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Thursday, April 30, 2020

“Hypocrisy Charges Aren’t Always a Double-Edged Sword: 2nd Amendment Mootness & Wisconsin Election Edition.” Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

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“Senate Republicans to Push Ahead on Judges Over Democratic Objections; The Judiciary Committee is poised to consider the nomination of a McConnell protégé to an influential appeals court, while Democrats say the focus should be on the pandemic”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 9:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“When the Supreme Court Upheld a Compulsory Vaccination Law; Infectious disease, public health, and the Constitution”: Damon Root has this post online at Reason.

Posted at 7:21 PM by Howard Bashman



“Courtroom access: No ‘performances,’ just a ‘massive civics lesson’ when supreme courts overseas live-stream their hearings.” Amy Howe has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

Posted at 7:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“What is at stake as the Supreme Court weighs the future of immigrant ‘Dreamers'”: Ted Hesson of Reuters has this report.

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“‘Contraception is medicine,’ AG Shapiro says as Supreme Court showdown with Trump Administration looms”: Matt Miller of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report.

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“A Federal Judge Has a Plan to Let Politicians Manipulate Elections With Impunity; The Supreme Court’s partisan gerrymandering decision could soon harm democracy even more”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 7:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Whitehouse Effect at the Supreme Court: Democrats think they’ve found a way to move John Roberts to the left.” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Also in today’s edition of that newspapers, U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) have a letter to the editor titled “Moot Points, Gun Laws and the Supreme Court; The Journal’s editorial board would like to blame us for the failure of a major 2nd Amendment challenge at the Supreme Court.”

Posted at 6:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court May Soon Give Trump More Power to Fire Anyone He Wants; And Congress would be powerless to stop him”: Law professor Leah Litman has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

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“The Supreme Court Could Cripple America’s Pandemic-Fighting Capacity, Part I”: Simon Lazarus has this guest post at the “Balkinization” blog.

Posted at 2:14 PM by Howard Bashman



Wednesday, April 29, 2020

“Americans’ Faith in Law Is at Stake in the DACA Case; The Supreme Court has the opportunity to prove to the country that despite all the hardships that surround us, humanity is not dead, and cruelty does not rule the day”: Former Third Circuit Judge H. Lee Sarokin has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 9:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“Oral Arguments in the DC Circuit En Banc Consideration of Committee on the Judiciary v. McGahn and U.S. House of Representatives v. Mnuchin”: Charlotte Butash and Margaret Taylor have this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

Posted at 2:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ohio Supreme Court hears arguments over whether Amazon is at fault for Lorain County teen’s overdose death”: Jeremy Pelzer of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report.

The Ohio Channel has posted on YouTube at this link the video of today’s oral argument before the Supreme Court of Ohio.

Posted at 1:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Oregon Convictions Are Thrown Into Doubt by the U.S. Supreme Court. We Examined the Cases. Here’s who juries convicted without reaching a unanimous decision.” Tess Riski of Willamette Week has this report.

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“The birth control wars return to the Supreme Court. And this time, conservatives have the votes. The Christian right is likely to score big wins from a majority-Republican Supreme Court.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

Posted at 1:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Virus Makes the Supreme Court More Transparent; Unprecedented live audio streaming of oral arguments could signal more openness”: Jacob Sullum has this post online at Reason.

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“In Major Decision Rejecting Kris Kobach’s Claims of Massive Voter Fraud, Tenth Circuit Unanimously Holds Kansas’s Documentary Proof of Citizenship Requirement to Register to Vote Violates Constitution and Federal Law”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog” about a ruling that a two-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued today.

Posted at 12:16 PM by Howard Bashman



Tuesday, April 28, 2020

“Pa. courts must prepare to operate on a ‘much broader’ basis as COVID-19 crisis wanes: Supreme Court.” Matt Miller of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report.

Laurie Mason Schroeder of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania reports that “Public and press to get more access to courts during coronavirus closure, with steps taken to avoid spread of COVID-19.”

And Tony Rhodin of The Express-Times of Easton, Pennsylvania reports that “Your state court appeal is about to go virtual in Pennsylvania, Palmer Township’s Jack Panella says.”

You can view today’s order of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania at this link.

Posted at 10:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“Family of Lorain County high school wrestler wants Amazon to pay for role in teen’s caffeine powder overdose death”: Kaylee Remington of The Cleveland Plain Dealer recently had this preview of a case scheduled for oral argument tomorrow before the Supreme Court of Ohio.

And Andrew Welsh-Huggins of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Caffeine bought online killed teen. But is Amazon at fault?

The Supreme Court of Ohio has made available via this link the documents filed in the case.

Posted at 9:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Will Soon Decide Whether To Reconsider Qualified Immunity”: Jay Schweikert has this post at the “Cato at Liberty” blog.

Posted at 9:34 PM by Howard Bashman