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Sunday, October 11, 2020

“Whether or not Amy Coney Barrett gets on the Supreme Court, abortion rights should stand”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 9:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Leave Judge Barrett’s Faith Out of This; Examine her jurisprudence, not her religious practice”: Meir Soloveichik has this essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 9:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Kamala Harris Should Grill Amy Coney Barrett; Senate Democrats would be wise to let Joe Biden’s running mate lead their questioning at the nominee’s confirmation hearing”: Cristian Farias has this essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 9:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Behind Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearings, a long escalation of political grievances over Supreme Court”: Daniel Moore has this front page article in today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Posted at 9:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Pressure on Kamala Harris, Dianne Feinstein at Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing”: Tal Kopan has this front page article in today’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle.

Posted at 9:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Courts find pandemic orders unlawful in Michigan and Pennsylvania. Will the SJC do the same? When governors go too far, it is the job of the courts to rein them in.” Columnist Jeff Jacoby has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

Posted at 9:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Hearing Presents a Big Stage, and Big Risks, for Harris; Though a junior member of the panel, the vice-presidential contender will draw heightened scrutiny as the Senate Judiciary Committee takes up Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 9:27 PM by Howard Bashman



“Joe Biden on What Voters ‘Deserve’: He says he’ll give his view on Supreme Court-packing after he’s elected.” This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 9:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Nominee Hearings Set Up Partisan Battle Ahead of Election; Senate debate over Judge Amy Coney Barrett as President Trump’s pick will put attention on abortion rights, health care, gun rights and other topics”: Siobhan Hughes and Lindsay Wise will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

And Hughes also has an article headlined “How the Senate’s Rules Might Play Out in the Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court Confirmation; Combined with the coronavirus, regulations could affect the pace, if not the outcome, of the process of confirming a Supreme Court justice.”

Posted at 9:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“We Know Exactly How Amy Coney Barrett Will Unravel Roe; The judge has sat on the bench for just three years, and already her record shows a stunning willingness to ignore precedent”: Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 8:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Barrett Supreme Court hearing expected to focus on health care, with the pandemic looming over the proceeding”: Seung Min Kim of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 8:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Get Ready for a Flood of Falsehoods About Originalism; People who ought to know better misrepresent my father’s views — and Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s.” Christopher Scalia will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Amy Coney Barrett’s Intellectual Firepower, Conservative Mentors Propelled Career; Supreme Court pick hasn’t hid antiabortion views, yet enjoys widespread popularity on Notre Dame campus”: James V. Grimaldi, Joe Barrett, and Jacob Gershman will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘The Essential Scalia’ Review: What RBG Admired; In his dissenting opinions, Scalia played a long game; When he failed to persuade his colleagues, he wrote — brilliantly — for future law students.” Paul Clement has this book review online at The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 5:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Amy Coney Barrett Is As Cynical As Trump; The SCOTUS nominee has been praised for being kind, but her actions as she tries to secure her seat reveal exactly who she is”: Tom Scocca has this essay online at Slate.

Posted at 5:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“How Democrats hope to defeat Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination: In an interview, Chuck Schumer says Democrats are focusing ‘on the issues and the merits.'” Burgess Everett and Marianne LeVine of Politico have this report.

Posted at 4:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“What Is People of Praise? Amy Coney Barrett’s Faith Brings Attention to a Charismatic Group; With the Supreme Court confirmation hearing set to start Monday, her religious views are again an issue.” Francis X. Rocca and Lindsay Wise of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

Posted at 4:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“Barrett was member of anti-abortion group that promoted clinic criticized for misleading women; More evidence that supreme court nominee has advocated against abortion rights and publicly supported reversal of Roe v Wade”: Stephanie Kirchgaessner of The Guardian (UK) has this report.

Posted at 4:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Senate Democrats seek answers on materials missing from Amy Coney Barrett’s Senate paperwork”: Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck of CNN have this report.

Posted at 4:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court and the Election Returns: In resolving legal disputes about vote-counting, the justices should err on the side of speed and clarity.” David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey have this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 2:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“The GOP is lying its way toward expanding the Supreme Court’s conservative majority”: Columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 2:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Amid pandemic and presidential race, Supreme Court confirmation hearing will be unprecedented”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Posted at 1:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court begin Monday; Democrats expressed concern the sessions could become a coronavirus ‘superspreader’ event”: Dareh Gregorian and Julie Tsirkin of NBC News have this report.

NBC News also has an item headlined “Read Amy Coney Barrett’s full opening statement ahead of her Senate confirmation hearings; Barrett does not mention her conservatism or her religious views in the four-page statement,” and you can access the opening statement at this link.

Posted at 1:06 PM by Howard Bashman