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Sunday, March 1, 2020

“A judicial rebuke for a heedless Congress?” Columnist George F. Will has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 10:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to take up Louisiana abortion law this week; Both sides say it could have national impact”: Elizabeth Crisp has this front page article in today’s edition of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Crisp also has a second, related article in today’s newspaper headlined “Meet the anti-abortion Louisiana Democrat at the heart of the Supreme Court’s abortion debate.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Abortion rights face stern new test at conservative U.S. Supreme Court.”

Alexandra Svokos of ABC News reports that “Supreme Court set to hear critical Louisiana abortion case; The case, again, involves abortion providers and hospital admitting privileges.”

Sam Baker of Axios has a post titled “Brett Kavanaugh’s first big abortion case.”

John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Justices to hear first major abortion case of Trump era.”

Matt Ford of The New Republic reports that “The Supreme Court Could Spring an Abortion Rights Trap; The high court’s taken a dim view of targeted regulation of abortion providers in the past, but that was before Brett Kavanaugh.”

At the “Intelligencer” blog of New York Magazine, Irin Carmon has a post titled “The Next Big Abortion Case Comes Down to John Roberts.”

Ema O’Connor of BuzzFeed News reports that “The National Right To Abortion Is Facing An Intense Threat. This Group Has Been Preparing For This Fight For Decades. The Center for Reproductive Rights will argue in the first major Supreme Court case over abortion in the Trump era, which could gut Roe v. Wade.”

Becca Andrews and Jessica Washington of Mother Jones report that “The Supreme Court Could Place an Impossible Burden on Women Fighting for Abortion Rights; A procedural change would force individuals to take on costly and difficult legal battles.”

On today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday,” Sarah McCammon had an audio segment titled “Abortion Returns To The Supreme Court This Week With Case On Hospital Privileges.”

In commentary, The Washington Post has published an editorial titled “The Supreme Court faces a critical abortion case — and a test of its integrity.”

And online at Time magazine, Stephanie Toti has an essay titled “I Argued the Last Abortion Case Before the Supreme Court. The One Before the Justices This Week Is Identical.”

Posted at 10:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Can the Supreme Court learn to speak up for itself? The judiciary is under attack. Maybe it’s time the justices finally figured out how to defend the rule of law in the court of public opinion.” Law professor David Fontana and Christopher Krewson have this essay in today’s edition of The Washington Post Magazine.

Posted at 9:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Have Progressives Lost the Courts for Good? Big questions for the new president of the American Constitution Society, Russ Feingold.” Slate has posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick.

Posted at 8:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump made a baseless attack on two Supreme Court justices. Here’s why he did it.” George T. Conway III has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 1:57 PM by Howard Bashman