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Tuesday, August 8, 2023

“Arizona coalition launches effort to get abortion rights on the ballot”: Rachel Roubein and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez of The Washington Post have this report.

Posted at 10:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“By 5-4 Vote, Supreme Court Revives Biden’s Regulation of ‘Ghost Guns’; The federal government, citing a rise in violence involving untraced firearms, had asked the justices to step in; The court provisionally allowed the regulation while a challenge moves forward”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report on an order that the U.S. Supreme Court issued today.

Posted at 10:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘Fix the Court’ Should Fix Itself; The left-wing outfit may be violating 501(c)3 disclosure rules”: The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

Posted at 9:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ohio voters reject State Issue 1, defeating hurdle for abortion-rights vote in November”: Andrew J. Tobias of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report.

Michael Wines of The New York Times reports that “Ohio Voters Reject Constitutional Change Intended to Thwart Abortion Amendment; The contest was seen as a test of efforts by Republicans nationwide to curb voters’ use of ballot initiatives.”

And Patrick Marley, Rachel Roubein, and Kevin Williams of The Washington Post report that “Ohio Issue 1 fails as voters reject higher bar for changing constitution; Ahead of a November vote on abortion rights, Republican lawmakers wanted voters to make it more difficult to amend the state constitution.”

Posted at 9:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Judicial Politicians of Wisconsin: The state Supreme Court’s new progressive majority seizes power from the Chief Justice.” This editorial will appear in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 9:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump wants his election case moved out of D.C., pronto. That won’t be easy.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this report.

Posted at 9:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“Abortion Drives Ohio Election on Amending the State Constitution; The election on Tuesday highlights how Republican legislators are using their power in Ohio and elsewhere”: Michael Wines of The New York Times has this report.

And Patrick Marley and Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post report that “Ahead of abortion vote, Ohioans weigh making it harder to amend constitution; Abortion rights supporters have accused Republican lawmakers of trying to thwart the will of the majority and chip away at voters’ voices.”

Posted at 8:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“Sanctions Report for 96-Year-Old Judge Sparks Shock, Sadness”: Michael Shapiro and Riddhi Setty of Bloomberg News have this report.

Posted at 8:35 PM by Howard Bashman