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Thursday, February 24, 2022

“Juror to Be Questioned as Ghislaine Maxwell Seeks New Trial; A federal judge is trying to see whether a juror lied during the selection process, casting doubt on the guilty verdict”: Benjamin Weiser of The New York Times has this report.

And Deanna Paul of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Ghislaine Maxwell Judge Orders Hearing Over Whether Juror Lied; Juror to be publicly questioned about whether he made false statements during jury selection about previously experiencing sexual abuse.”

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“Louisiana Supreme Court denies writs, allows judge’s suit against The Advocate to proceed; Justice Jefferson Hughes claims he was defamed in editorial”: Gordon Russell of The Advocate of Baton Rouge has a report that begins, “Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Jefferson Hughes will be allowed to try a defamation lawsuit he filed in 2020 against The Times-Picayune and The Advocate over the wording of a 2019 opinion piece that criticized him.”

Posted at 4:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“Did a federal court just reveal Biden’s Supreme Court nominee?” Tierney Sneed, Ariane de Vogue, and Katelyn Polantz of CNN have this report.

Posted at 4:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Anti-abortion lawyers target those funding the procedure for potential lawsuits under new Texas law; Attorneys who helped design Texas’ novel abortion ban have asked a judge to allow them to depose the leaders of two abortion funds, seeking information about anyone who may have ‘aided or abetted’ in a prohibited procedure”: Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

Posted at 2:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Texas abortion law gives gun-controlling California, gun lobby something to agree on”: Columnist George Skelton has this essay in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 2:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Texas high court takes up narrow challenge to 6-week abortion ban”: Jeremy Blackman of The Houston Chronicle has this report.

Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune reports that “Narrow challenge to Texas’ abortion law argued before state Supreme Court; Abortion providers are trying to find a legal avenue that will allow them to directly challenge new restrictions that have effectively banned the procedure after about six weeks of pregnancy.”

And Sandhya Raman and Todd Ruger of Roll Call report that “Texas Supreme Court hears abortion ban challenge; Case involves Texas law that blocks nearly all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.”

The Supreme Court of Texas has posted on YouTube at this link the archived video of today’s oral argument, on certified question from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Update: In other coverage, Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman reports that “Texas Supreme Court weighs challenge to state’s restrictive abortion law.”

Posted at 2:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Here’s why the U.S. Supreme Court will not hear Ocean City’s topless ban lawsuit”: Rose Velazquez of The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times has this report, whose headline vastly oversells what the article actually delivers.

Posted at 1:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why Supreme Court Expansion Is Winning Over More Skeptics: For many, whatever reservations they once had about Court reform are not enough to prevent them from endorsing it.” Jenny Hunter has this post at Balls and Strikes.

Posted at 1:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Precedent Does Not Protect Preferences; It would be a mistake to assume the Court’s robust conception of precedent for statutory cases should preclude it from reconsidering affirmative action”: John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

Posted at 1:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Abortion Pills Now Account for More Than Half of U.S. Abortions; The data, released in a report Thursday, is a sign that medication abortion has become the most accessible and preferred method for terminating pregnancy”: Pam Belluck of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 12:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“As Supreme Court Weighs Abortion Rights, More States Look at 15-Week Bans; Lawmakers in Florida, Arizona and West Virginia are pushing bills similar to the one being considered by the high court”: Jennifer Calfas of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 11:26 AM by Howard Bashman



“Texas Supreme Court takes up challenge to state’s restrictive abortion law; The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has asked the Texas Supreme Court to weigh in on the state’s new abortion law; Abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy have been effectively banned in Texas for nearly six months”: Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

The Supreme Court of Texas is live-streaming the oral argument of this appeal on YouTube right now via this link. [Update: Although the live oral argument has now concluded, the archived oral argument video remains available at that same YouTube link.]

Posted at 11:22 AM by Howard Bashman



Access today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in an argued case: Justice Stephen G. Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court in Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P., No. 20-915. And Justice Clarence Thomas issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. joined in full and Justice Neil M. Gorsuch joined in part. You can access the oral argument via this link.

Posted at 10:04 AM by Howard Bashman