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Wednesday, September 2, 2020

“Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick, Writing Against the ‘Presumption of Constitutionality'”: Eugene Volokh has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 10:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal court overturns order blocking ICE arrests in Mass. courthouses”: Jeremy C. Fox and Shelley Murphy have this article in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

Joe Dwinell of The Boston Herald has an article headlined “Big win for ICE agents operating in Massachusetts courts.”

Steph Solis of The Republican of Springfield, Massachusetts reports that “Federal court vacates ruling that blocks immigration arrests at Massachusetts courthouses.”

And Thomas F. Harrison of Courthouse News Service reports that “First Circuit Lifts Block of ICE Arrests at Massachusetts Courthouses.”

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

Posted at 9:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Surveillance program that gathered Americans’ phone data was illegal, court finds”: Devlin Barrett of The Washington Post has this report.

Raphael Satter of Reuters has a report headlined “U.S. court: Mass surveillance program exposed by Snowden was illegal.”

Andrew O’Reilly and Bill Mears of Fox News report that “Federal appeals court finds NSA phone metadata program illegal; The court upheld the conviction of four Somali immigrants charged in a terror-fundraising case.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Court rules NSA phone snooping illegal — after 7-year delay; But the controversial phone metadata program played little role in the terror-fundraising case at issue, the long-awaited ruling says.”

And Harper Neidig of The Hill reports that “Appeals court rules NSA’s bulk phone data collection illegal.”

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

Posted at 8:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Religious freedom is not a license to ignore civil-rights laws”: This editorial appeared in yesterday’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 7:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge Justin Walker on Bar Bureaucracies, Mental Illness, and More”: Eugene Volokh recently had this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 6:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“New Jersey’s Large Capacity Magazine Ban Survives Challenge”: Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

And online at Reason, Brian Doherty has a post titled “3rd Circuit Federal Appeals Court Says Large-Capacity Magazine Bans Are OK; Last month, the 9th Circuit said the opposite; It’s a question the Supreme Court might have to resolve.”

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

Posted at 1:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“A new poll shows rank-and-file Democrats finally realize the Supreme Court is important; The GOP’s long-standing advantage in judicial politics is eroding fast”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

Offering a different view, online at NBC News, Justin Clark has an essay titled “Trump’s judicial nominees are his legacy — and why we cannot elect Joe Biden; The president has always been committed to appointing jurists who understand, respect and follow the Constitution; The Democrats are not.”

Posted at 1:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Sometimes-Forgotten Link: The Importance of State Court Cases Before SCOTUS.” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

Posted at 10:28 AM by Howard Bashman