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Thursday, October 21, 2021

“Judge Pick Who Opposed Kavanaugh Draws Senate Panel Deadlock”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has a report that begins, “A Biden selection for the nation’s largest federal appeals court who drew Republican ire for her criticism of Brett Kavanaugh failed to advance out of the Senate Judiciary Committee, delaying the nomination for now.”

Posted at 10:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Thomas Thanks His ‘Angels in a Very Dark Dark Time’ While Speaking at 30th Anniversary Event; ‘Thirty years makes one stop and look back and reflect more with gratitude than a sense of accomplishment,’ Thomas said during the event”: Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has this report.

Posted at 9:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Texas Urges Supreme Court to Leave Its Restrictive Abortion Law in Place; The Biden administration had asked the court to block the law; State officials called the request procedurally flawed, saying the court was powerless to grant it”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Texas says Supreme Court should leave in place controversial abortion law.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Texas urges Supreme Court to reject new challenge to its strict abortion law.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Texas asks Supreme Court not to block its fetal heartbeat abortion law.”

Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “Texas targets Roe v. Wade, urges U.S. Supreme Court to maintain abortion ban.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Texas Urges Supreme Court to Leave Six-Week Abortion Ban Intact.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Texas attorney general urges Supreme Court to allow controversial abortion law to remain in effect as challenges play out.”

John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Texas urges Supreme Court to leave 6-week abortion ban intact.”

Reese Oxner of The Texas Tribune reports that “Texas urges U.S. Supreme Court to allow near-total abortion ban to stand as Biden administration lawsuit unfolds; The U.S. Department of Justice asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step in on the ongoing case, but Texas argues that the federal government lacks the standing necessary to overturn the law.”

And Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Texas asks Supreme Court to keep abortion ban in place; If the high court decides to take up the merits of the Biden administration’s challenge, Texas says it should use the opportunity to overturn Roe v. Wade.”

You can access the State of Texas’ two related U.S. Supreme Court filings from earlier today here and here.

Posted at 7:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Republicans Turn Judicial Nominee’s Hearing Into Transphobic Spectacle; GOP senators took turns making false and offensive claims about ‘a male wearing a skirt’ involved in a Virginia sexual assault case”: Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.

You can view the video of today’s U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for judicial nominees via this link.

Posted at 3:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court Is an International Embarrassment; A high court this powerful has to be more representative of the people whose lives it governs”: Elie Mystal has this post at Balls and Strikes.

Posted at 3:40 PM by Howard Bashman