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Thursday, January 19, 2023

“As the March for Life returns, we owe Brett Kavanaugh debt of gratitude”: Columnist Marc A. Thiessen has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 9:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Justices Don’t Want to Know Who Leaked Dobbs; Unpacking what was revealed — and the big thing that wasn’t — in the Supreme Court’s new report on the leak”: Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 8:51 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. Supreme Court report fails to identify abortion ruling leak culprit”: Andrew Chung and John Kruzel of Reuters have this report.

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Probe Fails to Identify Who Leaked Roe Opinion; Eight-month probe by court marshal unable to pinpoint culprit; Leaked draft involved case that overturned abortion rights.”

And Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press report that “Supreme Court has failed to find leaker of abortion opinion.”

Posted at 5:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“John Eastman Is Unbowed as Investigations Proliferate; A legal reckoning awaits a chief architect of Donald Trump’s effort to reverse his election loss; But in Mr. Eastman’s telling, he was far from a criminal”: Danny Hakim and Michael S. Schmidt of The New York Times have this report.

Posted at 3:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Poised to Reconsider Key Tenets of Online Speech; The cases could significantly affect the power and responsibilities of social media platforms”: David McCabe of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 3:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court could not identify who shared draft abortion opinion; An investigation by the Supreme Court has been unable to determine who disclosed to POLITICO last year a draft opinion overturning the federal constitutional right to abortion, the court said in a statement Thursday”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

Posted at 3:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Does Kathy Hochul Really Want to Go Down With Hector LaSalle’s Sinking Ship? The governor’s stubborn embrace of her pick for chief judge has already revealed some troubling truths about her political instincts — and beliefs.” Elie Mystal has this essay online at The Nation.

Posted at 2:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court says it cannot determine who leaked draft Dobbs opinion”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Adam Liptak and Charlie Savage of The New York Times report that “Supreme Court Says It Hasn’t Identified Person Who Leaked Draft Opinion; The leak of the draft opinion, published by Politico in May, was an extraordinary breach of the court’s usual secrecy.”

And Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Has Yet to Identify Who Leaked Draft Opinion in Abortion Case; High court makes first public statement about its investigation since it was announced.”

The U.S. Supreme Court today issued a statement in this matter that you can access here.

Posted at 2:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“William Consovoy, leading conservative lawyer, dies at 48; He played a key role in efforts to reshape voting laws and dismantle affirmative action, represented Donald Trump”: Emily Langer of The Washington Post has written this obituary.

Posted at 11:34 AM by Howard Bashman



“Biden Path to Judge Nominations Depends on Clinton, Obama Picks”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has a report that begins, “Roughly 16 Democratic-appointed appellate judges eligible for a form of semi-retirement provide President Joe Biden with the most likely pool of potential circuit seats to fill before his first term ends.”

Posted at 11:09 AM by Howard Bashman



“Proposed Deadline Change in Federal Circuit Sparks Backlash Among Appellate Attorneys; An attorney told The Legal his first thought upon seeing the proposal was, ‘Why are you making our lives more difficult?'” Aleeza Furman of The Legal Intelligencer has this report in which I am quoted.

There’s still over 20 minutes left to vote in my informal and unscientific Twitter poll seeking views on this subject.

Posted at 10:53 AM by Howard Bashman