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Monday, March 16, 2020

“Supreme Court Postpones Arguments Over Coronavirus; The court said it would reschedule two weeks of arguments that had been set to start March 23, including major cases on President Trump’s financial records”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court to postpone arguments over coronavirus crisis, a first since 1918.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court calls off oral arguments in first postponement of its kind in 102 years.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court, for first time since 1918, postpones oral arguments.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court postpones oral arguments for March, part of April.”

Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court postpones arguments amid coronavirus worries.”

Greg Stohr and Chris Dolmetsch of Bloomberg News report that “Supreme Court Postpones Next Set of Arguments Amid Outbreak.”

Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court delays oral arguments, Trump tax case was set for this month; The justices will not be in the courtroom when they were to resume hearing cases next week and no date has been set for their return.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Supreme Court postpones March cases, including Trump’s bid to shield tax records.”

Tyler Olson of Fox News reports that “Supreme Court postpones March oral arguments over coronavirus concerns.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Supreme Court postpones arguments due to coronavirus; Cases on access to Trump’s financial records are indefinitely postponed.”

John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court postpones oral arguments amid coronavirus pandemic.”

And on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Supreme Court Postpones Oral Arguments Originally Scheduled For Next Few Weeks.”

Posted at 11:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“One Change That Could Make American Criminal Justice Fairer: The system systematically favors prosecutors; Creating a position of defender general would be a step toward righting things.” Law professors Daniel Epps and William Ortman have this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 10:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Georgia Republicans’ constitutionally dubious attempt to cancel a state election, explained; It’s far from clear what happens if they succeed”: Online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay that begins, “Georgia Supreme Court Justice Keith Blackwell’s six-year term expires at the end of this year, and the state is supposed to hold an election in May to choose his replacement.”

Posted at 2:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“McConnell Has a Request for Veteran Federal Judges: Please Quit; The Senate majority leader has encouraged judges thinking about stepping down to do so soon to ensure that Republicans confirm their replacements this year.” Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 1:41 PM by Howard Bashman