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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

“D.C. Circuit sets oral argument date to review Judge Sullivan’s refusal to immediately close Michael Flynn’s case”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 10:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s Response to Twitter Is Unconstitutional Harassment; His executive order aimed at social media companies should be ignored”: Law professor Tim Wu has this essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 9:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Majority on WV Supreme Court up for grabs in June 9 primary”: Lacie Pierson of The Charleston Gazette-Mail has this report.

Posted at 9:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. Supreme Court allows Calif. consumers to evade arbitration for injunctive claims”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

Posted at 9:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Does John Roberts Need to Check His Own Biases? Evidence from recent Supreme Court arguments suggests that the chief justice, like most people, may have ideological and gender blind spots.” Law professors Leah Litman and Tonja Jacobi have this essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 7:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Legal Doctrine That Protects Cops In Court Is Getting Fresh Attention As Videos Surface Showing Police Violence; Courts can grant officers immunity from lawsuits over civil rights violations. Advocates are pushing to get rid of it”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.

Posted at 7:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Barr personally ordered removal of protesters near White House, leading to use of force against largely peaceful crowd”: Carol D. Leonnig, Matt Zapotosky, Josh Dawsey, and Rebecca Tan of The Washington Post have this report.

Posted at 7:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Tribunal ordena nuevo juicio para Pablo Casellas Toro; En 24 horas tendrá que celebrarse una vista de fianza, después de que se acogiera su reclamo al amparo de la decisión del Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos sobre los veredictos de culpabilidad unánimes”: Alex Figueroa Cancel of El Nuevo Dia of Puerto Rico recently had this report.

And in other coverage, Dánica Coto of The Associated Press reports that “Puerto Rico court orders new murder trial for judge’s son.”

Posted at 6:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Emotional NC Supreme Court chief says racism, prejudice ‘stubbornly persist’ in courts”: Josh Shaffer and Will Doran of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina have this report.

Posted at 2:10 PM by Howard Bashman