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Saturday, May 11, 2024

“How Originalism Ate The Law: The Trap; Part two of a series examining the theory of constitutional interpretation that has eaten the law and gobbled up a bunch of your rights with it.” You can access today’s episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

Posted at 8:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Wisconsin Supreme Court is headed for its lowest output term ever. A look behind the numbers.” Jessie Opoien of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

Posted at 8:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Alito warns of declining support for freedom of speech on college campuses; The conservative justice also warned that freedom of religion is ‘imperiled’ as he delivered a commencement address at a Catholic college”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.

Adam Liptak of The New York Times reports that “Justice Alito Warns of Threats to Freedom of Speech and Religion; In a commencement ceremony at a Catholic university, the justice said that fundamental principles were in peril at universities and American society.”

And Ken Tran and Maureen Groppe of USA Today report that “Justices Thomas, Alito complain about ‘nastiness’ and ‘imperiled’ freedom of religion.”

Posted at 8:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Anti-abortion crusader’s deposition requests generate fear, but no findings; Jonathan Mitchell has filed at least nine petitions seeking information from abortion activists, doctors and women; None have resulted in a deposition”: Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

Posted at 8:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Brett Kavanaugh speaks about presidential power, his Taylor Swift fandom and an expensive trip to see Caitlin Clark”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

Posted at 8:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Constitutional Right to Gender Surgery? An appeals court uses the Bostock ruling to usurp state law, in a new version of Roe v. Wade.” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“UC Berkeley law school graduation looked a lot like its school year: divided and chaotic.” Joe Garofoli of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

Posted at 3:09 PM by Howard Bashman