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Friday, February 4, 2022

“Georgetown Law, Don’t Punish Your New Hire Over His ‘Lesser Black Woman’ Tweet”: Columnist Michelle Goldberg has this essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 8:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Former clerk rewrites SCOTUS contenders’ Wikipedia bios; A former clerk for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson spent the last week amping up his former boss’s Wikipedia page while trying to plant seeds of skepticism about other high court hopefuls”: Samuel Benson of Politico has this report.

Posted at 7:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Nasty Double Standards That Make This SCOTUS Nomination So Toxic: Ever heard anyone complain about a ‘lesser white man’ on the shortlist?” Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 4:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ticktock of a Journalist’s Nightmare: The first day of the Palin v. Times case laid out a tricky path ahead for the former governor — but a ‘what if’ hung over the court.” Seth Stevenson has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 4:21 PM by Howard Bashman



Access online the 2022 Winter Edition of Appellate Issues, a publication of the American Bar Association’s Council of Appellate Lawyers: Via this link. The articles summarize the programming at last November’s Appellate Judges Education Institute Summit in Austin, Texas.

Posted at 3:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Special Report: Inside J&J’s secret plan to cap litigation payouts to cancer victims.” Mike Spector and Dan Levine of Reuters have this report.

Posted at 3:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“With court integrity on thin ice, the justices are sharpening their skates; It’s all quiet on First Street as accusations swirl over spousal conflict of interest and secret speeches to partisan groups”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

Posted at 1:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“How Stephen Breyer could end his tenure with a surprise”: Columnist Hugh Hewitt has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 1:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“As SCOTUS Speculation Swirls, Leondra Kruger’s Colleagues Sing Her Praises; ‘To see her work and hear her questions . . . you’d never know what’s going on around her,’ Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said of arguments earlier this week”: Cheryl Miller of The Recorder has this report.

Posted at 1:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“5 questions with Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on her latest book, ‘Just Help! How to Build a Better World.'” Darcel Rockett of The Chicago Tribune has this Q&A.

Posted at 1:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Political Activism Of Ginni Thomas: A Threat To The Supreme Court?” Jane Mayer was the guest on today’s broadcast of WAMU 88.5’s “The Diane Rehm Show.”

Posted at 1:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“This consensus-building Californian deserves a spot on Biden’s Supreme Court short list”: Dan Morain has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 12:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Gorsuch to headline GOP lineup of speakers at Federalist Society; media barred from his speech; Former vice president Mike Pence, Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis and a former top Trump aide also will address the organization that was a pipeline for Trump’s judicial choices”: Mariana Alfaro of The Washington Post has this report.

And online at The Washington Post, Nathan T. Carrington and Logan Strother have an essay titled “Gorsuch is scheduled to speak to the right-wing Federalist Society. Americans find such speeches inappropriate. Americans don’t approve of justices appearing with politicians, our research finds.”

Posted at 11:40 AM by Howard Bashman



“Clyburn Pushes His Pick for Supreme Court, Testing His Sway With Biden; The highest-ranking Black member of Congress is credited with helping resurrect the president’s 2020 campaign at a critical point; Now he is calling in a favor”: Annie Karni has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 11:34 AM by Howard Bashman