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Tuesday, July 7, 2020

“What Now for Pro-Lifers? Betrayed by John Roberts, some despair of getting justices who will follow the law.” Columnist William McGurn has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 11:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why does Sen. Mike Lee have issues with conservative Supreme Court justices?” Dennis Romboy of The Deseret News has an article that begins, “Sen. Mike Lee spent an ‘ungodly’ amount of time poring through the judicial opinions of Neil Gorsuch and wholeheartedly supported his confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court three years ago.”

Posted at 9:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“As November Looms, So Does the Most Litigious Election Ever; Last week alone, three federal rulings set election parameters in three states; And scores of legal fights spawned by the pandemic are shaping who will vote and how”: Michael Wines of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 8:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to rule Thursday in major separation of powers case”: Riley Vetterkind of The Wisconsin State Journal has an article that begins, “The Supreme Court is set to issue a long-awaited ruling on Thursday in a major case that will determine how far Republicans can go in limiting the power of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul.”

Posted at 4:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump, Twitter, Facebook, and the Future of Online Speech: The debate over censorship and Section 230 is thorny, contentious, and, above all, outdated.” Anna Wiener has this post online at The New Yorker.

Posted at 2:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“You Can Get Kicked Out of a Jury Pool For Supporting Black Lives Matter: But is it legal? A California appeals court is going to decide.” Abbie VanSickle of The Marshall Project has this report.

Posted at 2:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds block on Trump’s ‘third country’ asylum ban”: Rafael Carranza has this front page article in today’s edition of The Arizona Republic.

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Ninth U.S. Court of Appeals says Trump’s ban on asylum seekers violates immigration law.”

And Miriam Jordan of The New York Times reports that “Appeals Court Strikes Down Trump Administration’s Asylum Ban; Although the ban remains in place for now, the ruling is a legal setback for one of the government’s most important policies aimed at slowing immigration.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 12:44 PM by Howard Bashman



Eighth Circuit applies Bostock v. Clayton Cty. and reinstates Title VII lawsuit in which plaintiff alleged that corporate defendant withdrew employment offer after learning that plaintiff was homosexual: You can access yesterday’s per curiam ruling at this link.

Posted at 10:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“Gorsuch, Thomas Look Lonely on Whether to Strike Obamacare”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson and Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law have this report.

Posted at 9:56 AM by Howard Bashman