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Friday, December 2, 2022

“The Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Elections: J. Michael Luttig, a retired judge, discusses how Moore v. Harper could impact our democracy; Plus, Susan Orlean on the death of a snack food.” You can access today’s new episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour with David Remnick via this link.

Posted at 9:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Two Trump-Appointed Judges Rebuke a Third for Bending the Law in His Favor; The reversal of a district judge’s intervention in the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation shows the complexity of former President Donald J. Trump’s judicial legacy”: Charlie Savage and Alan Feuer of The New York Times have this news analysis.

Posted at 9:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to Hear Student Debt Forgiveness Case; The justices left in place an injunction blocking the Biden administration’s authority to forgive up to $20,000 in debt per borrower”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

Posted at 8:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump Strikes Out Before His Judges: Guess whose appointees keep putting the law above political loyalty?” This editorial will appear in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Are federal judges violating the Constitution when they hire their clerks?” Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 4:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘Terrible mistake’: Dershowitz urges Netanyahu to spare Supreme Ct, scrap ‘override’; The staunch Israel supporter, once referred to by PM-designate as ‘one of the world’s greatest lawyers,’ says Israel’s Supreme Court is ‘the jewel of judiciaries around the world'”: Tobias Siegal of The Times of Israel has this report.

Posted at 1:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“I will tell Supreme Court speech must be kept free, that you don’t lose your rights when you start work; Free speech is on trial because Colorado wants to force a designer to violate her rights”: Kristen Waggoner has this essay online at Fox News.

Online at The Hill, David Boaz has an essay titled “The Supreme Court has another chance to uphold religious liberty for small business owners.”

And online at The American Prospect, law professor Marc Spindelman has an essay titled “The ‘Dobbs’ Promise Gets Tested at the Supreme Court; A Supreme Court case being heard next week will begin to test whether the elimination of rights in ‘Dobbs’ will remain limited to abortion.”

Posted at 12:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“With another heated Wisconsin election around the corner, Republicans hope to defuse abortion as a driving issue”: Corrinne Hess of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article that begins, “Wisconsin’s Republican leaders don’t want the state Supreme Court election to be a one-issue contest focused on abortion, with the prospect of a lawsuit challenging the state’s abortion ban potentially heading to the court next year.”

Posted at 12:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Dispute over North Carolina congressional districts tees up major elections case at Supreme Court; The justices will consider whether to endorse a conservative theory that could limit power of state courts to review election-related laws enacted by legislatures”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.

Posted at 11:48 AM by Howard Bashman