“Oral Argument Summary: U.S. v. Flynn.” Anna Salvatore and Benjamin Wittes have this post at the “Lawfare” blog.
Posted at 10:24 PM by Howard Bashman
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Wednesday, September 30, 2020
“Oral Argument Summary: U.S. v. Flynn.” Anna Salvatore and Benjamin Wittes have this post at the “Lawfare” blog. Posted at 10:24 PM by Howard Bashman“New Mexico Pueblos’ Aboriginal Water Rights Not Cut Off by Spain”: Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on an interesting ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued yesterday. Posted at 10:20 PM by Howard Bashman“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“Court rules for couple who alleged sperm bank’s donor was a fraud”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report. And Jackie Salo of The New York Post reports that “Georgia Supreme Court allows couple to sue sperm bank over false advertising.” You can access Monday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Georgia at this link. Posted at 8:08 PM by Howard Bashman“What Barrett Would Recuse Herself From: Takeaways From Senate Questionnaire.” Nina Totenberg and Krishnadev Calamur of NPR have this report. And today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition” included an audio segment titled “Sen. Cruz Among Those Who Will Hear From Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee.” Posted at 7:58 PM by Howard Bashman“Joe Biden and Kamala Harris don’t want to talk about changes to the Supreme Court”: Dan Merica of CNN has this report. Posted at 7:55 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“Mitt Romney impressed after meeting Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, but doesn’t commit to vote for her”: Lee Davidson of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report. And Dennis Romboy of The Deseret News has an article headlined “What Mitt Romney discussed with Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.” Posted at 7:20 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“Fight over automatic tipping at Florida restaurants moves ahead”: Jim Saunders of News Service of Florida has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday. Posted at 10:29 AM by Howard Bashman“Federal gun liability shield law is unconstitutional — Pa. appeals court”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post. My earlier coverage of Monday’s Pa. Superior Court ruling can be accessed here. Posted at 10:26 AM by Howard Bashman“Ninth Circuit Notes with Sorrow the Passing of Justice Ginsburg”: Bill Cracraft of the Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has this report. Posted at 10:16 AM by Howard Bashman“Appeals court allows extension of Wisconsin’s absentee ballot deadlines”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report on a per curiam ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued yesterday. Posted at 10:14 AM by Howard Bashman“Third Circuit OKs Philly Ban on Recording Bail Hearings; A dissenting liberal judge wrote that the majority’s decision ‘covers the public’s ears and shrouds the public’s eyes'”: Emilee Larkin of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday. Posted at 10:08 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“Split First Circuit panel recognizes, in 2255 proceeding, Johnson vagueness claim as to old mandatory career-offender guideline”: At his “Sentencing Law and Policy” blog, Douglas A. Berman has this post about a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued Monday. Posted at 9:53 AM by Howard Bashman |
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