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Thursday, December 23, 2021

“Will Donald Trump Get Away With Inciting an Insurrection?” Laurence H. Tribe, Donald Ayer, and Dennis Aftergut have this guest essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 2:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judges Held Off Congress’s Efforts to Impose Ethics Rules — Until Now; Bills to make it easier for the public to learn about court actions and conflicts of interest are on the move following years of resistance by the judiciary”: James V. Grimaldi, Joe Palazzolo, and Coulter Jones of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

Posted at 12:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump Asks Supreme Court to Block Release of Jan. 6 Records; The case is a constitutional clash on the scope of executive privilege and on whether a former president may invoke it when the current one has waived it”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Trump asks Supreme Court to withhold records from House Jan. 6 committee.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Trump asks Supreme Court to shield his White House files from Congressional probe.”

Bart Jansen of USA Today reports that “Trump appeals to Supreme Court seeking to block release of Jan. 6 documents.”

You can access former President Donald J. Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court filing at this link.

Posted at 12:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Roberts’ reference to memos of Blackmun on Roe v. Wade raises questions about SCOTUS justices’ private papers”: Mark Walsh of ABA Journal has this report.

Posted at 12:45 PM by Howard Bashman