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Friday, April 26, 2024

“Harriet Miers’s Nomination Collapses; Revisiting a harrowing 24 days in October 2005”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

Posted at 1:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Republican Justices Do Not Want to Talk About Donald Trump’s Coup Attempt; Trump v. United States is the last, best chance to hold the ex-president accountable for trying to steal the last election before the next one takes place; The Republican justices understand that their job is to talk about anything else”: Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

Posted at 1:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“These law schools dominated the federal clerk hiring market in 2023”: Karen Sloan of Reuters has a report that begins, “The University of Chicago Law School is back at No. 1 on the list of law schools that sent the highest percentage of graduates into federal clerkships, according to new data from the American Bar Association.”

Posted at 1:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Hunter Heck ’24 on the ‘Appeal’ of Law School; Lile Moot Court Finalist First Advocated for Peers as Texas Tech Student Body President”: Mike Fox of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

Posted at 1:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Gaping Hole in Supreme Court Rules for Tracking Links Between Litigants and Influence Groups: Parties appearing before the Supreme Court can fund the groups that file briefs supporting their arguments — and almost never have to disclose it.” Shawn Musgrave of The Intercept recently had this report.

Posted at 8:55 AM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s immunity arguments and the experiences of the justices who might support it”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

Posted at 8:52 AM by Howard Bashman