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Wednesday, September 30, 2020

“Strike down of Obamacare by Supreme Court would tee up new health care war”: In today’s edition of The Washington Times, Tom Howell Jr. has a front page article that begins, “Conservatives yearn for a Supreme Court ruling against Obamacare next year that President Trump says will clear the way for a ‘far better’ replacement. But the reality is messy. A Washington stalemate or a push for narrow fixes is far more likely.”

Posted at 9:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Collecting classwork to cooking meals: Notre Dame pulling for Amy Coney Barrett.” Ryan Lovelace of The Washington Times has this report.

Posted at 9:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Amy Coney Barrett Says Trump Quickly Offered Her Supreme Court Nomination; Timeline laid out in questionnaire indicates there was little White House uncertainty in making pick”: Siobhan Hughes and Jess Bravin will have this article in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Sex, Due Process and Amy Coney Barrett: Three other appellate courts followed her 2019 Title IX opinion — a mark of her quality as a jurist.” Professor KC Johnson will have this op-ed in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Speeds Case on Excluding Undocumented Immigrants in Redistricting; A lower court had ruled that the Trump administration’s plan to alter the census count for congressional reapportionment violated federal law”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report on an order that the U.S. Supreme Court issued today.

Posted at 7:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“Republicans have no margin for error in Supreme Court blitz; The White House and GOP senators are moving quickly to confirm Amy Coney Barrett before the election”: Burgess Everett, Gabby Orr, and John Bresnahan of Politico have this report.

Posted at 7:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“Panel Asked to Toss Gun Conviction of Accused Shooting Plotter”: Alex Pickett of Courthouse News Service had this report back in June 2020. According to the article, “If successful, the appeal brought by Bernandino Bolatete, convicted in 2018 of possessing an unregistered silencer, could upend portions of a gun control law passed more than 80 years ago.”

Yesterday, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued this decision affirming the defendant’s conviction and sentence.

Posted at 1:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Case for Accepting Defeat on Roe: Maybe it is time to face the fact that abortion access will be fought for in legislatures, not courts.” Law professor Joan C. Williams has this essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 11:52 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Very Jewish R.B.G.; Back in the days of Clinton and Obama, Ginsburg’s presence on the bench was a symbol of progress; In the days of Trump, she was a bulwark”: Jennifer Weiner has this op-ed in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 11:50 AM by Howard Bashman



“In 2020 Election, Florida Felon Voting Limits Could Sway State Outcome; A Wall Street Journal analysis shows legal changes could block thousands from voting”: Coulter Jones and Jon Kamp of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

Posted at 9:56 AM by Howard Bashman



Tuesday, September 29, 2020

“Pennsylvania Legislators Invite Some Extra SCOTUS Chaos this Election season”: Justin Levitt has this post at the “Take Care” blog.

Posted at 10:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ginsburg was a champion of voting rights, but mostly in dissent”: Richard Hasen has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

Posted at 8:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Harry Reid on the Senate, the Supreme Court, and a Time for Major Change”: Jeffrey Toobin has this post online at The New Yorker.

Posted at 8:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court’s first week without Ginsburg includes coronavirus, ‘Remain in Mexico,’ revenge porn cases; The Supreme Court returned from its summer recess on Tuesday”: Bill Mears and Evie Fordham of Fox News have this report.

Posted at 8:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Amy Coney Barrett Sets an Example for Working Mothers; The ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ caricature is not only unfair but wildly at odds with the reality of her life”: Kate Bachelder Odell has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 2:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Amy Coney Barrett Is No Threat to Obamacare; Democrats are crying wolf when they warn that conservative Supreme Court justices are likely to strike down the Affordable Care Act”: Ramesh Ponnuru has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

Posted at 1:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Lawsuit against gun maker, seller allowed to proceed in Mt. Pleasant shooting case”: Paula Reed Ward of The Tribune-Review of Greensburg, Pennsylvania has this report.

Laura Ly of CNN reports that “After a child’s accidental shooting death, Pennsylvania appeals court rules federal gun industry protection law unconstitutional.”

And Zack Budryk of The Hill reports that “Pennsylvania appeals court rules gun industry protection law unconstitutional.”

You can access yesterday’s 63-page ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania at this link.

Posted at 1:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Switcheroo? That’s Show Biz. Democratic senators put on a rousing performance, but the story will end happily for Republicans.” Columnist Barton Swaim has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 1:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“The First Abortion Case Before a Post-Ginsburg Supreme Court”: Margaret Talbot has this post online at The New Yorker.

Posted at 1:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Liberals Are Furious. Their Standard-Bearer Wants to Hold Back. As an unusually high-stakes Supreme Court battle begins during the most bitter election season in decades, Joe Biden is wading cautiously into the fight.” Lisa Lerer has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 1:14 PM by Howard Bashman