“Muere el juez federal Juan R. Torruella, referente entre los juristas puertorrriqueños; Fue el primer boricua en el Circuito de Apelaciones de Boston y único hispano. Además, fue un destacado atleta del deporte de vela a nivel mundial y participó en cuatro Juegos Olímpicos”: José A. Delgado and Alex Figueroa Cancel of Puerto Rico’s El Nuevo Dia have this report.
Also online at that newspaper, Alex Figueroa Cancel has an article headlined “Jueces federales rinden homenaje a Juan Torruella en los tribunales de la isla; La bandera se bajó a media asta en el Viejo San Juan y Hato Rey.”
Madison Alder and Daniel Gill of Bloomberg Law report that “1st Cir. Judge Juan Torruella Dies, Court’s First Hispanic.”
And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has a post titled “Judge Torruella, the Lone First Circuit Judge in Puerto Rico, Passed Away; There is no statutory requirement that his successor must reside in Puerto Rico.”
“Justice Barrett Joins the Court; A landmark for the judiciary, without any guaranteed outcomes”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
And also in today’s edition of that newspaper, columnist James Taranto has an op-ed titled “We May Get a Conservative Chief Justice; If Roberts joins the liberals, Thomas gets to assign the opinion.”
“‘Fat and Happy’ With a Conservative Court, Are Republicans Losing a Winning Issue? President Trump and his party pushed Justice Barrett’s confirmation through in record time; But they could find that satisfied voters, who no longer fear the specter of a liberal court, are also complacent.” Jeremy W. Peters of The New York Times has this news analysis.
“In Swearing In Barrett, Trump Defiantly Mimics ‘Superspreader’ Rose Garden Ceremony; Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed as the next Supreme Court justice only eight days before a presidential election”: Peter Baker has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.
“Independent Judiciary, RIP: With the Coney Barret vote, Republicans complete their hostile takeover of the Supreme Court.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at Washington Monthly.
“How the Senate GOP’s right turn paved the way for Barrett; The new Supreme Court justice was considered potentially too conservative to be confirmed just two years ago”: Burgess Everett and Marianne LeVine of Politico have this report.
“Murkowski predicts Barrett won’t overturn Roe v. Wade”: Alexander Bolton of The Hill has this report.
“Biden Rules Out Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices”: Jennifer Epstein of Bloomberg News has this report.
“Senate Confirms Barrett, Delivering for Trump and Reshaping the Court; The vote capped a brazen feat for Republicans, who pushed through a Supreme Court nominee in little more than five weeks with the election looming”: Nicholas Fandos of The New York Times has this report.
Seung Min Kim of The Washington Post reports that “Senate confirms Barrett to Supreme Court, cementing its conservative majority.”
Jennifer Haberkorn of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Amy Coney Barrett confirmed to Supreme Court by GOP senators.”
Lindsay Wise and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal report that “Amy Coney Barrett Confirmed as Supreme Court Justice; GOP-led Senate approves her nomination largely along party lines.”
Nicholas Wu and Christal Hayes of USA Today report that “Amy Coney Barrett confirmed to the Supreme Court, giving conservatives a 6-3 majority.”
Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett, gives Trump 3rd Supreme Court justice.”
Lisa Mascaro of The Associated Press reports that “Barrett confirmed as Supreme Court justice in partisan vote.”
Steve Holland and Lawrence Hurley of Reuters report that “U.S. Senate confirms Trump’s Supreme Court pick Barrett in nearly party-line vote.”
Steven T. Dennis of Bloomberg News reports that “Senate Confirms Amy Coney Barrett to U.S. Supreme Court.”
Sahil Kapur, Julie Tsirkin, and Rebecca Shabad of NBC News report that “Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett, heralding new conservative era for Supreme Court; Some legal experts say this will be the most conservative court since before World War II.”
Clare Foran and Ted Barrett of CNN report that “Senate confirms Trump’s Supreme Court nominee a week ahead of Election Day.”
Tyler Olson of Fox News reports that “Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court, cements 6-3 conservative majority; Barrett will be Trump’s third justice appointed to the Supreme Court, the most for any president since Ronald Reagan.”
Andrew Desiderio of Politico reports that “Senate confirms Barrett to Supreme Court, sealing a conservative majority for decades; Her confirmation caps off Trump and McConnell’s reshaping of the federal judiciary.”
Todd Ruger of Roll Call reports that “Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett but controversy follows her to the Supreme Court; Political spotlight will quickly shift from the Senate chamber to the Supreme Court docket.”
And Jordain Carney of The Hill reports that “GOP Senate confirms Trump Supreme Court pick to succeed Ginsburg.”
“Trump’s taxes, election and abortion cases await Amy Coney Barrett in her first week”: Devan Cole, Ariane de Vogue, and Caroline Kelly of CNN have this report.
“Longtime federal appeals court Judge Juan Torruella dies”: Alanna Durkin Richer of The Associated Press has this report.
“Barrett’s evasiveness alarms LGBTQ advocates fearful Supreme Court may roll back protections”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.
“Senate to vote on Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to Supreme Court following all-night Senate session”: Nicholas Wu and Christal Hayes of USA Today have this report.
Sarah N. Lynch of Reuters reports that “Senate likely to confirm Barrett to U.S. Supreme Court, cementing conservative majority.”
Clare Foran and Ted Barrett of CNN report that “Senate to confirm Trump’s Supreme Court nominee a week ahead of Election Day.”
Tyler Olson of Fox News reports that “Senate Democrats speak all night on Senate floor as Barrett confirmation edges closer to Monday night vote; Democrats spoke all night Sunday into Monday on the Senate floor.”
And on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Carrie Johnson had an audio segment titled “The Senate Nears Confirming Trump’s 3rd Supreme Court Justice.”
“How Amy Coney Barrett Could Shape The Supreme Court For Decades”: This interview with law professor Randy Barnett appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”
“How to safeguard progressive legislation against the Supreme Court: Poison pills; It’s a less-confrontational approach than court-packing.” Law professors Aziz Huq and Darrell A.H. Miller have this essay online at The Washington Post.
“Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation jeopardizes more than abortion; The threat to birth control — and in vitro fertilization — is increasingly plausible, especially in an America without Roe v. Wade”: Law professors Mary Ziegler and Rachel Rebouché have this essay online at NBC News.
“GOP bets Democrats won’t expand Supreme Court. Progressives say: Call their bluff. Progressives saw Mitch McConnell’s recent comments that Democrats ‘won’t be able to do much about [Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation] for a long time to come’ as a dare.” Sahil Kapur of NBC News has this report.
“Republicans have already packed state supreme courts; Norms against changing the size of courts for partisan reasons are selectively upheld”: Law professor Marin K. Levy has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“Missing From Supreme Court’s Election Cases: Reasons for Its Rulings; In a series of terse, unsigned orders, the court has been deciding many election disputes on its ‘shadow docket’ without a murmur of explanation.” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.
“Trump’s conservative imprint on the federal judiciary gives Democrats a playbook — if they win”: Seung Min Kim of The Washington Post has this report.
“U.S. Supreme Court nominee Barrett often rules for police in excessive force cases”: Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley of Reuters have this report.
“California Pastor Wants To Take Case Against COVID-19 Restrictions To Supreme Court”: Aaron Bolton had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday.”
“Catholic Newspaper Urges Senate To Reject Barrett’s Supreme Court Nomination”: This audio segment appeared on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
“Pointing to pandemic and election controversies, Democrats make their case for Texas Supreme Court; Democrats argue the high court’s pandemic-related decisions show GOP incumbents should be unseated in November; Republicans say the virus is another argument for sticking with the status quo”: Emma Platoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.
“Amy Coney Barrett’s first case as Supreme Court justice could be one that decides presidential election; One of the first cases she could hear as ‘ new Supreme Court justice could decide who wins the White House”: Andrew O’Reilly of Fox News has this report.
“Barrett will complicate John Roberts’ goal of keeping the Supreme Court out of politics”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.
“Enlarging the Supreme Court is the only answer to the right’s judicial radicalism”: Columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“Amy Coney Barrett: What Comes Next and How the Supreme Court Will Change; A look at what to expect in Judge Barrett’s confirmation process.” Brent Kendall and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal have this report.
“Barrett nomination clears Senate hurdle, putting her on course to confirmation to Supreme Court”: Seung Min Kim of The Washington Post has this report.
Lindsay Wise of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Senate Advances Supreme Court Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett; Final vote to confirm President Trump’s nominee is expected Monday.”
Lisa Mascaro of The Associated Press reports that “Senate votes to advance Barrett; confirmation expected Mon.”
Clare Foran and Ted Barrett of CNN report that “Senate advances Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination in key procedural vote.”
Ronn Blitzer of Fox News reports that “Senate votes to limit debate on Barrett Supreme Court nomination, move toward final vote Monday evening; The Senate will have 30 hours to engage in debate over Barrett’s nomination before voting.”
And Jordain Carney of The Hill has reports headlined “GOP clears key hurdle on Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination, setting up Monday confirmation” and “Senate to hold all-night session ahead of Barrett confirmation vote.”
Today, the U.S. Senate voted 51-to-48 to invoke cloture on the nomination of Seventh Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
“Pack the court? Battles between Republicans and Democrats fuel clash over Supreme Court’s future.” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
“We Were Clerks at the Supreme Court. Its Legitimacy Is Now in Question. Brazen politics in Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation process threatens the court’s standing with the public.” Jamie Crooks and Samir Deger-Sen have this essay online at The New York Times.
“Governor Nominates Todd Eddins To Hawaii Supreme Court; The 1st circuit judge is expected to join a liberal-leaning majority on the state’s highest court”: Blaze Lovell of Honolulu Civil Beat has this report.
“Decision that ‘undermined’ Gov. Whitmer spices up court race”: Ed White of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A decision that torpedoed Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s emergency orders during the coronavirus pandemic has led to calls for political payback in the election for two seats on the Michigan Supreme Court.”
“Equal Rights Amendment battle highlights obstacles to challenging federal decisions in court”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.
“Appeals court stops more paper backups of Georgia voter records”: Mark Niesse of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an article that begins, “A federal appeals court on Saturday ruled against requiring up-to-date paper copies of voter registration and absentee voting information at Georgia polling places on Election Day.”
