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Friday, July 10, 2020

“Conservatives, Don’t Give Up on Your Principles or the Supreme Court; Some are turning away from a founding idea, originalism”: Law professor William Baude has this essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 8:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump commutes longtime friend Roger Stone’s prison sentence”: Jill Colvin and Eric Tucker of The Associated Press have this report.

Posted at 8:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Robert H. Jackson Lecture on the Supreme Court presented by Ruth Marcus”: The Chautauqua Institution has posted this video on YouTube.

Posted at 8:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Flynn case now paused while full appeals court considers review”: Katelyn Polantz of CNN has this report on an order that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

In other coverage, Bob Fredericks of The New York Post reports that “Appeals court delays decision on dismissal of Michael Flynn charges.”

And in commentary, online at The Los Angeles Times, columnist Michael McGough has an essay titled “The judge who oversaw Michael Flynn’s case is fighting to rehear it. Good for him.”

Posted at 7:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Department plans to appeal ruling halting execution”: Michael Balsamo, Colleen Long, and Andrew DeMillo of The Associated Press have a report that begins, “The Justice Department plans to appeal a judge’s ruling that halted the first federal execution in nearly two decades after family members of the victims raised concerns they would be at high risk of coronavirus if they had to travel to attend it.”

Dartunorro Clark of NBC News reports that “Judge blocks first federal execution in 17 years over coronavirus threat to victims’ families; The victims’ families argue that Attorney General Bill Barr violated federal law when he scheduled the execution for July 13 ‘without adequate measures in place to protect them.’

Jeff Mordock of The Washington Times reports that “Judge halts execution of convicted killer because of coronavirus concerns.”

Earlier, Sadie Gurman of The Wall Street Journal had an article headlined “First Federal Execution Since 2003 Is Set for Monday; Convicted killer Daniel Lewis Lee is scheduled to die at Terre Haute prison, despite objections from victims’ family and concerns about the coronavirus.”

Kevin Johnson of USA Today had an article headlined “Re-opening federal death chamber: Victim opposition, pandemic threaten first execution in 17 years.”

And on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Carrie Johnson had an audio segment titled “Federal Government Will Resume Executions.”

Posted at 6:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Chief Justice John Roberts Rebuked Trump This Term. What’s He Up To?” Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

Posted at 6:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Year of surprise Supreme Court rulings shows influence of powerful chief justice John Roberts”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Posted at 5:27 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Tenth Circuit on the Scope of § 1447(d) Remand Appeals; The Tenth Circuit held that when an exception to §1447(d) applies, the court can review only the expressly excepted grounds for removal”: Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog.

Posted at 5:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Rulings let Trump keep his taxes under wraps for now, but his angry reaction underscores a political risk”: Toluse Olorunnipa and John Wagner have this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 2:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump Seeks to Harness Supreme Court Losses in Making 2020 Case”: Josh Wingrove and Jennifer Jacobs of Bloomberg News have this report.

Posted at 2:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Conservative Court and Trump’s Own Appointees Declare Their Independence; The Supreme Court’s dismissal of President Trump’s claims of immunity was a reminder that institutional prerogatives still matter in Washington, even in a time of extreme partisanship”: Peter Baker has this front page news analysis in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 1:32 PM by Howard Bashman