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Monday, January 18, 2021

“Joe Scheidler, founder of Pro-Life Action League, dies at 93; Scheidler’s family and allies remembered him Monday as a particularly effective and passionate leader — but one also targeted by opponents in litigation that lasted decades and landed repeatedly before the U.S. Supreme Court”: Jon Seidel of The Chicago Sun-Times has this report.

Posted at 10:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justices May Usher In the Modern Broadcast Age — Two Decades Late; Since 2003, two activist judges on the Third Circuit have been arbitrarily stalling FCC innovation”: Robert M. McDowell will have this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Jensen: The man and the Chief Justice of the S.D. Supreme Court.” Del Bartels of The Capital Journal of Pierre, South Dakota has this interview of both that state’s new chief justice and the new chief justice’s wife.

Posted at 7:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Impeachment After Leaving Office: There is good reason to think that impeachment remains on the table, even after politicians leave office.” James R. Rogers has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

Posted at 7:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Deborah Rhode, Who Transformed the Field of Legal Ethics, Dies at 68; A Stanford professor, she pushed the legal profession to confront the ways it failed clients and to be more inclusive of women”: The New York Times has published this obituary written by Clay Risen.

Posted at 7:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Fire Last Time: Timothy McVeigh’s 1995 attack in Oklahoma City spurred legislation that gutted death row inmates’ rights; In the wake of the siege of the Capitol, will we make a similar mistake?” Columnist Elizabeth Bruenig has this essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 7:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why Rage Over the 2020 Election Could Last Well Past Trump: The vast majority of Americans do not approve of the riot at the Capitol; But experts warn that the widespread belief there was election fraud, while false, could have dangerous, lasting effects.” Sabrina Tavernise of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 11:25 AM by Howard Bashman



“Attorney Roberta Kaplan is about to make Trump’s life extremely difficult”: Karen Heller of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 11:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“One judicial trailblazer inspires another: ‘For the judiciary to have legitimacy, it needs to be representative of the people over whom it holds sway,’ 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson says.” Edward Fitzpatrick of The Boston Globe has this report.

Posted at 11:18 AM by Howard Bashman



“‘Expedited Spree of Executions’ Faced Little Supreme Court Scrutiny; In its last six months, the Trump administration put more than three times as many prisoners to death as the federal government had in the previous six decades”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 11:09 AM by Howard Bashman