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Friday, May 5, 2023

“Supreme Court Stays Execution of Death Row Inmate Richard Glossip; The court acted after Oklahoma’s attorney general joined Mr. Glossip in urging it to halt the execution, which had been scheduled for May 18”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report on an order that the U.S. Supreme Court issued this afternoon.

Posted at 7:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Tightening Supreme Court Ethics Rules Faces Steep Hurdles; Revelations about Justice Clarence Thomas’s failure to disclose largess from a Republican donor have highlighted a dilemma”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this news analysis.

Posted at 7:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge Irma Carrillo Ramirez — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

Posted at 7:01 PM by Howard Bashman



“What I Learned from Justice Stevens’ Papers on Kelo v. City of New London; There are several intersting revelations, including an unpublished dissent by Justice Antonin Scalia”: Ilya Somin has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 12:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Thomas defenders make the case for Supreme Court ethics reform; Republicans and conservative legal activists have pointed to alleged ethical lapses from liberal justices that serve to emphasize gaps in existing rules”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.

Devan Cole of CNN reports that “2 Supreme Court justices did not recuse themselves in cases involving their book publisher.”

And Al Weaver and Zach Schonfeld of The Hill report that “Clarence Thomas’s problems multiply at Supreme Court.”

Posted at 11:39 AM by Howard Bashman



“Justices’ quiet response to ethics crisis reveals a lesson in PR management; There’s risk in the high court staying tight-lipped as controversies unfold, some crisis management experts say”: Kierra Frazier of Politico has this report.

Posted at 11:37 AM by Howard Bashman