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Saturday, April 27, 2024

“How Justice Amy Coney Barrett drove the Supreme Court’s debate on abortion and Trump immunity”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

Posted at 8:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump immunity fight turns Supreme Court textualists topsy-turvy; ‘It sure ain’t originalism,’ one critic said”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

Posted at 2:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court Appears Poised to Protect the Presidency — and Donald Trump; In arguments about Presidential immunity, the conservative Justices, who avoided mentioning Trump, made clear that they are less concerned with holding him accountable than with shielding former Presidents from retribution”: Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has this essay online at The New Yorker.

Posted at 2:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Conservative Justices Take Argument Over Trump’s Immunity in Unexpected Direction; Thursday’s Supreme Court hearing was memorable for its discussion of coups, assassinations and internments — but very little about the former president’s conduct”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news analysis.

Posted at 1:52 PM by Howard Bashman