment.”

John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court takes up fight over Trump financial records.”

Dominic Holden of BuzzFeed News reports that “The Supreme Court Handed Trump Another Temporary Win In His Effort To Hide Financial Records; After Trump lost in lower courts, the Supreme Court is stepping in to hear his appeal in three major cases.”

And on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Trump Subpoena Cases.”

Posted at 9:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Applying the Fourth Amendment’s Original Meaning to Cell Phones and Heat Sensors”: Mike Rappaport has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

Posted at 8:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“The US air force gave her a choice: your baby or your job; As a new culture war rages around abortion, scholars believe a 1970s case taken up by Ruth Bader Ginsburg shows the lengths the US government has gone to in the past to control women’s sexuality.” Jessica Glenza and Alana Casanova-Burgess of The Guardian (UK) have this report.

And WNYC Radio’s “On the Media” today presented a related audio segment titled “Body of Law: Beyond Roe.”

Posted at 5:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal Judge Rules American Samoans Are U.S. Citizens by Birth. Finally. Denying them birthright citizenship is not just unconstitutional. It’s racist.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 12:35 PM by Howard Bashman