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Sunday, January 31, 2021

“77 Days: Trump’s Campaign to Subvert the Election; Hours after the United States voted, the president declared the election a fraud — a lie that unleashed a movement that would shatter democratic norms and upend the peaceful transfer of power.” Jim Rutenberg, Jo Becker, Eric Lipton, Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Martin, Matthew Rosenberg, and Michael S. Schmidt will have this front page article in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 10:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Corporate America is rooting hard for Microsoft in cloud customer gag order appeal”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

Posted at 8:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court strikes down part of rule easing pollution standard implementation”: Rachel Frazin of The Hill has this report.

And Samantha Hawkins of Courthouse News Service reports that “DC Circuit Strikes Down Trio of Ozone-Emission Loopholes; Several aspects of a Trump-era EPA policy were found to have let states skirt rules aimed at cutting harmful emissions.”

You can access Friday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

Posted at 8:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump announces new lawyers to lead impeachment legal team”: Dave Boyer of The Washington Times has this report.

Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “Trump picks former Montco DA Bruce Castor to defend him at Senate impeachment trial.”

Eric Tucker and Jill Colvin of The Associated Press report that “Trump names 2 lawyers to impeachment defense team.”

Mark Niquette and Jennifer Jacobs of Bloomberg News report that “Trump Names New Impeachment Lawyers After Parting With Team.”

Tim Stelloh of NBC News reports that “Trump announces legal team for Senate impeachment trial; He says lawyers David Schoen and Bruce Castor will lead his defense and came after a ‘mutual decision’ to part ways with two other attorneys.”

Jim Acosta, Kaitlan Collins, and Pamela Brown of CNN report that “Trump names two new lawyers for impeachment trial a day after his defense team collapsed.”

And David Cohen of Politico reports that “Trump names 2 new attorneys for impeachment defense; David Schoen and Bruce L. Castor, Jr. both have been involved in high-profile criminal cases.”

Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Russian hack brings changes, uncertainty to US court system”: Maryclaire Dale of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Trial lawyer Robert Fisher is handling one of America’s most prominent counterintelligence cases, defending an MIT scientist charged with secretly helping China. But how he’ll handle the logistics of the case could feel old school: Under new court rules, he’ll have to print out any highly sensitive documents and hand-deliver them to the courthouse.”

Posted at 1:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Change the court, for good: For starters, the oldest justice should retire while there’s a Democratic president and Senate.” Law professor Samuel Moyn has this essay online at The New York Daily News.

Posted at 1:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘Not surprised’: Justice Alito defends controversial speech as he marks 15 years on Supreme Court.” John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

Posted at 11:48 AM by Howard Bashman