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Monday, January 10, 2022

“What Is Neil Gorsuch’s Deal With Masks? For one of the Court’s proudest culture warriors, ‘common courtesy during a deadly pandemic’ is apparently a lot to ask.” Yvette Borja has this post at Balls and Strikes.

Posted at 9:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Inside a Supreme Court Argument”: You can access today’s new installment of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast, featuring David French and Sarah Isgur, via this link.

Posted at 7:54 PM by Howard Bashman



Access online the contents of the January 2022 issue of the Harvard Law Review: Via this link.

Therein, law professor Stephen E. Sachs has an article titled “Originalism: Standard and Procedure.”

The issue also contains a Note titled “Textualism’s Mistake,” which begins, “In 1920, seventeen-year-old Salvatore Eugene Scalia arrived in the United States from Italy with his family.”

The Harvard Law Review Forum will be publishing two responses to Professor Sachs’ article, including one by Fifth Circuit Judge Andrew S. Oldham, but neither appears online yet.

Posted at 2:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“If the Supreme Court lets other states copy Texas’s abortion law, it’ll be chaos; The court is accelerating our country’s polarization”: Law professor Jon D. Michaels has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 1:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Spotlighting guideline circuit split, two Justices express ‘hope’ US Commission will be back ‘in near future'”: Douglas A. Berman has this post at his “Sentencing Law and Policy” blog.

Posted at 1:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why Doesn’t the Supreme Court Want Workers to Be As Safe From Covid as They Are? The court’s conservative justices are opposed to vaccine ‘mandates’ not because they’re anti-vax but because they’re anti-labor.” Elie Mystal has this essay online at The Nation.

Posted at 1:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Most released due to McGirt have been charged either federally or tribally, Tulsa World analysis finds”: Curtis Killman of The Tulsa World has this report.

Posted at 1:27 PM by Howard Bashman



Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in three cases and called for the views of the Solicitor General in two cases.

And in Guerrant v. United States, No. 21-5099, Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a statement, in which Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined, respecting the denial of certiorari.

Posted at 9:35 AM by Howard Bashman



“Andre Mathis — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

Posted at 9:22 AM by Howard Bashman