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Saturday, July 24, 2021

Majority on divided three-judge Ninth Circuit panel holds that California’s closing of private schools because of COVID-19 implicates fundamental rights of parents and is subject to strict scrutiny: You can access yesterday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 4:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Merrick Garland Will Not Deliver Your Catharsis; Progressives want a dramatic de-Trumpification of the Justice Department; But the attorney general has a different theory of how to heal America”: David Montgomery will have this article in tomorrow’s edition of The Washington Post Magazine.

Posted at 3:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘Complete, dysfunctional chaos’: Oklahoma reels after Supreme Court ruling on Indian tribes.” Annie Gowen and Robert Barnes of The Washington Post have this report.

Posted at 3:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“After $250k in political support from Apache Corp., Texas Supreme Court does a rare double take”: Eric Dexheimer of The Houston Chronicle has this report.

Posted at 9:54 AM by Howard Bashman



“Anti-abortion lawyers are finally being honest about what they want from the Supreme Court; For decades, abortion opponents urged the Court to lie about abortion restrictions; They don’t need to anymore”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

Posted at 9:46 AM by Howard Bashman



“Progressive Gun-Control Crackup; Defense lawyers ask the Supreme Court to affirm gun rights”: The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

Posted at 9:40 AM by Howard Bashman