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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

“Sotomayor and Barrett, Lately at Odds, Discuss Relations at the Supreme Court; A conversation on civics and civility included discussion of whether the court is more like a really good preschool or an arranged marriage with no possibility of divorce”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

John Fritze of CNN reports that “Justices Barrett and Sotomayor urge Americans to tone down political rhetoric despite charged atmosphere.”

And Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law reports that “Barrett, Sotomayor Emphasize Harmony on Heels of Public Chiding; Justices tout collegiality at embattled Supreme Court; Barrett earlier took issue with tone of liberal concurrence.”

Civic Learning Week has posted on YouTube a video titled “Featured Conversation with US Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett — CLW 2024.”

Posted at 9:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court may let Texas get away with a totally unconstitutional deportation law; Texas Republicans are trying to rewrite the Constitution — and this Supreme Court could let them”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

Posted at 9:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“Abused teen in Snap case asks US Supreme Court to revisit internet publisher immunity”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.

Posted at 8:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“US federal judiciary moves to curtail ‘judge shopping’ tactic”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

Jacqueline Thomsen and Lydia Wheeler report that “Federal Courts Aim to Curb Judge Shopping With New Policy; Policy appears related to the rise of national injunctions; Judge shopping has come up repeatedly in Texas.”

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts today issued a news release titled “Conference Acts to Promote Random Case Assignment.”

And in commentary, online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “Republicans will no longer get to handpick their judges when they sue Biden; The federal judiciary’s new rules target ‘judge shopping’; That’s terrible news for Matthew Kacsmaryk and other partisan judges.”

Posted at 8:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Papers Open for Research at the Library of Congress”: The Library of Congress issued this news release yesterday.

Posted at 8:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Sotomayor References Rarely Used Procedure: Circuit Certification to U.S. Supreme Court”: Trane Robinson has this post at the “Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog.”

Posted at 3:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Biden judicial nominee apologizes to Senate for not disclosing role at event with anti-Israel activists”: Gabe Kaminsky of the Washington Examiner has this report.

Posted at 10:46 AM by Howard Bashman