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Thursday, March 24, 2022

“Jackson on track for confirmation, but GOP votes in doubt”: Mary Clare Jalonick and Kevin Freking of The Associated Press has this report.

Posted at 8:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“Senate Democrats Are Never Prepared For the Fight; Two unnamed Democratic lawmakers apparently think Ketanji Brown Jackson wasn’t ‘adequately prepared’ for Republican smears they did nothing to stop”: Jay Willis has this post at Balls and Strikes.

Posted at 8:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“SCOTUS will consider war powers in case of ailing veteran claiming employment discrimination”: Mark Walsh has this report online at ABA Journal.

Posted at 8:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Virginia Thomas urged White House chief to pursue unrelenting efforts to overturn the 2020 election, texts show; In messages to Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in the weeks after Election Day, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas called Biden’s victory ‘the greatest Heist of our History’ and told him that President Donald Trump should not concede”: Bob Woodward and Robert Costa of The Washington Post have this report.

And Danny Hakim, Luke Broadwater, and Jo Becker of The New York Times report that “Ginni Thomas Pressed Trump’s Chief of Staff to Overturn 2020 Vote, Texts Show; The messages between Ms. Thomas and Mark Meadows are the first evidence that she directly advised the White House in efforts to reverse the election results.”

Posted at 8:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“Republican Senators Say No Boycott Planned for Jackson Committee Vote; Supreme Court nominee on track to be confirmed next month”: Lindsay Wise, Siobhan Hughes, and Laura Kusisto of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

Posted at 8:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Little is known about Justice Thomas’ hospitalization, part of a history of secrecy from the court; The Supreme Court is not required to be transparent about justices’ health”: Chris Geidner of Grid has this report.

Posted at 6:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“How Some Texans Are Getting Abortions Despite a Devastating Law”: Samuel Dickman and Kari White have this guest essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 5:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“QAnon Cheers Republican Attacks on Jackson. Democrats See a Signal. Criticism of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s sentencing decisions emerged as a theme among Republicans — and renewed debate about the party’s stance toward QAnon.” David D. Kirkpatrick and Stuart A. Thompson of The New York Times have this report.

Posted at 5:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“Crime Focus at Jackson Hearing Most Intense Since Marshall”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Madison Alder, and Jordan S. Rubin of Bloomberg Law have this report.

Posted at 12:20 PM by Howard Bashman



Access today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued rulings in two argued cases.

1. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Houston Community College System v. Wilson, No. 20-804. You can access the oral argument via this link. Interestingly, the transcript of this oral argument begins with Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. announcing that “Justice Gorsuch has a stomach bug and, out of an abundance of caution, will participate in this morning’s arguments remotely.”

2. And Chief Justice Roberts delivered the opinion of the Court in Ramirez v. Collier, No. 21-5592. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Brett M. Kavanaugh issued concurring opinions. And Justice Clarence Thomas issued a dissenting opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

Posted at 10:06 AM by Howard Bashman