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Sunday, July 24, 2022

“A triumphant antiabortion movement begins to deal with its divisions; Among the areas of disagreement are key questions over how to enforce abortions bans”: Rachel Roubein and Brittany Shammas of The Washington Post have this report.

Posted at 10:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Neither side is going to win the abortion fight with outlier cases”: Columnist Megan McArdle has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 10:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Claremont Institute triumphed in the Trump years. Then came Jan. 6. After Trump helped revolutionize Claremont from a minor academic outfit to a key Washington player, the think tank is facing blowback for standing by lawyer John Eastman after he counseled Trump on overturning the 2020 election.” Marc Fisher and Isaac Stanley-Becker of The Washington Post have this report.

Posted at 10:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Jan. 6 committee could ‘contemplate a subpoena’ for Ginni Thomas; The wife of a Supreme Court justice had zealously pushed in text messages for the overturning of the 2020 election results”: Amy B Wang of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 10:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Interstate Abortion Travel Is Already Straining Parts of the System; Even in some states where abortion remains legal, wait times for appointments are long because of increased demand”: Margot Sanger-Katz, Claire Cain Miller, and Josh Katz of The New York Times have this report.

Posted at 10:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to Hear Harvard, UNC Affirmative Action Cases Separately; The change paves the way for Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson ’92 to rule on the UNC case”: Rahem D. Hamid and Nia L. Orakwue of The Harvard Crimson have this report.

Posted at 10:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Court Without Precedent: The judiciary is supposed to be informed by historical memory, and guided by more than its members’ whims.” David Litt has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 10:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trashing Clarence Thomas; Adam Schiff is at it again, this time via the Jan. 6 committee”: This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 10:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judicial Notice (07.23.22): Hot Hot Hot; A nine-figure appellate win, Biglaw office openings in NYC and H-Town, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

Posted at 4:22 PM by Howard Bashman