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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

“Planned Parenthood files lawsuit over Lubbock abortion ordinance”: Gabriel Monte of The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal has this report.

Shannon Najmabadi of The Texas Tribune reports that “Lawsuit seeks to block Lubbock’s ordinance aimed at outlawing abortions; The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas are suing over the West Texas city’s ‘sanctuary city for the unborn’ ordinance.”

And David Lee of Courthouse News Service reports that “Planned Parenthood Sues West Texas City to Block Voter-Passed Abortion Ban; At the prodding of anti-abortion groups, Lubbock became the 23rd city to ban abortion in Texas when voters comfortably approved the measure on May 1 with 62% of the vote.”

Posted at 8:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge to leave Atlanta appeals court, giving President Biden a vacancy to fill”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an article that begins, “Judge Beverly Martin has informed the White House she will leave the federal appeals court in Atlanta, giving President Joe Biden his first vacancy to fill here. Martin, 65, said she will retire from the court on Sept. 30 and not become a senior judge as is the custom for most judges on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.”

Posted at 8:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Justices Take Up Abortion; The result in the Mississippi case is hard to predict”: This editorial will appear in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 7:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Breyer Worries Retiring Could Add to Polarization. Would It? The Supreme Court’s oldest justice has hinted that he may decline to step down, defying activists’ pressure. His reasoning would be hotly debated on the left.” Giovanni Russonello has this “On Politics” essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 7:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court can finally overturn ‘Roe v. Wade.’ It should do it.” Columnist Henry Olsen has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 5:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Face Masks and the First Amendment: They’ve become a form of political expression; That makes mandates constitutionally suspect.” David B. Rivkin Jr. and James Taranto have this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 1:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Climate Lawsuits Take a Hit; The Supreme Court makes it harder for cities to duck federal courts”: The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

Posted at 1:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Brett Kavanaugh’s latest decision should alarm liberals; The Court’s new median justice really doesn’t care about precedent”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

Posted at 1:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court throws abortion fight into center of midterms”: David Crary and Jill Colvin of The Associated Press have this report.

Posted at 1:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court jumps into U.S. culture wars with abortion, gun cases”: Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley of Reuters have this report.

Posted at 1:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Gives Big Oil a Win in Climate Fight With Cities; But in the case, filed by the city of Baltimore, the high court gave the fossil fuel industry far less than it had asked for”: John Schwartz has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 1:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Harvard urges Supreme Court to sit out affirmative action case”: Deirdre Fernandes has this article in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

Patricia Hurtado of Bloomberg News reports that “Harvard Urges Supreme Court to Back 40 Years of Race in Admissions.”

And Colleen Walsh of The Harvard Gazette reports that “Harvard argues admissions suit isn’t worthy of Supreme Court review; Brief notes two lower courts have rejected bias allegations in University’s process.”

You can access via this link the Brief in Opposition that Harvard College filed yesterday in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Posted at 10:40 AM by Howard Bashman



“Biden’s SCOTUS Commission Comes as a Wolf; The genesis, design, and membership of the Supreme Court reform commission all mark it as a distinctly partisan effort”: John O. McGinnis recently had this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

Posted at 10:30 AM by Howard Bashman



“Yes, Overturn Roe“: Kevin D. Williamson has this post at “The Corner” blog of National Review. Therein, he writes, “Roe is a bad legal decision not because of any moral question related to abortion but because it is bad law. The Constitution does not say anything about abortion one way or the other, and it does not contain any provision that could reasonably be interpreted as mandating abortion rights or prohibiting abortion.”

Posted at 9:07 AM by Howard Bashman



“Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh Will Get Their Chance to End Roe v. Wade; The Supreme Court’s most recent additions, like their conservative brethren, are no friends to abortion rights”: Matt Ford has this essay online at The New Republic.

Posted at 8:03 AM by Howard Bashman



“RBG’s death casts a shadow over Breyer’s upcoming decision as court takes a right turn”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

Posted at 7:50 AM by Howard Bashman