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Monday, June 27, 2022

“Gay Connecticut Supreme Court justice calls out U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on same-sex marriage ruling repeal idea”: Dan Mangan of CNBC has this report.

Posted at 5:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court backs a high school football coach’s right to pray on the 50-yard line”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

Posted at 5:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“LGBTQ advocate Jim Obergefell fears other rights are at risk with Roe overturned”: This audio segment appeared on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

Posted at 5:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘Time Is Running Out’: 3rd Circuit Nominee Clears Senate Hurdle, But Some Skeptical of Confirmation as Midterms Loom.” Max Mitchell of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers, has this report.

Posted at 4:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Brad Garcia — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

Posted at 3:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Rogue Court That Paved the Way for Roe’s Demise: Four judges on the Fifth Circuit are spearheading a partisan movement to redefine constitutional precedent; All of them got their start in Texas politics.” Michael Hall of Texas Monthly has this report.

Posted at 1:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Sides With Coach Over Prayers on 50-Yard Line; Joseph Kennedy, a former high school football coach in Bremerton, Wash., had a constitutional right to pray on the field after his team’s games, the justices ruled”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court rules for high school football coach who prayed at midfield.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court rules for coach whose prayers on field raised church-state questions.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Says High School Coach Can Pray on Field; Court rules First Amendment protects public-school employee’s right to pray on football field after a game.”

John Fritze of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court backs praying coach Joseph Kennedy who knelt on the 50-yard line after games; A 6-3 majority said that coach’s prayers were a form of private speech, protected by the First Amendment; The court’s liberal justices said the decision weakens separation of church and state.”

And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court sides with high school coach who prayed on 50-yard line.”

Posted at 1:02 PM by Howard Bashman



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

1. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the Court in Kennedy v. Bremerton School Dist., No. 21-418. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued concurring opinions. And Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Elena Kagan joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court in Concepcion v. United States, No. 20-1650. And Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh issued a dissenting opinion, in which Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., Alito, and Amy Coney Barrett joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. And Justice Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court in Xiulu Ruan v. United States, No. 20-1410. Justice Alito issued an opinion, which Justice Thomas joined in full and Justice Barrett joined in large part, concurring in the judgment. You can access the oral argument via this link.

Posted at 10:02 AM by Howard Bashman



“Just Doing The Job They Were Put On The Court To Do; Crushing, predictable decisions from SCOTUS at the dawn of an alarming new era”: You can access Saturday’s new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast, with Dahlia Lithwick and her guest, law professor Mary Ziegler, via this link.

And Lithwick was the guest on yesterday’s new episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” podcast, titled “The Dobbs Decision Isn’t Just About Abortion. It’s About Power. The legal journalist Dahlia Lithwick breaks down the Dobbs decision and considers the ‘raw power’ of the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority.”

Posted at 9:59 AM by Howard Bashman



“Protests continue after Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade prompts many states to ban abortions while others work to protect access”: Kelly McCleary of CNN has this report.

Posted at 8:12 AM by Howard Bashman



“Justices enter the last week of June with seven cases to go”: Amy L Howe has this post at “Howe on the Court.”

Posted at 8:08 AM by Howard Bashman



“Ruling overturning Roe v. Wade sparks debate about Supreme Court’s legitimacy amid partisan passions; Those who support abortion rights saw politics in the high court’s decision but conservatives said the ruling removed the justices from an unsolvable, decades-old partisan battle”: John Fritze has this front page article in today’s edition of USA Today.

Posted at 8:06 AM by Howard Bashman



Sunday, June 26, 2022

“Inside John Eastman’s California rise from GOP ‘happy warrior’ to Jan. 6 firebrand”: Melanie Mason of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Posted at 10:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why would anyone trust Sam Alito? Four times in Friday’s opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, Alito insists marriage equality, gay sex, and contraception rights are safe. Why should we believe him?” Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.

Posted at 9:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Thomas remains an outlier in targeting other privacy rights — but for how long?” Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 8:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Abortion Pills Take the Spotlight as States Impose Abortion Bans; Demand for medication abortion is surging, setting the stage for new legal battles”: Pam Belluck has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

And in today’s edition of The Washington Post, Jacob Bogage and Christopher Rowland have an article headlined “Chasm opens between states over abortion pills and out-of-state care; The overturning of Roe v. Wade sets up tensions between competing state laws unseen since slavery.”

Posted at 8:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“On Abortion, John Roberts Stands Alone; Justice Kavanaugh makes clear in a concurring opinion that the court would like to avoid future litigation”: David J. Garrow will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“How Did Roe Fall? Before a Decisive Ruling, a Powerful Red Wave. The downfall of the constitutional right to abortion began 12 years ago, after Republicans swept state house elections and passed hundreds of restrictions.” Kate Zernike has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 7:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Trump court limited women’s rights using 19th-century standards; Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. gave a highly selective account of the nation’s ‘history and traditions’ to achieve a longstanding conservative political goal”: Law professor Reva Siegel has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 7:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“The ‘abortion pill’ may treat dozens of diseases, but Roe reversal might upend research; Mifepristone, the FDA-approved abortion drug, might also treat conditions like cancer and PTSD; Proving it works in a post-Roe landscape could be a challenge”: Caroline Hopkins of NBC News has this report.

Posted at 7:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘Markel Act’ signed into law, gives grandparents visitation rights”: Peter Schorsch of Florida Politics has this report.

Posted at 6:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“With Roe v. Wade gone, both sides see Pa. as a battlefield for the future of abortion rights; Just a day after the Supreme Court decision ending the constitutional right to an abortion, both sides were gearing up for the next stage in the battle over reproductive rights”: Jason Laughlin has this article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Posted at 2:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court conservatives flex muscle in sweeping rulings”: Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press have this report.

Posted at 2:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Tight bond between Clarence Thomas and his activist wife Ginni raises conflict of interest concerns”: Jim Puzzanghera has this front page article in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

Posted at 2:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court’s Faux ‘Originalism’: The conservative Supreme Court’s favorite judicial philosophy requires a very, very firm grasp of history — one that none of the justices seem to possess.” Joshua Zeitz has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

Posted at 12:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judicial Notice (06.25.22): Overruled; Roe no more, Kirkland Kirkland Kirkland, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

Posted at 12:38 PM by Howard Bashman



Saturday, June 25, 2022

“Abortion Ruling Highlights Diverging Paths of Justices John Roberts, Samuel Alito; Chief Justice’s vision of Supreme Court stands at odds with majority opinion’s author”: Jan Wolfe of The Wall Street Journal has this report, along with an article headlined “Clarence Thomas’s Abortion Opinion Revisits Same-Sex Marriage, Contraception; Many conservatives say prospect of court taking another look at widely accepted decisions is remote, calling them more settled than Roe.”

Posted at 10:51 PM by Howard Bashman