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Saturday, February 18, 2023

“Turmoil in courts on gun laws in wake of justices’ ruling”: Alanna Durkin Richer and Lindsay Whitehurst of The Associated Press have this report.

Posted at 9:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Meet the Religious Crusaders Fighting for Abortion Rights: Christian conservatives worked to topple Roe; Can members of different faiths save abortion access?” Abby Vesoulis of Mother Jones has this report.

Posted at 9:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Headed to the High Court: Cesar Lopez-Morales (’14) will clerk for US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor starting in July.” Rebecca Beyer of The Record of Boston University School of Law has this report.

Posted at 9:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Dentons’ $30 million fight with ex-lawyer could put New York, California courts on collision course”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.

Posted at 8:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Law Professor Lands High Court Tech Cases Due to Conflict Rules; Eric Schnapper has argued 22 high court cases; Next cases have major implications for tech companies”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Posted at 8:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Juror egos and juror ids: Samia v. United States and the search for neutral principles in the law of evidence.” Adam Unikowsky has this post at his “Adam’s Legal Newsletter” Substack site.

Posted at 8:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal judges visit ND Law to hear 73rd annual Moot Court Showcase Argument”: Kevin Allen of Notre Dame Law School has this report.

Posted at 8:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“As U.S. Supreme Court weighs YouTube’s algorithms, ‘litigation minefield’ looms”: Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.

Posted at 8:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court finally gets a shot at Biden’s student-loan lawlessness”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 8:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s fate is again in the hands of the Supreme Court”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

Posted at 8:16 PM by Howard Bashman



Friday, February 17, 2023

“Supreme Court Employees Are Fed Up With the Supreme Court; The Court has long fostered a workplace culture of erudite discretion; So why is it suddenly leaking like a sieve?” Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

Posted at 8:34 PM by Howard Bashman



Thursday, February 16, 2023

“Supreme Court Cancels Arguments in Title 42 Immigration Case; The justices, who had been set to hear arguments on March 1, acted after the Biden administration filed a brief saying that the measure would soon be moot”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 10:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court hears two cases that could ruin the internet; Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh seek to conscript big tech into the war on terror; the results could be disastrous”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

Posted at 10:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“A New Goal for Abortion Bills: Punish or Protect Doctors; The legislative calendar is packed with 300 abortion bills.” David W. Chen of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 9:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“How A Terrorist Victim Can Help The Supreme Court Address Section 230”: Philip Hamburger has this post at The Federalist.

Posted at 3:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“SCOTUS Spotlight: Daniel Geyser.” You can access the new episode of the “SCOTUStalk” podcast from “SCOTUSblog” via this link.

Posted at 3:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“*That* Sure Wasn’t In My Talking Points; Why I nearly fell off my chair”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

Posted at 3:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why Conservatives Are Losing Their Minds Over the Existence of Black Judges; The right-wing freakout over the qualifications of Black judges makes sense only if you view whiteness as an entitlement to power, and multiracial democracy as an existential threat”: Madiba K. Dennie has this post at Balls and Strikes.

Posted at 3:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Third Circuit Split on Pure Bivens Appeals; The Third Circuit split on whether federal officials can appeal Bivens issues without appealing from the denial of qualified immunity”: Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog.

Posted at 1:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Domestic-Abuse Gun Ban in Peril After Recent Supreme Court Ruling; Some judges reject firearm ban for alleged abusers subject to protective orders”: Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 1:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Google Case at Supreme Court Risks Upending the Internet as We Know It; The ruling could transform the way YouTube, Facebook, Spotify and other online companies work”: Emily Birnbaum of Bloomberg News has this report.

Posted at 1:16 PM by Howard Bashman



Wednesday, February 15, 2023

“SC House OKs bill that bans abortion at conception, setting up possible GOP impasse”: Seanna Adcox of The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina has this report.

Posted at 10:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Pence says he will fight subpoena as far as Supreme Court”: Thomas Beaumont and Jill Colvin of The Associated Press have this report.

Posted at 9:51 PM by Howard Bashman



“Will a 150-year-old law put the abortion pill in peril?” Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 9:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“3rd Circuit, weighing gun ban for people convicted of crimes, looks to history”: Brendan Pierson of Reuters has this report.

Posted at 8:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“State Senate Rejects Nominee for Chief Judge in Defeat for Hochul; Justice Hector LaSalle, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s divisive nominee, failed to overcome opposition from the Democrats who control the State Senate”: Luis Ferré-Sadurní of The New York Times has an article that begins, “Breaking a weekslong impasse, the New York State Senate rejected Gov. Kathy Hochul’s nominee to lead the state’s highest court, holding an unexpected floor vote on Wednesday that capped a dramatic battle that had roiled Democrats in the State Capitol.”

Update: In other coverage, Jimmy Vielkind of The Wall Street Journal reports that “New York Senate Rejects Hector LaSalle’s Nomination to Lead State’s Top Court; Senate, facing lawsuit, votes down Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Court of Appeals pick.”

Posted at 4:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court blocks California bar on mandatory arbitration for workers”: Brendan Pierson of Reuters has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

Back on September 15, 2021, this same three-judge panel (also divided then) reached the opposite result. After granting panel rehearing, Senior Circuit Judge William A. Fletcher appears to have switched his vote in the case, making the original dissenting judge the author of the new majority opinion and the original majority author the new dissenting judge.

Posted at 4:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“US Senate confirms Oregon Justice Adrienne Nelson to a seat on federal bench; The bipartisan confirmation makes Nelson the first Black women jurist in Oregon to become a U.S. District Court judge; And also provides Gov. Tina Kotek an opening to nominate her first justice to the state’s highest court”: Conrad Wilson of Oregon Public Broadcasting has this report.

Posted at 4:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“US Circuit Nominee Questioned on Sex Assault Cases Defense”: Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law has a report that begins, “A Biden appellate nominee pushed back against criticisms of how a New Hampshire private school he represented dealt with a female student victim in criminal and civil sex assault cases.”

Posted at 3:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why Is Affirmative Action in Peril? One Man’s Decision. How the landmark 1978 Supreme Court decision that upheld the practice may ultimately have set it on a path to being outlawed.” Emily Bazelon will have this article in this upcoming Sunday’s issue of The New York Times Magazine.

Posted at 1:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“How the Supreme Court turned America into a casino”: Columnist Charles Lane has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 1:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court Will Decide the Line Between Free Speech and Violent Threats; Technology has made it easier than ever to menace other people; Can police and prosecutors keep pace while preserving our First Amendment rights?” Matt Ford of The New Republic has this report.

Posted at 1:08 PM by Howard Bashman