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Monday, November 16, 2020

“Trump’s legal push to disrupt Pa.’s election results is on its last legs. What’s his campaign still fighting in court?” Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

Posted at 9:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court won’t impose virus protections at Texas prison. What about houses of worship in NY?” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman reports that “Supreme Court declines to order virus safety steps for vulnerable Texas inmates.”

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Rejects Elderly Texas Inmates on Covid Steps.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the dissent therefrom, at this link.

Posted at 8:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump And Republicans Had A Very Bad 72 Hours In Court Trying To Challenge The Election Results; Trump’s legal strategy so far has failed to undermine, or even delay, President-elect Joe Biden’s win”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.

Posted at 7:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“How the Court’s Decisions Limit the National Electorate”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

Posted at 7:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“Fix to vote count flips NC Supreme Court chief justice race again”: Danielle Battaglia of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report.

Posted at 7:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“Takings and Time”: At his “Dorf on Law” blog, Michael C. Dorf has a post that begins, “On Friday the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hasid, a case that pits labor rights against property rights.”

Posted at 3:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“On Appeal, House Republicans Press Forward With Legal Challenge to Proxy Voting”: William Ford has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

Posted at 3:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Remembrance of Stephen F. Williams; A gathering at George Mason University to remember the late, great judge”: Michael S. Greve has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

Posted at 3:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Alito’s Sense of Grievance Distorts His Views of Free Speech”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

Posted at 3:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Barrett’s Remote Arguments Yield Only Hints of Approach”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Posted at 1:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Will Trump Burn the Evidence? How the President could endanger the official records of one of the most consequential periods in American history.” Jill Lepore has this article in the November 23, 2020 issue of The New Yorker.

And in the Talk of the Town section, Steve Coll has a Comment titled “What Does Trump Get Out of Contesting Biden’s Win? The election was not close, and the President’s claims of voter fraud are merely a distraction from his many recent failures.”

Posted at 1:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“Headed for overtime: Appeals Court revives Charles Oakley’s lawsuit against James Dolan over Madison Square Garden ejection.” Stephen Rex Brown of The New York Daily News has this report.

Larry Neumeister of The Associated Press reports that “Charles Oakley wins right to jury decision on assault claim.”

And Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “Ex-Knicks star Charles Oakley’s lawsuit over ejection from NBA game is revived.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

Posted at 12:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“In Election Litigation, An Ominous Sign; Buried in a legal debate over ‘independent legislatures’ lay signs that the Roberts Court is all about raw power”: Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at Washington Monthly.

Posted at 10:38 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court’s Obamacare Bait and Switch: The high court’s rescue of the Affordable Care Act might end up imperiling Biden’s entire executive agenda.” Simon Lazarus and Robert Litan have this essay online at The New Republic.

Posted at 10:09 AM by Howard Bashman



“Case on Churches, Cuomo and Coronavirus Arrives at Supreme Court; The general question in cases in California, Nevada and New York is whether government officials or judges should calibrate responses to the public health crisis”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 10:06 AM by Howard Bashman