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Tuesday, August 24, 2021

“Supreme Court Allows Revival of Trump-Era ‘Remain in Mexico’ Asylum Policy; The court’s unsigned order refused to stay a ruling from a federal judge in Texas forbidding the Biden administration from ending the policy”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report on an order that the U.S. Supreme Court issued tonight.

Posted at 9:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“DOJ forgoes appeal of order blocking money for minority farmers; The Agriculture Department said the Biden administration would keep defending the debt relief program at the trial court level as litigation moves forward”: Josh Gerstein and Ximena Bustillo of Politico have an article that begins, “Justice Department lawyers did something highly unusual this week: They passed up the chance to appeal a judge’s order blocking a congressionally created program supported by President Joe Biden from going into effect.”

Posted at 8:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge Declares Mistrial in Michael Avenatti’s Wire Fraud Case Over Missing Financial Data”: Meghann M. Cuniff of The Recorder has this report.

Michael Finnegan of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Judge declares mistrial in Michael Avenatti embezzlement case.”

Neil Vigdor of The New York Times reports that “Michael Avenatti Is Granted a Mistrial in Federal Fraud Case; A U.S. District Court judge found that federal prosecutors had withheld financial data from Mr. Avenatti, the former lawyer for the pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels; He faces a retrial.”

Deanna Paul of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Michael Avenatti Embezzlement Case Ends in Mistrial; Avenatti became nationally known for representing former adult-film actress Stormy Daniels in litigation against Donald Trump.”

And Sara Sidner, Erica Orden, and Cheri Mossburg of CNN report that “Mistrial declared in Michael Avenatti embezzlement case.”

Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Doctrine of Unlimited Power: The defense of Biden’s eviction ban should have the Justices on red alert.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

Posted at 8:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“How to Recover Conservative Judging: Conservatives need a holistic conservative jurisprudence that draws from traditionalism, economics, constitutionalism, and natural law.” Holden T. Tanner has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

Posted at 5:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“PA Supreme Court lets stand Judge Trucilla’s order against Judge Domotrovich in ethics dispute; Trucilla’s 2019 order told Domitrovich to stop handling matters brought by her lawyer son; State Supreme Court says order unappealable, though justices intend ‘to resolve the controversy internally'”: Ed Palattella of The Erie Times-News has this report on an opinion that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued yesterday.

Posted at 1:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Did attorney mistakes send 2 Arizona men to death row? Supreme Court will decide; The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case next fall involving two inmates who argued mistakes by their trial attorneys landed them on death row.” Patricia Refo has this essay online at The Arizona Republic.

Posted at 1:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why the Supreme Court is one of the biggest threats to American democracy”: Columnist Harry Litman has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 1:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. Supreme Court to consider if undocumented immigrants get bond hearings”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

Posted at 1:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“A new Supreme Court case could blow up decades of US diplomacy; The Court must decide whether rogue judges have the power to dismantle US foreign policy”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

Posted at 1:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court gave Trump leeway on executive actions. Biden wants the same treatment.” Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

Posted at 1:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ruling Warhol Infringed Prince Photo Stands, 2nd Cir. Says”: Kyle Jahner of Bloomberg Law has a report (subscription required for full access) that begins, “The Second Circuit declined to alter its ruling that Andy Warhol art based on a photo of the musician Prince as used in a magazine wasn’t fair use after it considered the U.S. Supreme Court’s subsequent decision in Google v. Oracle.”

You can access today’s amended opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

Posted at 12:54 PM by Howard Bashman