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Sunday, February 18, 2024

“Was Griffin’s Case the Backdrop Against Which Congress Legislated the Enforcement Act of 1870?” Samarth Desai has this guest post at the “Balkinization” blog.

Posted at 9:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Frozen embryos are ‘children,’ Alabama Supreme Court rules in couples’ wrongful death suits”: Howard Koplowitz of Alabama Media Group has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Alabama issued Friday.

And in earlier coverage, Gabriel Tynes of Courthouse News Service previously had an article headlined “Alabama Supreme Court considers fundamental question: What is life? The case may hinge on the fact that Alabama law — which affords strict protections to embryos in utero — says nothing about embryos that exist in a tank of liquid nitrogen.”

Posted at 9:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“White House pushes back on GOP attacks on Muslim judicial nominee; The White House said conservatives’ criticisms of Adeel Mangi were driven by Islamophobia”: Monica Alba of NBC News has this report.

Posted at 9:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judicial Notice (02.17.24): Merchant Of Death; Fani’s formidable foe, Trump’s trials and tribulations, the latest law-firm layoffs, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

Posted at 9:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Circuit Breakers: Judges on the Fifth Circuit, many of them Trump appointees, are attempting to transform the law and challenge the very structure of American government.” Jeffrey Toobin has this article in the March 7, 2024 of The New York Review of Books.

Posted at 9:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Conversation with Justice Sonia Sotomayor; Herma Hill Kay Memorial Lecture with Justice Sonia Sotomayor in Conversation with Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky”: Berkeley Law has posted online this new episode of its “More Just” podcast.

Posted at 9:24 PM by Howard Bashman