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Wednesday, July 1, 2020

“Gov. Dunleavy picks chief assistant attorney general for Alaska Supreme Court”: James Brooks of The Anchorage Daily News has an article that begins, “Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has named Dario Borghesan, a chief assistant attorney general in the Alaska Department of Law, to a vacancy on the Alaska Supreme Court.”

Posted at 10:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Pa. GOP can’t unilaterally end Gov. Tom Wolf’s coronavirus disaster declaration, state Supreme Court rules”: Cynthia Fernandez of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

Ron Southwick of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania reports that “Pa. Supreme Court sides with Gov. Wolf on emergency order.”

And Mark Scolforo of The Associated Press reports that “Pennsylvania court turns down lawmakers’ bid to end shutdown.”

Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of a majority opinion, an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, and a dissenting opinion.

Posted at 10:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Private and Religious School Backers See Broad Victory in Supreme Court Decision; The court drew its decision narrowly when ruling against a Montana tax break that excluded religious schools; But denominational school advocates will push a broad application”: Erica L. Green of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 10:01 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court just struck down another law limiting abortion access. Here are other restrictions that could be affected.” Dan Keating and Kate Rabinowitz of The Washington Post have this report.

Posted at 9:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court rumor: Hugh Hewitt claims Alito retirement being floated; Supreme Court speculation season is kicking into high gear.” Ronn Blitzer of Fox News has this report.

Posted at 6:05 PM by Howard Bashman



In recent Bloomberg Opinion essays of note from law professor Noah Feldman:Roberts Finally Makes His Position on Abortion Clear; The chief justice doesn’t want to be remembered for overturning Roe“;

CFPB Ruling Shows John Roberts Doesn’t Rock the Boat; The chief justice is a Burkean conservative, not a firebrand“;

Supreme Court Removes a Brick From the Church-State Wall; Government funding of religion is becoming not merely permissible, but obligatory“; and

Supreme Court Ruling Weakens Asylum-Seekers’ Rights; The anti-immigrant ruling in favor of the Trump administration rests in part on a bizarre, inaccurate reading of a 1772 slavery case.”

Posted at 3:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Thousands of U.S. judges who broke laws or oaths remained on the bench; In the past dozen years, state and local judges have repeatedly escaped public accountability for misdeeds that have victimized thousands; Nine of 10 kept their jobs, a Reuters investigation found — including an Alabama judge who unlawfully jailed hundreds of poor people, many of them Black, over traffic fines”: Michael Berens and John Shiffman of Reuters have this report.

These two Reuters reporters also have related articles headlined “Teflon Robe: 5 takeaways from Reuters’ investigation of misconduct by U.S. judges” and “How Reuters examined misconduct by state and local judges across America.”

Posted at 3:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal Executions to Resume Amid a Pandemic and Protests; The administration is pressing ahead with the first federal execution in 17 years as demonstrators seek changes to the criminal justice system and lawyers have trouble visiting death-row clients”: Hailey Fuchs has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 12:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“Should Billy Joe Wardlow Be Executed for a Crime Committed When He Was Eighteen?” Lincoln Caplan has this post online at The New Yorker.

Posted at 12:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Is John Roberts trying to save the Supreme Court from Democratic packing?” Columnist Henry Olsen has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 12:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Milwaukee federal judge admonished for article about U.S. Supreme Court”: Bruce Vielmetti of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

Posted at 12:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Progressives Begin New Push to Elevate Supreme Court as a Campaign Issue; The first step in the project is $2 million in ads in competitive states highlighting the consequences for the court if President Trump secures a second term”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 10:24 AM by Howard Bashman