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Tuesday, February 25, 2020

“Senate Democrats block late-term abortion restrictions; Manchin, Casey cross aisle to vote with GOP but support falls short of 60-vote threshold”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

Posted at 10:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Small Texas Cities Sued Over Abortion Bans; ACLU says anti-abortion ‘sanctuaries’ are violating the Constitution”: Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 10:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s demands for Sotomayor, Ginsburg recusals sparked by Chicago case; A blistering dissent by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor triggering Trump’s ire came in a case filed by Cook County and the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights”: Lynn Sweet of The Chicago Sun-Times has this report.

Robert Barnes and Ashley Parker of The Washington Post report that “Trump dials up his unusual battle with the judiciary.”

Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Trump Criticizes Justices Sotomayor, Ginsburg; President says they should recuse themselves from cases involving him.”

Nicholas Wu and Courtney Subramanian of USA Today have a report headlined “Trump: Supreme Court Justices Sotomayor and Ginsburg should recuse themselves from cases involving him.”

Dave Boyer of The Washington Times reports that “Trump suggests Justices Sotomayor, Ginsburg should recuse themselves in all of his cases.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Trump says 2 justices should sit out cases, but they decide.”

Steve Holland of Reuters reports that “Trump says liberal Supreme Court Justices Ginsburg, Sotomayor should recuse.”

Jordan Fabian and Justin Sink of Bloomberg News report that “Trump Demands Sotomayor Recusal Over ‘Inappropriate’ Dissent.”

Devan Cole, Ariane de Vogue, and Betsy Klein of CNN report that “Trump calls for Sotomayor, Ginsburg to recuse themselves from ‘Trump-related’ cases as he has a lot at stake before the court.” Earlier, Joan Biskupic of CNN had a news analysis headlined “Trump’s unbroken pattern of disdain for the rule of law.”

Edmund DeMarche of Fox News reports that “Trump says Sotomayor, Ginsburg should recuse themselves from cases dealing with his administration.”

Eli Okun of Politico reports that “Trump calls for Sotomayor, Ginsburg to recuse themselves from cases dealing with his administration; Trump’s comments came after Sotomayor criticized the court’s conservative majority for granting a number of his administration’s emergency stay requests.”

And Brett Samuels of The Hill reports that “Trump suggests Sotomayor, Ginsburg should have to recuse themselves on ‘Trump related’ cases.”

Posted at 10:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Rules for U.S. Agent Who Shot Mexican Teenager; In one of two 5-to-4 decisions Tuesday, the court said Congress had not authorized lawsuits over cross-border shootings; The justices also ruled against a death row inmate seeking resentencing”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Justices find that parents of Mexican teen slain by Border Patrol agent cannot sue in U.S. courts.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court’s conservatives shield border agent in killing of unarmed teen in Mexico.”

Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Tosses Lawsuit Against U.S. Border Patrol Agent Who Killed Mexican Teenager; Court’s 5-4 decision says U.S. legal claims against officer not allowed for cross-border shooting.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court denies Mexican family’s damages claim for cross-border shooting” and “Supreme Court denies new sentencing hearing for Arizona murderer.”

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Justices rule agent can’t be sued for cross-border shooting.”

And Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star reports that “Ruling could halt lawsuit filed by family of teen killed in Nogales by border agent.”

Posted at 9:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“At Supreme Court, a Case on Abuse of the No-Fly List; Three Muslim men say F.B.I. agents tried to use the list to coerce them into becoming informants, in violation of a federal law protecting religious freedom”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 9:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“Donald Trump Wants the Courts to Answer Only to Him; We’ve gotten so used to his comments undermining judicial independence that no one is speaking up against them anymore”: Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 9:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“Sniper Lee Boyd Malvo withdraws Supreme Court case after Va. passes parole for juveniles; Plea for resentencing ends; convicted murderer could seek release from Va. in two years but still faces six life terms in Md.” Tom Jackman has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 7:20 PM by Howard Bashman



Access today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued rulings in four argued cases.

1. Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the Court in McKinney v. Arizona, No.18-1109. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Rodriguez v. FDIC, No. 18-1269. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court in Hernández v. Mesa, No. 17-1678. Justice Clarence Thomas issued a concurring opinion, in which Justice Gorsuch joined. And Justice Ginsburg issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

4. Justice Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court in Monasky v. Taglieri, No. 18-935. Justices Thomas and Alito issued opinions concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. You can access the oral argument via this link.

Posted at 10:04 AM by Howard Bashman



“Trump Demands 2 Liberal Justices Recuse Themselves From His Cases; The president ratcheted up a fight with a judicial system he sees as biased against him”: Peter Baker of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 10:00 AM by Howard Bashman



“Among Those Pressing Trump to Weed Out Disloyalty: Clarence Thomas’s Wife; A group led by Ginni Thomas has targeted officials in the administration, and lobbied for its own preferred choices; As the president’s distrust in those serving him has grown, so has its sway.” Maggie Haberman has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 9:56 AM by Howard Bashman