“Orrick Supreme Court Leader Kelsi Corkran Decamps for Georgetown Law Fellowship; Corkran joined the Georgetown University Law Center’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection as a pro bono senior fellow; She started at Georgetown this month after six years at Orrick”: Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has this report.
“Stumbles, Clashes and Egos: Behind the Scenes With Trump’s Legal Team; The lawyers assembled by the former president to represent him in his Senate impeachment trial hardly knew one another; They prevailed in the end, but it wasn’t pretty.” Maggie Haberman and Michael S. Schmidt of The New York Times have this report.
And Aaron Rupar of Vox has a report headlined “Trumpworld’s performative outrage over ‘doctored evidence’ at the impeachment trial, briefly explained; Michael van der Veen wants you to believe the House managers cheated; They didn’t.”
“Hacker Claims to Have Stolen Files Belonging to Prominent Law Firm Jones Day; Firm disputes network breach, says its file-transfer company was compromised”: Tawnell D. Hobbs and Sara Randazzo will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“The Law & Corpus Linguistics Revolution: Why It Matters.” James Heilpern has this post at The Juris Lab.
“Trump picked the youngest judges to sit on the federal bench. Your move, Biden. Democrats have long neglected the importance of youthful appointees.” Law professors Micah Schwartzman and David Fontana have this essay online at The Washington Post.
“Statue of Maine judge who upheld segregation laws will be removed in Augusta”: Nick Schroeder of The Bangor Daily News has a report that begins, “The statue of a Maine-born chief justice who voted to uphold a landmark Supreme Court decision that institutionalized racial segregation will be removed from the Kennebec Courthouse lawn.”
“New Mexico Supreme Court publishes legal findings on dining ban”: Phaedra Haywood of The Santa Fe New Mexican has an article that begins, “The state Supreme Court published the detailed legal reasoning Monday behind an August ruling that said the governor and the state Department of Health have the authority to impose restrictions on businesses via emergency order.”
You can access yesterday’s opinion of the Supreme Court of New Mexico at this link.
“A powerful tool to take on the Supreme Court — if Democrats use it right”: Law professor G. Michael Parsons has this essay online at The Hill.
“Term Limits More Likely Than Court Packing from Biden Panel”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has this report.
“Anissa Jordan Took Part in a Robbery. She Went to Prison for Murder. The legal doctrine that allows people to be prosecuted for murder even if they didn’t kill anyone has fallen out of favor across the globe. In America, it remains common.” Law professor Lara Bazelon has this article online at The Atlantic.
“How to fix the Senate without abolishing the filibuster; Filibuster reforms are normal, and they happen all the time”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.
“N.J. Law Forbids Naming a Judge’s, Prosecutor’s, or Police Officer’s Close Relatives Online, whenever the judge, prosecutor, or police officer demands that the relative’s name be taken down”: Eugene Volokh has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
“GOP eyes the playbook California used to stymie Trump”: In today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times, Evan Halper has a front page article that begins, “After Democrats succeeded in unraveling much of the Trump agenda through a California-led deluge of lawsuits, they now face a sobering reality: Their courtroom playbook is about to be turned against them.”
“L. Lin Wood enlists ‘Army of Patriots’ in battle to retain law license”: Alan Judd of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.
“Supreme Court to review cheerleader’s free-speech lawsuit against Mahanoy Area School District”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.