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Friday, September 18, 2020

“What Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Death Could Mean For 2020 And The Supreme Court”: Perry Bacon Jr. has this post at FiveThirtyEight.

Posted at 10:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court’s Feminist Icon, Is Dead at 87; The second woman appointed to the Supreme Court, Justice Ginsburg’s pointed and powerful dissenting opinions earned her late-life rock stardom”: This obituary written by Linda Greenhouse will appear on the front page of Saturday’s edition of The New York Times.

And Adam Liptak of The New York Times has an article headlined “Justice Ginsburg’s Judicial Legacy of Striking Dissents; She was part of the Supreme Court’s 4-member liberal wing throughout her 27-year tenure and led it in her last decade.”

Posted at 10:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ginsburg death thrusts court to center of 2020 campaign as McConnell vows to fill seat”: Mark Z. Barabak and Janet Hook of The Los Angeles Times have this report.

Posted at 10:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“McConnell: I will fill Ginsburg’s seat with Trump’s nominee. Schumer says don’t dare. It remains unclear whether Republicans would have the votes to make a new appointment before Nov. 3.” Rebecca Shabad of NBC News has this report.

Posted at 9:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Remembering *Judge* Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Legend of the D.C. Circuit.” Aaron L. Nielson has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

Posted at 9:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Top contenders to fill vacant Supreme Court seat include Coney Barrett, Hardiman; Each of these names is on President Trump’s list of possible nominees”: Bill Mears and Shannon Bream of Fox News have this report.

Posted at 9:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Death to Spark Titanic Supreme Court Nomination Fight in Senate; McConnell says Senate will vote to confirm a Trump nominee over Democrats’ objections, despite 2016 precedent, but a handful of his fellow Republicans could complicate the effort”: Siobhan Hughes and Kristina Peterson of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

Posted at 9:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“McConnell says Senate will vote on Supreme Court”: Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has a report that begins, “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday that he will force a vote on whomever President Trump nominates to fill the seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, signaling a brutal fight later this year.”

Posted at 9:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ginsburg’s death expected to set off political feud over her replacement”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 9:20 PM by Howard Bashman



On this evening’s west coast feed of NPR’s “All Things Considered”: Nina Totenberg had audio segments titled “Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies At 87” and “What Does Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Death Mean For The Court?

Susan Davis had an audio segment titled “Could Justice Ginsburg’s Seat Be Filled Before The Election?

Mara Liasson had an audio segment titled “How Supreme Court Vacancy Could Change Dynamics Of Presidential Election.”

And a segment titled “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Impact On The U.S. Legal System” consisted of an interview with law professor Jeffrey Rosen.

Posted at 9:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies at 87; ‘Our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature,’ Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said in a statement”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes and Michael A. Fletcher of The Washington Post report that “Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court justice and legal pioneer for gender equality, dies at 87.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Ruth Bader Ginsburg, liberal lioness of the Supreme Court, dies.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Justice Ginsburg, a Liberal Voice on Supreme Court, Dies; Second woman to sit on the top U.S. court spent her last years on the bench pushing back against an emboldened conservative majority.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies, setting up nomination fight.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87.”

Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung of Reuters report that “U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg dies at age 87 from pancreatic cancer.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Justice Ginsburg Has Died, U.S. Supreme Court Says.”

Joan Biskupic and Ariane de Vogue of CNN report that “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dead at 87.”

Elizabeth Chuck and Alex Johnson of NBC News report that “Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87; Dubbed the ‘Notorious R.B.G.,’ the sharp-tongued Ginsburg was as much a trailblazer as she was brash.”

Bill Mears of Fox News reports that “Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87; Ginsburg was appointed in 1993.”

David Cohen of Politico reports that “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87; A tireless advocate for gender equality, she became known as ‘The Notorious RBG’ for her barbed dissents.”

John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies.”

At BuzzFeed News, Chris Geidner and Zoe Tillman have a report headlined “Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Died At 87; Ginsburg spent nearly 40 years on the bench, first as a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit and then on the Supreme Court.”

And Nina Totenberg of NPR reports that “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87.”

The Public Information Office of the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a news release that begins, “Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died this evening surrounded by her family at her home in Washington, D.C., due to complications of metastatic pancreas cancer.”

Posted at 7:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Conversation with Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer”: The George Washington University has posted this video on Facebook.

Posted at 3:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Notebook: Audio arguments, with a side of fish.” Jessica Gresko and Mark Sherman of The Associated Press have this report.

Posted at 1:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Senate, Supreme Court Opt Out of Trump Payroll Tax Deferral”: Laura Davison and and Laura Litvan of Bloomberg News have this report.

Posted at 1:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Legal advice is often unaffordable. Here’s how more people can get help. Arizona and Utah are pioneering ways to expand access to legal services, and we hope other states follow. You shouldn’t have to go it alone in court.” Rebecca Love Kourlis and Neil M. Gorsuch have this essay online at USA Today.

Posted at 1:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Scalia and our Constitution — a legacy that will endure; Justice Scalia was first, last, always, a proud American who cared deeply about this country”: Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton has this essay online at Fox News.

Online at National Review, Eleventh Circuit Chief Judge William H. Pryor Jr. has an essay titled “Antonin Scalia’s Literary Excellence and Legacy of Originalism.”

At the “Law & Liberty” blog, John O. McGinnis has a post titled “Scalia’s Wisdom and Wit: Scalia offered the first map of a new world, or perhaps more accurately, rediscovered an old map of the world that had been forgotten.”

And also at the “Law & Liberty” blog, Mark Pulliam has a post titled “A Scalia Digest — One thing is sure: Antonin Scalia is one of the greatest jurists of all time, for all the right reasons.”

This week saw the publication of a new book titled “The Essential Scalia: On the Constitution, the Courts, and the Rule of Law.”

Posted at 1:44 PM by Howard Bashman