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Tuesday, December 14, 2021

“What I Got Wrong About Brett Kavanaugh and Abortion: The justice had sounded eager to prevent states from nullifying constitutional rights. Why did he change his mind?” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 9:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Biden gets three seats to fill on 4th, 6th Circuits as judges take senior status”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

Posted at 6:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge’s stock portfolio didn’t taint class rulings: tuna plaintiffs to 9th Circuit.” Alison Frankel of Reuters has this report.

Posted at 1:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“What Brett Kavanaugh Didn’t Mention when He Talked About Reversing Roe: Yes, the court has ignored precedent before, but never to take away a constitutional right.” Law professor Kimberly Wehle has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

Posted at 1:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Could Ocean City’s topless ordinance head to the Supreme Court? The latest legal battle.” Emily Lytle of The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times has this report.

Posted at 1:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“With Roe at Risk, Justices Explore a New Way to Question Precedents; A new study traces a trend at the Supreme Court: looking to what the lawyers had argued in assessing whether to follow a precedent”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 1:00 PM by Howard Bashman