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Tuesday, February 4, 2020

“The Supreme Court: Depoliticizing the Judiciary.” The organization The New Center posted online today this report written by Julia Baumel.

Posted at 9:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“DLJ joins with other top law reviews to produce joint issue celebrating women’s achievements in law; Bara ’20 leads first-ever collaboration marking centennial of 19th Amendment ratification and women occupying editor-in-chief slot at Top 16 law schools”: Duke Law recently issued this news release.

You can access the entire Women & Law issue, in which the Lisa Blatt essay that I posted earlier today appears, at this link.

Posted at 9:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“The ‘Living Constitution’ Denied the Vote to Generations; If only late 19th-century courts had followed the original meaning of the 15th Amendment”: Frank Scaturro had this op-ed in yesterday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why Are Supreme Court Justices Registered as Democrats and Republicans?” Gabe Roth of Fix the Court has this essay online at Bloomberg Law.

Posted at 8:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court justice with Peninsula ties set to retire; Charles Wiggins says it’s time to hang up the robes”: Brian McLean has this front page article in today’s edition of The Peninsula Daily News of Port Angeles, Washington.

Posted at 8:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Republic, If We Can Keep It: The government set up by James Madison and the other Founders requires a virtuous public and virtuous leaders — or the whole system will fail.” Online at The Atlantic, Adam J. White has an essay that begins, “In the days leading up to the Senate’s impeachment trial, some people hoped that Chief Justice John Roberts, presiding over the trial, would use his position to send a strong message to the senators on what the Constitution requires of them.”

Posted at 8:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump administration and GOP-led states ask Supreme Court to hold off on deciding Obamacare’s fate”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN have this report.

Posted at 2:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Kavanaugh confirmation battle hangs over Trump impeachment trial; No one knew how Kavanaugh’s emotionally raw confirmation would conclude; Not so much for Trump”: Sarah Ferris, Heather Caygle, and Jesse Naranjo of Politico have this report.

Posted at 2:20 PM by Howard Bashman