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Friday, January 22, 2021

“Trump Left A Big Legal Mess For Biden; There are numerous lawsuits pending over Trump-era policies Biden doesn’t support, along with cases that ensnared the Justice Department with Trump’s own legal troubles”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.

Posted at 8:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump and Justice Dept. Lawyer Said to Have Plotted to Oust Acting Attorney General; Trying to find another avenue to push his baseless election claims, Donald Trump considered installing a loyalist, and had the men make their cases to him”: Katie Benner of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 8:27 PM by Howard Bashman



Access online the Winter 2021 edition of Appellate Issues, a publication of the ABA Council of Appellate Lawyers: Via this link. Usually, this issue focuses on the previous November’s Appellate Judges Education Institute Summit, but this year out of necessity it mostly focuses on the new normal.

Posted at 2:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“No, You Can’t Carry a Gun on the Floor of the House: Rep. Lauren Boebert and other members of the shoot-’em-up caucus think they have an unfettered right to pack heat in the Capitol and even in the House and Senate chambers; They don’t; Here’s why.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at Washington Monthly.

Posted at 2:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Biden’s solicitor general will play critical role in early efforts to undo Trump policies”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

Posted at 1:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Florida High Court Strikes Clerk Redaction Rule, Affirms Principle of Timely Access; The Florida Supreme Court strikes down an old rule requiring that court clerks find and redact private information in public records, based on damage caused to the principle of timely access”: Bill Girdner of Courthouse News Service has this report on a unanimous per curiam decision that the Supreme Court of Florida issued yesterday.

Posted at 1:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Texas Supreme Court: Alex Jones, InfoWars can be sued by Sandy Hook parents.” Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has an article that begins, “The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected, without comment, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ attempt to toss out four defamation lawsuits by parents of children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012.”

Posted at 1:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Lawmakers want to increase number of SC Supreme Court justices”: John Monk of The State of Columbia, South Carolina has an article that begins, “A push is on by top Republican lawmakers in the S.C. House of Representatives to expand the number of justices on the State Supreme Court from five to seven.”

Posted at 1:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“McConnell privately says he wants Trump gone as Republicans quietly lobby him to convict”: Michael Warren and Jamie Gangel of CNN have this report.

Posted at 1:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Enemies, a Love Story: Inside the 36-year Biden and McConnell Relationship; The two 78-year-old deal-makers have been parties to the collapse of Capitol culture; Now they’ll need to make Washington work again.” Alex Thompson has this article online at Politico Magazine.

Posted at 10:50 AM by Howard Bashman