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Tuesday, January 4, 2022

“‘Markel’ grandparent visitation efforts see renewed hope through House, Senate bills; Speaker-backed legislation could help some grandparents reunite with their grandchildren”: Peter Schorsch of Florida Politics has this report.

Posted at 9:27 PM by Howard Bashman



“Attorneys spar over United Airlines vaccine mandate at Fifth Circuit; In a hearing before the New Orleans-based appeals court, an attorney for workers who have refused to get vaccinated against Covid-19 for religious reasons said they are opposed to stem cell research that helped develop the shots”: Sabrina Canfield of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access via this link the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Posted at 9:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“#Metoo movement cast as threat to judicial independence in Roberts report; While the chief justice wants to focus on self-policing, advocates say internal reforms are not enough when it comes to workplace misconduct”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

Posted at 8:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts gives an incomplete history lesson on judicial ethics; In his end of the year report, Roberts’ argument for the court’s independence from oversight omitted a key part of its history”: Law professor Steven Lubet has this essay online at NBC News.

Posted at 8:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“High court confirms justices have received COVID-19 booster”: Jessica Gresko and Mark Sherman of The Associated Press have this report.

Posted at 3:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“There Is Nothing ‘Moderate’ About the Supreme Court’s Conservatives: Commentators speculating about whether the Court will strike a middle ground on issues important to the GOP misunderstand five decades of conservative activism that led to this point.” Peter Shamshiri has this post at Balls and Strikes.

Posted at 1:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“Crunch time for workplace vaccine mandates: U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in; The vaccine mandate, which could affect 1.8 million Philly-area workers, is headed for a big court test at the U.S. Supreme Court this week; OSHA fines could start landing on Jan. 10.” Bob Fernandez has this article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Brett Samuels of The Hill reports that “Pence group files SCOTUS brief opposing Biden vaccine mandate.”

And in commentary, online at Washington Monthly, law professor by Peter M. Shane has an essay titled “The Supreme Court Takes COVID Legal Disputes Out of the ‘Shadows’; The justices will hear arguments on mandatory public health measures on January 7; Their rulings could have profound implications for federal regulatory authority beyond the pandemic.”

Posted at 12:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Last Stand Of The Court Packers: The nation’s political centralizers find themselves distressed in an age in which there is increasing demand for decentralization.” George Liebmann has this essay online at The American Conservative.

Posted at 12:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Goldman Sachs and pals bait 2nd Circuit with yet another theory in securities fraud case”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.

Posted at 12:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Private Library Is Coming to Auction; Over 1,000 books will be sold online at Bonhams, including tomes signed to her by Gloria Steinem, Toni Morrison, and Antonin Scalia”: James Tarmy of Bloomberg News has this report.

Posted at 12:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Vigilante Next Door: As distrust in the government and its elected officials rises, a growing number of Americans are taking the law into their own hands.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 12:21 PM by Howard Bashman



“Murphy may have to re-nominate N.J. Supreme Court pick or make another choice”: Brent Johnson of The Newark Star-Ledger has this report.

Posted at 12:14 PM by Howard Bashman