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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

“Lexicographer (and Scalia co-author) joins plaintiffs’ team in Facebook TCPA case at SCOTUS”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

Posted at 11:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Do justices really set aside personal beliefs? Nope, legal scholar says. Klarman sees trouble ahead in large conservative majority on Supreme Court.” Liz Mineo of The Harvard Gazette has this report.

Posted at 9:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“Section 230 and the Supreme Court: Is Too Late Worse Than Never?” Alan Z. Rozenshtein has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

Posted at 9:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“John Roberts sides with the liberals on mail-in voting but things may change once Barrett arrives”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

Posted at 9:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Amy Coney Barrett and the Dogma That Didn’t Bark: Democrats staged little moments of infamy, but it looks as if she’s headed for a smooth confirmation.” Columnist Gerry Baker has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 9:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“51% in U.S. Want Amy Coney Barrett Seated on Supreme Court”: Megan Brenan of Gallup has this report.

According to a chart accompanying the article, Judge Barrett received the lowest amount of “no opinion” responses of any nominee over the past 33 years, and she also received the largest percentage of responses opposing her confirmation during that same period.

Posted at 7:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court split in Pa. election case raises questions about how a Justice Barrett would rule”: Seung Min Kim and Robert Barnes of The Washington Post have this report.

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Split Stokes Democrats’ Election Worries.”

And in commentary, online at Slate, law professor Richard L. Hasen has a jurisprudence essay titled “In a 4–4 Split, the Supreme Court Lets Pennsylvania Make Voting Easier — for Now; The decision signals that Amy Coney Barrett will cast the deciding vote in any upcoming election disputes.”

Also online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “The Supreme Court’s Ultraconservatives Are Preparing a Radical Assault on American Democracy; They just need Amy Coney Barrett’s vote to put their plan into action.”

Posted at 7:28 PM by Howard Bashman