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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