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Wednesday, August 16, 2023

“The Worst Trump Judge in America is Kyle Duncan: The judge who turned a student protest into a national story.” James LaRock recently had this post at Balls and Strikes.

Posted at 9:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“2nd Amendment Doesn’t Apply to Domestic Abusers, Solicitor General Tells Supreme Court; The U.S. government’s appeal marks the first major test of the high court’s landmark ‘Bruen’ decision on the right to keep and bear arms”: Jimmy Hoover of The National Law Journal has this report.

You can access the federal government’s opening brief at this link.

Posted at 9:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Foreign banks urge Supreme Court to skip case over commodities law’s reach”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.

Posted at 8:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“Complaint filed over US judge’s ‘strange’ Southwest religious liberty training order”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

Posted at 8:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Georgia Supreme Court removes appeals judge from office”: Shaddi Abusaid and Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution have this report.

Dave Williams of The Rome News-Tribune reports that “Georgia Supreme Court removes suspended judge from Court of Appeals.”

And David Thomas of Reuters reports that “Georgia Supreme Court removes appeals judge over ethics violations.”

You can access today’s unanimous per curiam ruling of the Supreme Court of Georgia at this link.

Posted at 8:21 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ruth Marcus’ Alito Attack Is Grossly Hypocritical Considering Her Endorsement Of Nina Totenberg’s Work”: Mark Paoletta has this post at The Federalist.

Posted at 5:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal Judges Deserve Due Process, Too; Members of Judge Pauline Newman’s own court sit in inherently conflicting positions as prosecutors, judges, jurors and witnesses”: Fifth Circuit Judge Edith H. Jones has this letter to the editor in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

In news coverage, Andrew Goudsward of Reuters reports that “US appeals judge faults probe of Federal Circuit’s Pauline Newman.”

And Michael Shapiro of Bloomberg Law reports that “Embattled 96-Year-Old Judge Defended as ‘Brilliant’ by Colleague.”

Posted at 5:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“Even after Planned Parenthood stopped performing abortions, Texas is still trying to shut it down; Planned Parenthood has managed to stay open in Texas despite the state’s best efforts to shut it down; But a lawsuit in front of a conservative judge poses an existential threat”: Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

Posted at 4:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“The ‘brains’ behind fake Trump electors was once a liberal Democrat; Kenneth Chesebro, a Harvard-trained lawyer, may be the least well known of the main players in Trump’s federal and Georgia indictments”: Isaac Stanley-Becker of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 4:41 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals Court Upholds Abortion Pill Restrictions; The new ruling will have no effect on access until the Supreme Court ultimately decides the case”: Pam Belluck of The New York Times has this report.

Ann E. Marimow and Perry Stein of The Washington Post reports that “Appeals court embraces abortion-pill limits, sets up Supreme Court review; The Supreme Court has ruled that mifepristone, a key abortion drug, will remain available for now under existing rules while litigation continues.”

Laura Kusisto of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Appeals Panel Rules FDA Improperly Expanded Access to Abortion Pill; Ruling sets stage for potential review by the Supreme Court, which has allowed broad access to mifepristone while litigation continues.”

And John Fritze and Christine Fernando of USA Today report that “Appeals court backs limits on access to abortion pill mifepristone, ruling against Biden’s FDA.”

You can access today’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 4:32 PM by Howard Bashman