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Thursday, January 7, 2021

“Texas Appellate Power Couple Judge Jim and Allyson Ho: How They Met Rests with Textualism.” Tony Mauro has this report (subscription required for full access) online at The Texas Lawbook.

Posted at 10:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“Now It Can Be Told: How Neil Sheehan Got the Pentagon Papers; It was a story he had chosen not to tell — until 2015, when he sat for a four-hour interview, promised that this account would not be published while he was alive.” Janny Scott of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 8:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal Judiciary’s Systems Likely Breached in SolarWinds Hack; Apparent compromise in suspected Russian attack has put highly sensitive nonpublic court documents at risk, officials said”: Dustin Volz and Robert McMillan of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

Posted at 8:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sues Colorado supermax for $250,000; Claims loss of his hat, bandana and only 3 showers a week causing anxiety”: Joe Dwinell of The Boston Herald has this report.

Posted at 7:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s remarks before Capitol riot may be investigated, says acting U.S. attorney in D.C.” Devlin Barrett of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 6:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Breyer Pressured to Retire, Make Room for Biden Pick”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson and Jordan S. Rubin of Bloomberg Law have this report.

Posted at 5:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump Is Said to Have Discussed Pardoning Himself; The discussions occurred in recent weeks, and it was not clear whether he has brought it up since he incited supporters to march on the Capitol, where some stormed the site”: Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman of The New York Times have this report.

Posted at 5:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Danforth calls his support of Hawley the ‘worst mistake’ of his life”: Columnist Tony Messenger has this essay online at The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Posted at 4:51 PM by Howard Bashman



“Parenting in an Insurrection (with Sarah Harrington)”: You can access episode five of the “In Loco Parent(i)s” podcast, featuring Karen and Steve Vladeck, via this link.

Posted at 2:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump, Hawley and Cruz will each wear the scarlet ‘S’ of a seditionist”: Columnist George F. Will has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 2:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Strict absentee voting limits proposed after record Georgia turnout”: Mark Niesse of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.

Posted at 2:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“From the Texas Supreme Court to the Fifth Circuit | Judge Don Willett”: You can access today’s new installment of the “Texas Appellate Law Podcast” via this link.

Posted at 1:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“New delay in census process probably ends Trump’s plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from apportionment”: Brittany Renee Mayes and Tara Bahrampour of The Washington Post have this report.

Posted at 1:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Garland for Biden’s Attorney General: The D.C. Circuit judge could bring sober leadership to Justice.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

Posted at 10:37 AM by Howard Bashman