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Thursday, July 6, 2023

“Planned Parenthood calls for protests as GOP prepares to pass new abortion restrictions”: Michaela Ramm of The Des Moines Register has this report.

Posted at 9:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“No Speed Limit for Native Americans; The latest McGirt mess is a Choctaw scofflaw immune from city fines”: This editorial will appear in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal Judge Defends Clarence Thomas in New Book; Judge Amul Thapar assiduously defends the Supreme Court justice but says courts should foster greater public understanding of how they work”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this new installment of his “On Washington” column.

Posted at 7:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“For Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Law Is in the Details; What if the Supreme Court justices stopped writing for the court of public opinion and instead focused on clarifying points of law? They might write more like its newest member.” Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

Posted at 1:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Chief justice takes back the reins at the Supreme Court this term”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

Posted at 1:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“9th Circuit conservatives blast homelessness ruling, say issue is ‘paralyzing’ U.S. West”: Kevin Rector of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

You can access yesterday’s Ninth Circuit opinions respecting and dissenting from the denial of rehearing en banc at this link.

Posted at 1:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“Contrived cases make bad law: Why the Supreme Court should never have heard 303 Creative — Part 1 of 2.” Adam Unikowsky has this post at his Substack site, “Adam’s Legal Newsletter.”

Posted at 8:53 AM by Howard Bashman