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Tuesday, February 9, 2021

“Bruce Castor had a big spotlight to open Trump’s impeachment defense. It didn’t go well.” Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

Posted at 9:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Wolf administration won’t appeal a state court ruling that tossed victim-rights law overwhelmingly supported by voters”: Anna Orso of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report. According to the article, at least one other party has already appealed from the ruling.

Posted at 9:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘Disorganized, random’: Several GOP senators criticize performance of Trump’s lawyers.” Amy B Wang and Felicia Sonmez of The Washington Post have this report.

Posted at 9:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Business lobby wants SCOTUS to rein in ‘uninjured’ classes, DOJ wary of ‘atypical’ plaintiff”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

Posted at 9:27 PM by Howard Bashman



“Meandering Performance by Defense Lawyers Enrages Trump; The former president was particularly angry at Bruce L. Castor Jr., one of his lawyers, for acknowledging the effectiveness of the House Democrats’ presentation”: Maggie Haberman of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 8:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Prominent GOP donor asks state Supreme Court to block latest Tony Evers mask mandate”: Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

Posted at 8:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Vote to remove Maine statue of Supreme Court justice who upheld segregation laws comes next week”: Nick Schroeder of The Bangor Daily News has this report.

Posted at 8:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Cases cross: Fellow inmate says convicted Dan Markel killer claims he was coerced to lie on stand.” Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report (subscription required for access).

Posted at 8:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Will Stephen Breyer Take One for the Team?” Irin Carmon, Benjamin Hart, and Ed Kilgore have this discussion at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York Magazine.

Posted at 8:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. Supreme Court sticks its nose into California’s business — and puts us in COVID danger”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 8:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘I’m Not a Cat,’ Says Lawyer Having Zoom Difficulties; The video was immediately shared widely and brought joy to many; The lawyer, Rod Ponton, said he was happy people got a much-needed laugh”: Daniel Victor of The New York Times has this report.

Salvador Hernandez of BuzzFeed News reports that “An Attorney Couldn’t Figure Out How To Remove The Cat Filter From His Zoom Court Hearing; ‘I’m not a cat!’ the attorney reassured the judge.”

And Angela Morris of Texas Lawyer has a report headlined “Meow! A Lawyer’s Mishap on Zoom Is Going Viral; ‘I’ve received more calls on that than all my criminal cases,’ said another attorney in the hearing with the cat-lawyer.”

The 394th District Court of Texas posted on YouTube today the video titled “Kitten Zoom Filter Mishap.”

Posted at 6:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“Vote on abortion amendment necessary because Kansas Supreme Court acted as lawmakers”: Bob Lewis has this essay online at The Kansas City Star.

Posted at 2:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Colorado Supreme Court releases memo citing examples of sex-discrimination, judicial misconduct that led to alleged contract for silence; Memo behind $2.5 million contract released and high court maintains there was no quid-pro-quo”: David Migoya of The Denver Post has this report.

Posted at 1:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Biden and Democrats prepare to act fast on judges, having learned lesson from Trump”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

Posted at 1:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“Sirius XM Urges Ninth Circuit to Dump Judgment on Pre-1972 Music Royalties; Sirius argued no state has recognized an artist’s right to control how and where their music is played after the recording is sold”: Martin Macias Jr of Courthouse News Service has this report.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted on YouTube at this link the video of yesterday’s oral argument in Flo & Eddie, Inc. v. Sirius XM Radio Inc..

Posted at 10:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“‘Misguided Attack’: 14 Judges Join Dissent to 9th Circuit Denial to Rehear Death Penalty Case; In a Monday opinion denying rehearing en banc of a death penalty case, 14 9th Circuit judges joined a dissent to the denial; However, both the dissents and the concurrences to the decision crossed party lines.” Alaina Lancaster of The Recorder has this report on an order denying rehearing en banc by a 15-to-14 vote, and the opinions concurring therein and dissenting therefrom, that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

Posted at 10:05 AM by Howard Bashman



“Did Tennessee Execute an Innocent Man? If DNA exonerates Sedley Alley, it will be the first time someone was proved to have been wrongly put to death.” Emily Bazelon has this essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 9:10 AM by Howard Bashman



“Democrats have a back-up plan in case the Senate doesn’t convict Trump on impeachment”: Michael Wilner of McClatchy DC has this report.

Posted at 9:08 AM by Howard Bashman