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Friday, February 16, 2024

“‘Good neighbor’ air pollution fight shines spotlight on Supreme Court shadow docket; The justices typically rule on emergency applications out of the public eye, but next week, a fight to pause government regulations on transient air pollution will be aired out during oral arguments”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

Posted at 10:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Conservatives Escalate Pressure Against Muslim Appellate Pick; Conservative group running ads to pressure senators; White House defends Adeel Mangi; would be first Muslim circuit judge”: Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Posted at 9:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Conservative Activists Are Ready to Bury Federal Courts In Paperwork; While the Supreme Court decides whether to get rid of Chevron deference once and for all, overworked trial court judges are already preparing for the worst”: Jay Willis has this post at Balls and Strikes.

Posted at 9:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“A New Study on Medication Abortion Refutes the Arguments Conservatives Are Taking to the Supreme Court; A study of more than 6,000 medication abortions obtained through telehealth found 98 percent were effective and 99.8 percent were safe”: Julianne McShane of Mother Jones has this report.

Posted at 9:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ski resorts’ long history of immunity threatened by Colorado Supreme Court case; The case involving a teen who was paralyzed after a fall from a chairlift challenges the use of liability waivers, which the resort industry says protects recreational opportunities for children in the state”: Jason Blevins of The Colorado Sun has this report.

Posted at 9:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Hawaii Rightly Rejects Supreme Court’s Gun Nonsense; In a scathing takedown, the state’s highest court declared ‘there is no state constitutional right to carry a firearm in public’”: Columnist Francis Wilkinson has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

Posted at 9:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“Senate Judiciary Committee Has Yet to Subpoena Harlan Crow or Leonard Leo; More than two months after authorizing subpoenas for two key figures in the Supreme Court’s ethics crisis, Senate Democrats have yet to issue them”: Andy Kroll of ProPublica has this report.

Posted at 9:21 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump Privately Expresses Support for a 16-Week Abortion Ban; In supporting a 16-week ban with exceptions, Donald Trump appears to be trying to satisfy social conservatives who want to further restrict abortion access and voters who want more modest limits”: Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, and Lisa Lerer of The New York Times have this report.

Posted at 1:44 PM by Howard Bashman