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Friday, September 25, 2020

“Supreme Court Fight Returns Lindsey Graham to Spotlight; Chairman of Senate Judiciary Committee, which will consider court nominee, is currently tied in polls against well-funded Democrat Jaime Harrison”: Siobhan Hughes of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 8:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Mourning the Way RBG Calmly Approached Opposition; It’s something we are losing with her, and something that is no longer possible”: Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 7:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Report: My Visit To U.S. Supreme Court In Memory Of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.” Matthew Klint has this post at his “Live and Let’s Fly” blog.

Posted at 6:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump Selects Amy Coney Barrett to Fill Ginsburg’s Seat on the Supreme Court; The president’s nomination of Judge Barrett, a favorite of conservatives, to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, will kick off a furious and unprecedented scramble to confirm her in the Senate before Election Day”: Peter Baker of The New York Times has this report.

Anne Gearan, Seung Min Kim, and Josh Dawsey of The Washington Post report that “Trump expected to nominate Amy Coney Barrett to fill Ginsburg seat, kicking off Supreme Court fight weeks before election.”

Catherine Lucey of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Trump Plans to Nominate Amy Coney Barrett to Fill Supreme Court Vacancy; The president is expected to choose the solidly conservative judge with strong Republican support to succeed the late liberal-leaning Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Conservatives expect Trump to choose Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court.”

Peter Alexander, Garrett Haake, and Adam Edelman of NBC News report that “Trump has decided to select Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court; An official announcement to fill Justice Ginsburg’s seat is set for Saturday at the White House.”

And The Los Angeles Times has published an editorial titled “Amy Coney Barrett is qualified — but should not be confirmed.”

Posted at 6:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Notre Dame profs push back on Amy Coney Barrett portrayals: Not just ‘an ideological category.'” Christian Sheckler of The South Bend Tribune has this report.

Posted at 5:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Quiet 2013 Lunch That Could Have Altered Supreme Court History; President Obama met with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, hinting at retirement, but the art of nudging justices off the court is politically delicate and psychologically complicated”: Susan Dominus and Charlie Savage of The New York Times have this report.

Posted at 4:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Sources: Trump intends to choose Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court.” Jamie Gangel and Pamela Brown of CNN have this report.

Posted at 4:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“How the Lawyer-Spouses of Amy Barrett and Barbara Lagoa Could Spur Recusal Issues; In 1993, seven Supreme Court justices took the unusual step of spelling out in public how they would handle cases in which close relatives were active lawyers”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this report.

Posted at 2:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why We Fight So Ferociously Over the Supreme Court: Judicial ambition and congressional dysfunction have given an unelected body enormous power to shape American society.” David French will have this essay in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 2:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Supreme Court Fight Might Be Exactly What America Needs; From the courts to Congress, we might need fewer embalming norms and more room for victories and defeat”: Columnist Ross Douthat has this essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 1:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Case for Ending the Supreme Court as We Know It”: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor has this post online at The New Yorker.

Posted at 1:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why the Supreme Court Fight Is a Tightrope for Trump in November; His pick is likely to galvanize Democrats while bringing him few new voters, and could hurt some Republican Senate incumbents; But the president needs to steer the debate away from the virus”: Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman of The New York Times have this news analysis.

Caroline Vakil and Jiachuan Wu of NBC News report that “Supreme Court nominations are taking longer. Time is not on Trump’s side. After Ginsburg’s death, what a data analysis of Supreme Court confirmations tells us.”

Burgess Everett of Politico reports that “Republicans prep lightning-quick Supreme Court confirmation; Senate GOP leaders are eager to hold a pre-election vote on Trump’s yet-to-be named nominee.”

And at FiveThirtyEight, Nathaniel Rakich has a post titled “Most Americans Want To Wait Until After The Election To Fill The Supreme Court Vacancy.”

Posted at 1:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Of the 114 Supreme Court justices in US history, all but 6 have been White men”: Jessica Campisi and Brandon Griggs of CNN have this report.

Posted at 1:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“How Trump’s Supreme Court Maneuver Could Dangerously Increase the Powers of the President”: David Rohde has this post online at The New Yorker.

Posted at 1:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Great Equalizer: How a scholar, advocate, and judge upended the entirety of American political thought.” Jill Lepore recently had this post online at The New Yorker.

Posted at 1:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Senate Democrats Grapple With Progressives’ Supreme Court Demands; As Republicans move ahead with Trump’s nominee, some Democrats want to change Senate rules and expand number of justices”: Kristina Peterson and Lindsay Wise of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

Posted at 1:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Truth About People of Praise: If the nominee is Amy Coney Barrett, Democrats should resist the urge to target her for her faith.” Columnist Peggy Noonan has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 1:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Products Liability Lawsuit Against Amazon Has Settled, Mooting Pa. Supreme Court Argument; After the split-three judge panel led by Roth reversed, the Third Circuit initially granted en banc review, before determining that the questions would best be answered by Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court”: Max Mitchell of The Legal Intelligencer has this report.

Posted at 12:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Surprising Conservatism of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The late Supreme Court justice often deployed classically conservative reasoning, sometimes in service of progressive causes.” Law professor Kimberly Wehle has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

Posted at 10:30 AM by Howard Bashman



“Barbara Lagoa refused to recuse herself from Florida felons’ voting case, creating controversy”: Aaron C. Davis and Ann E. Marimow have this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 10:24 AM by Howard Bashman



“Ginsburg spent her final weeks living as if there’d be many more”: Joan Biskupic and Ariane de Vogue of CNN have this report.

Posted at 9:44 AM by Howard Bashman