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Tuesday, August 13, 2024

“Could Jurisdiction-Stripping Prevent SCOTUS Invalidation of Biden’s SCOTUS Term Limits Proposal?” Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

Posted at 2:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“SC Supreme Court to take up Murdaugh’s appeal over clerk’s alleged jury tampering”: Ted Clifford of The State of Columbia, South Carolina has this report.

Posted at 1:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“SCOTUS Didn’t Go Nuclear On Abortion In 2024. It’ll Have Plenty Of Options To In 2025.” Kate Riga of TPM has this report.

Posted at 1:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Schumer’s presidential immunity fix will only make things worse; Jurisdiction-stripping is a terrible way to deal with even the worst excesses of this Supreme Court”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 1:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“AR-15s Are Weapons of War. A Federal Judge Just Confirmed It. The rifle that might have killed Donald Trump and was used to murder children in Uvalde has nothing to do with self-defense.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

Posted at 10:54 AM by Howard Bashman



“Use of Geofence Warrant Deemed Unconstitutional by Fifth Circuit; Fifth Circuit parts way with Fourth Circuit over geofencing; But for geofencing, defendants may have not have been caught”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued last Friday.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Orin S. Kerr has a post titled “The Fifth Circuit Shuts Down Geofence Warrants — And Maybe A Lot More; An astonishing ruling, and one that creates splits on two differerent issues.”

Posted at 10:44 AM by Howard Bashman



“With over 577,000 signatures verified, Arizona will put abortion rights on the ballot”: Rio Yamat of The Associated Press has this report.

Posted at 10:40 AM by Howard Bashman



“2 Supreme Court justices won’t hear challenge to judicial retention ballot measure”: Jimmy Jenkins of The Arizona Republic has an article that begins, “Two Arizona State Supreme Court justices up for retention this year have recused themselves from a lawsuit challenging a legislative ballot referral that would end most judicial retention elections in Arizona.”

Posted at 10:38 AM by Howard Bashman



“Biden Public Defenders Turned Judges Begin to Make Mark on Bench; Judges say they’re attuned to defendants’ life hardships; 20% of Biden’s 205 appointees have public defender experience”: Tiana Headley and Caitlin McLean of Bloomberg Law have this report.

Posted at 10:35 AM by Howard Bashman



“Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, are turned away from ERs despite federal law”: Amanda Seitz of The Associated Press has this report.

Posted at 10:33 AM by Howard Bashman



“J&J Gets Plaintiff Backing for $6.5 Billion Baby Powder Accord; More than 75% of group of cancer claimants back settlement; Deal for thousands of claims still faces other challenges”: Jef Feeley and Damian Garde of Bloomberg News have this report.

Posted at 10:32 AM by Howard Bashman



“When the Stars Don’t Align for Justices Kavanaugh and Roberts”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

Posted at 10:28 AM by Howard Bashman