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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

“Texas Files Motion in the En Banc Court to Stay Injunction Pending Appeal in Whole Woman’s Health v. Paxton; As far as I am aware, the Texas SG is the first litigant to seek en banc review of an interim panel order”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 9:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“How the Satanic Temple Could Bring Abortion Rights to the Supreme Court; By using the same religious liberty argument as Hobby Lobby, The Satanic Temple is trying to have its members exempted from state abortion laws”: David S. Cohen of Rolling Stone has this report.

Posted at 9:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“McGirt to remain jailed pending federal retrial necessitated by eponymous Supreme Court ruling”: Curtis Killman of The Tulsa World has this report.

Posted at 9:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“A weighty decision: Lots of factors in play as Raimondo considers next R.I. Supreme Court justice.” Katie Mulvaney has this front page article in today’s edition of The Providence Journal.

Posted at 9:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Inside Virus-Era Supreme Court: How Clerks Adjusted to New Reality; ‘It moved from most of the clerks working remotely to really all of us working remotely, by and large,’ said Michael Francisco, who joined McGuireWoods as a partner after clerking last term for Justice Neil Gorsuch”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this report.

Posted at 2:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“N.J. Senate committee unanimously approves first Black woman to state Supreme Court”: Blake Nelson has this article in today’s edition of The Newark Star-Ledger.

In today’s edition of The Record of Hackensack, New Jersey, Ashley Balcerzak has a front page article headlined “Fabiana Pierre-Louis one step closer to being first Black woman to serve on NJ Supreme Court.”

In today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Melanie Burney has an article headlined “N.J. Senate committee unanimously approves nomination for state’s first Black female Supreme Court justice.”

Tracey Tully of The New York Times reports that “Daughter of Immigrants to Be 1st Black Woman on N.J. Supreme Court; Fabiana Pierre-Louis, 39, will also be the only Black judge currently seated on the state’s highest court.”

And Joe Hernandez of WHYY reports that “N.J. committee unanimously approves Pierre-Louis for state Supreme Court.”

Posted at 9:14 AM by Howard Bashman



“What happens to the Supreme Court (and the Constitution) if Trump wins; The Supreme Court has rejected some of the GOP’s sloppiest and most presumptuous arguments; It won’t anymore if Republicans grow their majority”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

Posted at 9:01 AM by Howard Bashman



“Shot by cops, thwarted by judges and geography; U.S. courts show wide regional disparities in granting qualified immunity, the controversial legal doctrine now under fire for protecting officers accused of excessive force”: Andrew Chung, Lawrence Hurley, Andrea Januta, Jackie Botts, and Jaimi Dowdell of Reuters have this report.

Posted at 8:56 AM by Howard Bashman



“How to Take (Some of) the Politics Out of Judges’ Retirements; Two modest — even Madisonian — suggestions for reform”: Nathaniel A.G. Zelinsky has this essay online at The Bulwark.

Posted at 8:50 AM by Howard Bashman