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Thursday, April 15, 2021

“Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett lists Indiana home for $899,900”: Bob Goldsborough of The Chicago Tribune has this report.

Posted at 11:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Commission to Scrutinize Reforms Beyond Expanding Justice Seats; President Biden’s new panel, which is set to meet on Friday, has ambitions to tackle many other proposals to overhaul the court”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 9:46 PM by Howard Bashman



Tandon steals Fulton‘s thunder: The most important free exercise decision since 1990.” Jim Oleske has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

Posted at 9:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Alabama woman’s case becomes test of federal anti-riot law; The Justice Department dispatched its top terror prosecutor to defend a statute the Trump administration turned to in its fight against violence at racial justice protests”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

Posted at 8:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“I feel Democrats’ fury over the Supreme Court. Adding justices is the wrong fix.” Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 8:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“Democratic Lawmakers Air Differences on Overhauling Supreme Court; Pelosi backs Biden’s deliberative approach after progressives introduce bill to expand the court”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Marianna Sotomayor of The Washington Post reports that “Democratic leaders throw cold water on proposal to expand Supreme Court.”

And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Pelosi pumps brakes on liberals’ rush to pack Supreme Court; Democrats offer bill for 13 justices before Biden team even begins study.”

Posted at 7:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Breyer says looking to international law can help the court evaluate US cases”: Mark Walsh has this article online at ABA Journal.

Posted at 7:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Columbia Law Review In Memoriam: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.” You can access via this link a series of remarkable tributes that the Columbia Law Review has collected.

Posted at 6:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Conservative Judges Are Manipulating the History of Eugenics to Overturn Roe v. Wade; In upholding a ban on certain abortions, a federal appeals court drew directly from Justice Clarence Thomas’ playbook”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence interview with law professor Melissa Murray, who has an article in the April 2021 issue of The Harvard Law Review titled “Race-ing Roe: Reproductive Justice, Racial Justice, and the Battle for Roe v. Wade.”

Posted at 4:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Episode 17: Chicago is a Beach Town (with Will Baude and Judith Miller).” You can access via this link this week’s new installment of the “In Loco Parent(i)s” podcast with Karen and Steve Vladek and their guests, Will Baude and Judith Miller.

Perhaps they discuss the shadow docket. In any event, here’s one more opportunity to learn how Will pronounces his last name so that you can pronounce it that way too, should you wish to do so.

Posted at 4:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court Is Making New Law in the Shadows; The justices are defying their procedural rules to rewrite the Constitution”: Law professor Stephen I. Vladeck has this essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 4:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Biden administration asks Supreme Court not to hear challenge to all-male military draft”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 2:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court Packing Is a Dangerous Game; Even if the size of the bench remains the same, intimidation diminishes the justices’ stature”: Law professor Philip Hamburger has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 2:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“The art of persuasion: How past presidents have tried to nudge Supreme Court justices off the bench.” Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

Posted at 8:48 AM by Howard Bashman