“Mitch McConnell, Master of the Blockade, Plots Impeachment Strategy; The Senate majority leader has earned the nickname the grim reaper for his iron-fisted grip on the chamber, but an impeachment trial is harder to control”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has an article that begins, “Shattering convention, he held open a Supreme Court seat for 11 months. He twice changed Senate rules to create a record-setting assembly line of conservative federal judicial confirmations. He has been ruthless in his control of the Senate floor, denying Republicans and Democrats alike much opportunity to debate legislation.”
“The Legal Threat to Obamacare Is Back. Again. An appeals court, after rejecting the law’s insurance requirement, entertains the idea that the whole law should now fall.” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.
“When Does First Amendment Preempt Negligence Liability? More on Doe v. Mckesson, the Baton Rouge Black Lives Matter case.” Eugene Volokh has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
“Taking Stock: A Review of Justice Stevens’s Last Book and an Appreciation of His Extraordinary Service on the Supreme Court.” Law professor Rodger Citron has this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.
“A look back at 2019: A tale of two terms?” Amy L Howe has this post at her “Howe on the Court” blog.
“The Controversy about the ERA Amendment Process”: Mike Rappaport has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.
“Spotlight will be on U.S. chief justice in Trump trial and in major cases”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.
“Impeachment Maelstrom Sucks in Chief Justice Who Shuns Politics”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
