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Saturday, November 19, 2022

“The Backlash To Losing Roe v. Wade Is Just Getting Started; The Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision upending abortion rights helped Democrats stave off a ‘red wave’; It will continue to play a pivotal role in future elections”: Paul Blumenthal of HuffPost has this report.

Posted at 8:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Alito denies disclosing 2014 Hobby Lobby opinion in advance; Supreme Court justice has said leak of Dobbs abortion decision made conservative majority ‘targets for assasination'”: Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report.

Lawrence Hurley of NBC News reports that “Justice Alito denies involvement in alleged 2014 Supreme Court leak; Conservative Justice Alito issues statement in response to comments made by former anti-abortion campaigner in a New York Times report.”

Matt Spetalnick and Laura Sanicola of Reuters have an article headlined “Report of second major U.S. Supreme Court leak draws calls for probe.”

In commentary, at Balls and Strikes, Jay Willis has a post titled “Samuel Alito Is Exactly Who You Thought He Was; A wild New York Times report reveals just how thoroughly conservative activists managed to ingratiate themselves with their allies on the Supreme Court.”

And at “PrawfsBlawg,” Paul Horwitz has a post titled “Please Be Interesting!

Posted at 8:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Yale Law School Needs to Stand Up to This Bullying Judge: Why is the most prominent legal academy in the country bending to the will of Judge James Ho, an anti-cancel culture crusader threatening to boycott its students?” Law professor Steven Lubet has this essay online at The Daily Beast.

Posted at 8:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Federalist Society controls the federal judiciary, so why can’t they stop whining? All they do is win, win, win, no matter what. So why are America’s most powerful lawyers so unhappy?” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

Posted at 8:56 AM by Howard Bashman



“Former Anti-Abortion Leader Alleges Another Supreme Court Breach; Years before the leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, a landmark contraception ruling was disclosed, according to a minister who led a secretive effort to influence justices”: Jodi Kantor and Jo Becker have this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 8:54 AM by Howard Bashman