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Monday, December 23, 2019

“The Beginning of the 2019 Term and How It Stacks Up”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

Posted at 2:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Senate Republicans were laser-focused on confirming judges in 2019 — even the unqualified ones; Even as lawmakers blocked hundreds of bills, they confirmed more than 100 judges”: Li Zhou of Vox has this report.

Posted at 12:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Montana Battle Over Aid for Religious Schools Reaches Supreme Court; The justices will hear arguments next month over whether states may erect walls between church and state high enough to exclude religious groups from some government benefits”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 12:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“How Trump is filling the liberal 9th Circuit with conservatives; The court’s changing ideological makeup could wind up giving states like California less legal elbow room to challenge Trump policies”: Susannah Luthi of Politico has this report.

Posted at 12:17 PM by Howard Bashman