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Friday, April 15, 2022

“Justices Ginsburg and O’Connor will get statues on US Capitol grounds”: Annie Grayer, Kristin Wilson, and Paul LeBlanc of CNN have this report.

Posted at 9:35 PM by Howard Bashman



In recent jurisprudence essays published online at Slate: Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have an essay titled “How the Right Is Bringing Christian Prayer Back Into Public Schools: Conservative judges and lawmakers have recast religious neutrality as anti-Christian bigotry.”

And Stern has an essay titled “How Red States Plan to Reach Beyond Their Borders and Outlaw Abortion in America; Republican-led legislatures are already developing schemes to punish patients and providers around the country.”

Posted at 9:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Lizelle Herrera’s arrest in Texas is not unique — and could get much more common; There have been more than 1,600 instances of pregnant people facing arrests and investigations since Roe v. Wade, a Supreme Court brief details”: Chris Geidner of Grid has this report.

Posted at 9:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Conservative Law Professors Are Gearing Up For the Next Culture Wars; For decades, originalism was the darling of conservative legal academics; ‘Common good constitutionalism’ could take reactionary politics much further”: James LaRock has this post at Balls and Strikes.

Posted at 9:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“May the President Prospectively Appoint a Supreme Court Justice to a Seat that Is Not Yet Vacant? A newly released memo from the Office of Legal Counsel suggests the answer is ‘yes.'” Jonathan H. Adler has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy” about an Office of Legal Counsel opinion made public today.

Posted at 8:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Biden’s Judicial Nominees: Turnabout Is Fair Play; And a judge’s questionable effort to handpick her successor.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

Posted at 12:48 PM by Howard Bashman