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Friday, January 3, 2020

“Chief Justice Roberts warns we’re taking ‘democracy for granted.’ His rulings haven’t helped. Roberts worries about the state of our democracy even as his decisions have weakened democratic structures.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

Posted at 3:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Losing our Religion: Challenges to faith increase in courts; Believers fight for ‘free exercise.'” Alex Swoyer has this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Times.

Posted at 9:36 AM by Howard Bashman



“Democrats to demand court to compel former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify; Attorneys seek secret grand jury information from Mueller probe”: Jeff Mordock of The Washington Times has this report.

Jan Wolfe and Lawrence Hurley of Reuters report that “Appeals court weighs Trump bid to block testimony sought by House.”

And Darren Samuelsohn and Josh Gerstein of Politico report that “Democrats, DOJ open 2020 in court with doubleheader impeachment fights; The overlapping cases pit presidential power against Capitol Hill oversight.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit plans to livestream the oral argument audio via this link.

Posted at 9:33 AM by Howard Bashman