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Sunday, October 17, 2021

“‘OYEZ! OYEZ!’ Meet the New Marshal — The Supreme Court has a new voice: Gail Curley, the court’s new marshal.” Tony Mauro has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.”

Posted at 12:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“John Grisham on Judges, Innocence and the Judgments He Ignores; The best-selling author, whose new book, ‘The Judge’s List,’ is about a murderous member of the bench, talks about the Supreme Court, wrongful convictions and what it means to be ‘review-proof'”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 10:28 AM by Howard Bashman



“Ohio Supreme Court Justice Pat DeWine’s refusal to recuse from lawsuit involving father may be unprecedented”: Cory Shaffer of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report (subscription required for full access).

Posted at 10:18 AM by Howard Bashman



Saturday, October 16, 2021

“Biden’s Supreme Court commission is leaving everyone unhappy”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Biden’s Supreme Court commission splits over court-packing proposals.”

Jon Levine of The New York Post reports that “Conservatives resign from Biden’s Supreme Court packing commission.”

In commentary, online at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have a jurisprudence essay titled “Biden’s Supreme Court Commission Walked Straight Into the Legitimacy Trap.”

And online at The Hill, Jeremy Dys has an essay titled “Biden’s Supreme Court commission ends not with a bang but a whimper.”

Posted at 1:50 PM by Howard Bashman



Friday, October 15, 2021

“Justice Dept. to Ask Supreme Court to Block Texas’ Near-Total Abortion Ban as Legal Fights Continues; The Texas law bans abortions when cardiac activity is detected, at around six weeks of pregnancy, and makes no exceptions for rape or incest”: Katie Benner of The New York Times has this report.

And Ann E. Marimow and Robert Barnes of The Washington Post report that “Justice Department will ask Supreme Court to block Texas abortion law while legal fights play out.”

Posted at 1:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Anti-Choice Movement Is Coming for Same-Sex Marriage Next; As the Supreme Court’s 6-3 conservative supermajority appears poised to overrule Roe v. Wade, right-wing activists are already preparing to fight the next culture war”: Lisa Needham has this post at Balls and Strikes.

Posted at 12:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal Judges or Their Brokers Traded Stocks of Litigants During Cases; Dozens of judges have reported share purchases and sales made while they presided in suits involving those companies, a WSJ investigation found”: Coulter Jones, Joe Palazzolo, and James V. Grimaldi of The Wall Street Journal have an article that begins, “Mary Geiger Lewis acquired Walmart Inc. stock. Charles Norgle Sr. reported nearly a dozen buys and sells of Pfizer Inc. shares. Charles Siragusa had two accounts that bought Medtronic PLC stock. None of that would be a problem, except for this: All are federal judges, and at the time of the trades, all were hearing cases involving those companies.”

Posted at 12:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“At Yale Law School, a party invitation ignites a firestorm”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post. Therein, Marcus writes, “Sorry, but if you’re triggered by the Federalist Society, you don’t belong on a law school campus.”

Posted at 11:48 AM by Howard Bashman



“Biden Supreme Court commission debates court-packing amid liberal backlash to split approach to reform; Progressives said discussion materials don’t show ‘urgency’ on court-packing, but commission emphasized it hasn’t yet began drafting report”: Tyler Olson of Fox News has this report.

And Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Biden SCOTUS reform panel also mulls ‘dysfunctional’ confirmation process; Changing the court’s structure is doubtful, but the 36-member commission has also delved into the perceived failings of the Senate process for nominees.”

Posted at 11:14 AM by Howard Bashman



Thursday, October 14, 2021

“Judge Gabriel Sanchez — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

Posted at 10:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Biden Panel Wary of Expanding Supreme Court, but Open to Term Limits; Preliminary draft materials suggested that adding justices might be seen as a ‘partisan maneuver,’ but said that an 18-year tenure merits ‘serious consideration'”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 10:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court would add justices under proposal from Biden commission”: Alex Swoyer and Jeff Mordock of The Washington Times have this report.

Posted at 9:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Katie Couric’s self-defeating effort to ‘protect’ Ruth Bader Ginsburg; And the many self-defeating efforts that came along with it”: Aaron Blake has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 8:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Sleeper SCOTUS Case That Threatens the Separation of Church and State; Carson v. Makin could set a new precedent for how taxpayer dollars are used to fund religious education”: Law professor Kimberly Wehle has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 8:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“Abortion providers ask Oklahoma Supreme Court to put three laws on hold”: Barbara Hoberock of The Tulsa World has this report.

Posted at 8:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“A full guide to Pennsylvania’s 2021 Supreme Court election and other appellate judicial races”: Danielle Ohl of Spotlight PA has this report.

Posted at 8:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Warren, Jayapal Ask Supreme Court to Get Tougher on Judges’ Conflicts of Interest”: Daniela Sirtori-Cortina of Bloomberg News has this report.

Posted at 7:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Commission on Changing Supreme Court Skeptical About Adding Justices; Preliminary documents released on eve of public meeting assess merits of term limits for justices, limiting number of justices any president can name”: Ken Thomas of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 7:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Biden’s Supreme Court commission ‘divided’ on adding justices but warns of ‘considerable’ risk”: John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

Posted at 7:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“In deciding Tsarnaev’s fate, the Supreme Court could condemn the 8th Amendment too; No matter how repugnant the actor, constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment shouldn’t be compromised; This case shows there aren’t enough guardrails to protect it”: Columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr has this essay online at The Boston Globe.

Posted at 7:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“White House commission on Supreme Court reforms sees risks in expanding court”: Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung of Reuters have this report.

Posted at 7:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Texas abortion law supporters say states can reach own conclusions about constitutionality; An appeals court could rule on the Justice Department’s challenge of Texas’ abortion ban in the next several days”: Pete Williams of NBC News has this report.

Update: NBC News has corrected the headline of this article, which originally had incorrectly attributed the argument to the State of Texas itself.

Posted at 5:39 PM by Howard Bashman



“Conversation with D.C. Circuit Judge Neomi Rao, Hosted by Jennifer Mascott”: The C. Boyden Gray Center has posted this video online at Vimeo.

Posted at 4:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Alito complains, but the evidence is clear: This Supreme Court was built by dark money; Alito wants us to believe everything is going great at the Supreme Court; And so it is — for big Republican donors.” U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has this essay online at Salon.

Posted at 2:50 PM by Howard Bashman