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Tuesday, December 21, 2021

“The most dangerous conservative judges aren’t on the Supreme Court”: Columnist Perry Bacon Jr. has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 7:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Originalism moves from theory to high court. What that means for US.” Henry Gass of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

Posted at 7:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“University of North Carolina and civil rights advocates ask Supreme Court to sidestep affirmative action challenge”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

You can view the University of North Carolina’s Brief in Opposition at this link.

Posted at 7:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Democrats should apply Supreme Court’s abortion decision to firearms; A California initiative would allow any Californian to sue ‘anyone who manufactures, distributes, or sells an assault weapon or ghost gun kit or parts’ and recover unlimited damages”: Law professor Laurence H. Tribe, Jonathan M. Metzl, and David Hogg have this essay online at The Boston Globe.

Posted at 7:11 PM by Howard Bashman



Dobbs and Democratic Legitimacy: There is nothing the Court can do that will have democratic legitimacy; It ought therefore to be content with constitutional legitimacy.” Carson Holloway has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

Posted at 5:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“One Year In, Joe Biden Has Confirmed More Lifetime Judges Than Decades Of Presidents; He’s also brought badly needed diversity to the nation’s courts; But he may have to play hardball with Republicans to keep this up”: Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.

Posted at 1:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Dallas lawyer Linda Coffee launched landmark Roe vs. Wade abortion rights case with a $15 filing fee; The attorney, now retired at 78 and living in Mineola, east of Dallas, also filed a case named Doe vs. Wade on the same day in 1970 and is watching the challenges that could overturn the milestone ruling”: BeLynn Hollers of The Dallas Morning News has this report.

Posted at 9:30 AM by Howard Bashman