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Wednesday, August 5, 2020

“How the Supreme Court upended a century of federal Indian law: Half of Oklahoma is set to become tribal reservations, but what does that mean for crimes committed on those lands?” Graham Lee Brewer and Cary Aspinwall have this report online at High Country News.

Posted at 2:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“How Native Tribes Started Winning at the Supreme Court: In July, the court ruled that half of Oklahoma is an Indian reservation; The decision was two decades in the making.” Delilah Friedler of Mother Jones has this report.

Posted at 2:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why Josh Hawley’s New Supreme Court Litmus Test Is False Advertising; Sen. Josh Hawley’s pledge to vote only for nominees who have objected to Roe v. Wade would mean a vote against Clarence Thomas, and in favor of David Souter, Anthony Kennedy, and Sandra Day O’Connor”: Carrie Severino has this post at The Federalist.

Posted at 2:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals Court Blocks Immigrant Wealth Test in the Northeast; The federal court ruled that the Trump administration’s so-called public charge rule for green card applicants could not go into effect in New York, Connecticut and Vermont”: Zolan Kanno-Youngs has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

And Priscilla Alvarez of CNN reports that “Appeals court blocks Trump ‘public charge’ immigration rule in 3 states.”

You can access yesterday’s 105-page ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

Posted at 10:10 AM by Howard Bashman



“Anti-Federalists and the Roots of Judicial Oligarchy”: Aaron N. Coleman has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

Posted at 9:44 AM by Howard Bashman



Tuesday, August 4, 2020

“Planned Parenthood targets Susan Collins with $1.7 million voter turnout plan”: Ryan Lovelace of The Washington Times has this report.

According to the article, “Planned Parenthood’s primary objection to Ms. Collins focuses on her votes to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh and other judicial nominees appointed by President Trump.”

Posted at 10:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Drug users delivering stillbirths could face murder rap if this California case advances”: Alex Wigglesworth has this article in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 10:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why is diversity so important? Read Orrick’s amicus brief on jurors and #BLM.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

Posted at 8:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Avery Rasmussen ’21 To Clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh”: Mike Fox of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

Posted at 12:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“All U.S. Appeals Courts Embrace Argument Streaming Due to Covid”: Madison Alder and Allie Reed have an article that begins, “All 13 federal appeals courts now are livestreaming oral arguments compared to four prior to the pandemic, the latest sign of how Covid-19 has made U.S. courts more transparent.”

Posted at 9:58 AM by Howard Bashman



“Associate Justice Elena Kagan, after decade on bench, emerges as Supreme Court ‘bridge-builder'”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Posted at 9:55 AM by Howard Bashman



Monday, August 3, 2020

“Massachusetts Court Won’t Use Term ‘Grandfathering,’ Citing Its Racist Origins; The term was ‘adopted by some states after the Civil War in an effort to disenfranchise African-American voters,’ the court noted”: Azi Paybarah of The New York Times has this report on a ruling that the Appeals Court of Massachusetts issued today.

Posted at 9:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Leaks Are Unfortunate, But This Wasn’t A Big Deal; A response to my co-blogger Josh Blackman”: Orin S. Kerr has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 7:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge Whose Son Was Killed by Misogynistic Lawyer Speaks Out; ‘Two weeks ago, my life as I knew it changed in an instant, and my family will never be the same,’ Judge Esther Salas said in a video statement”: Tracey Tully of The New York Times has this report.

Ted Sherman of NJ Advance Media has an article headlined “‘My son’s death cannot be in vain…’ Judge speaks out for first time of the day of horror when a ‘madman’ attacked.”

Michael Sheridan of The New York Daily News has an article headlined “Federal judge whose son was killed by gunman dressed as FedEx driver speaks out: ‘We are living every parent’s worst nightmare.’

Brendan O’Brien of Reuters reports that “Latina judge from New Jersey breaks silence two weeks after attacker kills her son.”

Eric Levenson of CNN reports that “New Jersey federal judge whose family was attacked details her son’s last words.”

Jon Haworth of ABC News reports that “Judge Salas breaks silence in heartbreaking video tribute after son’s shooting death; ‘This monster knew where I lived and what church we attended,’ said Salas.” Earlier, Meredith Deliso of ABC News reported that “Threats to judges are increasing, and experts say misogyny is a problem; Roy Den Hollander is the primary suspect in two murder investigations.”

Stephanie Pagones of Fox News reports that “Judge Salas releases statement after son killed, husband shot in attack by lawyer; ‘My son’s death cannot be in vain,’ she said.”

Hayley Miller of HuffPost reports that “Esther Salas Pleads For Stronger Protection Of Federal Judges After Son’s Murder; The federal judge spoke out for the first time about the fatal shooting at her home in New Jersey in an emotional video.”

And Tasneem Nashrulla of BuzzFeed News reports that “Judge Esther Salas Spoke Out About The Shooting That Killed Her Son And Injured Her Husband.”

Eyewitness News ABC7NY has posted on YouTube a video titled “Complete statement from Judge Esther Salas after son killed, husband shot.”

Posted at 12:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court is leaking. That’s a good thing. The norms of secrecy on the high court go way too far.” Law professor Daniel Epps has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 11:18 AM by Howard Bashman