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Saturday, October 23, 2021

“Pa. Bar Association condemns TV ad by GOP candidate for state Supreme Court; The Pennsylvania Supreme Court race between Republican Kevin Brobson and Democrat Maria McLaughlin has taken a negative turn in the late stages of the campaign”: Andrew Seidman of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

Posted at 8:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Washington Supreme Court weighing fate of racist covenants in Spokane home deeds”: Laurel Demkovich of The Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Washington has an article that begins, “A Spokane homeowner wanted a historic racist covenant removed from his home’s title and deed. Spokane County Auditor Vicky Dalton said it was not in her authority to do so. Now, the state Supreme Court will decide.”

Posted at 7:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court will rule Oct. 29 on jokes by Quebec comedian Mike Ward; Ward is appealing a Quebec Human Rights Tribunal decision that determined his act included discriminatory comments against singer Jérémy Gabriel”: The Montreal Gazette has this report.

Posted at 7:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Texas abortion law is a disturbing echo of ancient Rome; By deputizing anyone with the power to sue, the law sows the same seeds of civic division that brought about the fall of the Republic”: Jessica Blum-Sorensen has this essay online at The Boston Globe.

Posted at 5:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“The future of vaccine mandates will likely come down to Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett; Thus far, the justices have not given much comfort to anti-vaxxers; That could change soon”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

Posted at 10:05 AM by Howard Bashman



“To Get Ahead at Work, Lawyers Find It Helps to Actually Be at Work; The generational divide on returning to the office is not neatly drawn; For some young professionals, even in a pandemic, showing up is more than half the battle”: Noam Scheiber of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 10:02 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Firearms Policy Coalition Targets Texas S.B. 8; The gun rights group has filed a brief supporting the petition for certiorari in one of the cases challenging the controversial Texas abortion law”: Jonathan H. Adler has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

You can access the amicus brief, written by Erik S. Jaffe, at this link.

Posted at 9:53 AM by Howard Bashman