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Thursday, August 6, 2020

“Florida Supreme Court faces defining test of its hard-right philosophy”: The South Florida Sun Sentinel has published an editorial that begins, “The appointment of a woman who would be the Florida Supreme Court’s first Caribbean-born Black justice is at stake in a lawsuit challenging her eligibility.”

Posted at 10:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Longtime North Dakota Supreme Court justice tests positive for COVID-19”: Jack Dura of The Bismarck Tribune has an article that begins, “North Dakota’s longest-serving Supreme Court justice has tested positive for COVID-19. Justice Gerald VandeWalle, 86, ‘has tested positive and he is currently receiving treatment,’ Chief Justice Jon Jensen confirmed to the Tribune on Thursday.”

Posted at 10:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal Circuit rules U.S. courts overcharged on PACER, plaintiffs’ lawyer predicts big refunds”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

Posted at 9:21 PM by Howard Bashman



“Citing Wariness of ‘Political Controversies,’ Grievance Committee Won’t Act Over Schumer’s Remarks on Trump Justices; The top Senate Democrat faced a complaint for saying Trump-tapped Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh would ‘pay the price’ if they ruled against abortion rights”: Jacqueline Thomsen of The National Law Journal has this report.

Posted at 3:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court tells parties in Flynn case to be ready for questions on judicial impartiality; The rehearing, before the full D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, is set for Aug. 11”: Tyler Olson of Fox News has this report.

Posted at 2:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Pence criticizes Chief Justice Roberts, says court’s future ‘on the ballot in 2020’; The vice president called the chief judge ‘a disappointment’ to conservatives, particularly in an abortion case”: Rebecca Shabad of NBC News has this report.

Posted at 11:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“Block on Trump administration ‘public charge’ rule lifted by court”: Ann E. Marimow has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Jacqueline Thomsen of The National Law Journal has an article headlined “Splitting With Other Circuits, Appeals Court Rules for Trump in ‘Public Charge’ Case; Both the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh and the Second Circuit have recently issued rulings against the Trump administration’s public charge rule.”

And Brandi Buchman of Courthouse News Service reports that “Panel Vacates Injunction Against Public Charge Immigration Rule.”

You can access yesterday’s 113-page ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 11:00 AM by Howard Bashman



“News Media Writers: Please Stop Saying ‘Half’ of Oklahoma is ‘Indian Lands’ or ‘Indian Territory’ — It’s Not (Yet).” Matthew L.M. Fletcher has this post at his “Turtle Talk” blog.

Posted at 10:40 AM by Howard Bashman



“Federal Circuit Affirms Limits on How Government Uses PACER Fees”: Perry Cooper of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Jacqueline Thomsen and Amanda Bronstad of The National Law Journal report that “Appeals Court Rules Federal Judiciary Misused PACER Fees in Class Action Suit; The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed Senior U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle’s decision, finding that the judge ‘got it just right.’

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit at this link.

Posted at 10:30 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Court’s Incoherence on Executive Removal”: David Alvis and Flagg Taylor have this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

Posted at 10:18 AM by Howard Bashman



“Democrats’ Judicial Screening Panels Draw Progressive Ire”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has an article that begins, “Top Democratic senators are facing criticism from the left for using screening commissions to vet judicial picks, in what could be the latest casualty of the partisan judicial confirmation wars.”

Posted at 10:14 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Making of a Molotov Cocktail: Two lawyers, a summer of unrest, and a bottle of Bud Light.” Lisa Miller has this article in the August 3, 2020 issue of New York magazine.

Posted at 10:12 AM by Howard Bashman



“Why a Court Overturned the Death Sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon Bomber”: Masha Gessen has this post online at The New Yorker.

Posted at 10:00 AM by Howard Bashman