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Tuesday, September 28, 2021

“Supreme Court at crossroads in term with abortion and gun cases; Some justices have gone public with concerns that the court’s reputation is at stake”: Todd Ruger of Roll Call has this report.

Posted at 7:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“It’s Not My Fault That People Don’t Like the Supreme Court Anymore; The public’s esteem of the high court is at an all-time low, and the media is not to blame”: Matt Ford of The New Republic has this report.

Posted at 7:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘Chick-fil-A’ case has strong implications for Texas abortion ban”: Taylor Goldenstein of The Houston Chronicle has this report (subscription required for access).

You can freely access the filings in the case, scheduled for oral argument one month from today in the Supreme Court of Texas, at this link.

Posted at 7:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Lie About the Supreme Court Everyone Pretends to Believe: Justices love to proclaim their impartiality, all evidence to the contrary.” Adam Serwer has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 7:21 PM by Howard Bashman



“2021 Grad With Highest GPA Says Don’t Pass Up Opportunities; Balance, Bonding With Faculty Shaped Avery Rasmussen’s Success”: Mike Fox of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

According to the article, “Rasmussen, of Pensacola, Florida, is currently clerking for Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III ’72 of the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. She will clerk for U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich of the District of Columbia for the 2022 term and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh for the 2023 term.”

Posted at 12:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“131 Federal Judges Broke the Law by Hearing Cases Where They Had a Financial Interest; The judges failed to recuse themselves from 685 lawsuits from 2010 to 2018 involving firms in which they or their family held shares, a Wall Street Journal investigation found”: James V. Grimaldi, Coulter Jones, and Joe Palazzolo of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

Posted at 9:34 AM by Howard Bashman



“In the shadow of U.S. Supreme Court history, a Puerto Rican family struggles”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

Posted at 7:53 AM by Howard Bashman