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Tuesday, July 5, 2022

“Despite rebukes, Trump’s legal brigade is thriving; Their claims were dismissed as baseless, but many attorneys have never faced discipline and have found new business as go-to MAGA lawyers”: Heidi Przybyla of Politico has this report.

Posted at 10:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“Overturning Roe v. Wade a triumph of decadeslong push by conservative legal movement; The Federalist Society was founded as a response to what conservatives saw as liberal views at major law schools; The Supreme Court’s abortion decision was in part a vindication of their effort”: John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

Posted at 9:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court’s War on Life, the Universe and Everything; From abortion to climate change, a wave of yellow journalism targets the men and women in black robes”: Columnist Gerard Baker has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 9:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court’s Partisan Divide Hasn’t Been This Sharp In Generations”: Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux and Laura Bronner have this post at FiveThirtyEight.

Posted at 9:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Neil Gorsuch Couldn’t Save Tribal Sovereignty From His Conservative Colleagues’ Wrath; The justice’s contemptuous denunciations of the majority opinion drew an unusually caustic response from his fellow conservative Brett Kavanaugh”: Matt Ford has this essay online at The New Republic.

Posted at 9:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court Appoints Itself to Be America’s Regulatory Czar; The high court cast aside the people’s elected representatives to enact the climate-denial agenda of the megadonors who funded its nominations; It won’t stop there”: Simon Lazarus has this essay online at The New Republic.

Posted at 9:24 PM by Howard Bashman