“Missouri, Kansas Republicans want Supreme Court changes to protect ‘conservative values’”: Jonathan Shorman, Kacen Bayless, and Matthew Kelly of The Kansas City Star have this report.
Posted at 10:10 PM by Howard Bashman
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“Missouri, Kansas Republicans want Supreme Court changes to protect ‘conservative values’”: Jonathan Shorman, Kacen Bayless, and Matthew Kelly of The Kansas City Star have this report. Posted at 10:10 PM by Howard Bashman“TikTok hires ex-Trump administration lawyer ahead of Supreme Court appeal”: Mike Scarcella of Reuters has this report. Posted at 10:08 PM by Howard Bashman“Terror victims’ SCOTUS case will test Palestinian groups’ due process rights”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post. Posted at 10:05 PM by Howard Bashman“The oil railway that launched a Supreme Court NEPA war: The case could inhibit the federal government’s power to study indirect climate impacts of projects like highways, transmission lines and dams.” Pamela King of Greenwire has this report. Posted at 10:03 PM by Howard Bashman“Leave Trans Kids Alone You Absolute Freaks (with Chase Strangio)”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube. Posted at 10:02 PM by Howard Bashman“After N.R.A.’s Supreme Court Win, a Dispute Over Key Facts; The Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of the N.R.A. in May hinged on a secret meeting involving a New York regulator; The participants say it didn’t happen”: Danny Hakim of The New York Times has this report. Posted at 9:56 PM by Howard Bashman“No do-over for boneless chicken wing case, Ohio Supreme Court says; The Ohio Supreme Court voted 4-3 against reconsidering controversial decision on whether consumers can expect to find bones in their boneless wings”: Laura A. Bischoff of The Cincinnati Enquirer has this report. Robert Higgs of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that “Republican majority reaffirms ‘asinine’ logic in ruling on boneless chicken wings.” Susan Tebben of Ohio Capital Journal reports that “Ohio Supreme Court won’t reconsider boneless chicken wing case.” And Eric Heisig of Bloomberg Law reports that “Ohio Boneless Wings Case Dissent Warns of Abortion Access Effect; Republican majority says case has no reason to be reheard; Democratic justices dissent, highlighting jokes, problems.” You can access today’s order of the Supreme Court of Ohio denying reconsideration, and the opinions concurring therein and dissenting therefrom, at this link. Posted at 9:35 PM by Howard Bashman“TikTok asks to pause law requiring it to divest ahead of Supreme Court review”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report. Sabrina Willmer of Bloomberg News reports that “TikTok Seeks to Pause US Ban Pending Supreme Court Review; TikTok also wants time for new Trump administration to assess; DOJ asked that the court quickly deny TikTok’s request.” And Ryan Knappenberger of Courthouse News Service reports that “TikTok asks to freeze looming ban pending SCOTUS appeal; The emergency motion comes just days after a D.C. Circuit panel ruled the federal statute imposing the January ban was constitutional.” Posted at 9:25 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court Turns Down Cases on Admissions, Gender Identity and Guns; Conservative justices voiced objections and concerns about the court’s failures to take up a series of cases on major social controversies”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. Justin Jouvenal and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court turns away cases on hot-button topics; The justices announced Monday they would not take cases on affirmative action, guns and transgender issues, topics that have sharply divided the nation.” Maureen Groppe of USA Today has articles headlined “Supreme Court rejects Wisconsin parents’ challenge to schools’ gender identity support plans“; “Supreme Court won’t review admissions policy challenged as unfair to whites, Asian Americans“: and “Supreme Court rejects case pitting the ‘spirit of Aloha’ against gun owners’ rights; The case included a swipe by a Hawaii judge at the Supreme Court’s embrace of gun rights.” And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court rejects challenge to school gender transition policy, leaves parents in the dark; Three justices would have granted the case for review.” You can access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link. Posted at 9:05 PM by Howard Bashman“Judicial Notice (12.08.24): Naughty Or Nice; ‘Unretirements’ by federal judges, a new White House counsel pick, a Trump nominee with an enemies list, and time running out for TikTok.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site. Posted at 8:56 PM by Howard Bashman“Bipartisanship collapses for bill expanding federal judgeships; Though experts have said the JUDGES Act is crucial to alleviating crushing workloads in some federal judicial districts, House Democrats accused Republicans of politicizing the measure”: Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report. Posted at 8:54 PM by Howard Bashman“Why the Naval Academy Gets to Keep Affirmative Action; The US Supreme Court ruling striking down the practice at private and public universities specifically exempted military academies”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion. Posted at 8:34 PM by Howard Bashman“Idaho Abortion Ban Again in Spotlight Over Clash With US Policy; State abortion ban potentially conflicts with federal care law; US Supreme Court likely to be asked to review issue again”: Mary Anne Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report. Posted at 8:32 PM by Howard Bashman“A Century-Old Law’s Aftershocks Are Still Felt at the Supreme Court; In 1925, Congress let the justices choose the cases they would decide; That change ‘continues to prompt political contention and crisis,’ a scholar argues”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “Sidebar” column online at The New York Times. You can access online a draft of law professor Robert Post‘s article titled “The Supreme Court’s Crisis of Authority: Law, Politics, and the Judiciary Act of 1925.” Posted at 8:28 PM by Howard Bashman“Meet Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s New Roy Cohn; Why Trump’s pick for the non-vacant position to lead the FBI is a seriously scary proposition”: You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link. Posted at 8:22 PM by Howard Bashman“D.C. court nominees languish as Senate prioritizes federal judges; D.C. Superior Court Chief Judge Milton C. Lee called on the Senate to act, saying high caseloads are forcing judges to triage”: Tobi Raji and Keith L. Alexander of The Washington Post have this report. Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman“Prosecutors seek 14-year prison term in Tom Girardi fraud case”: David Thomas of Reuters has this report. Posted at 8:18 PM by Howard Bashman“Biden urged to empty federal death row before Trump takes office; Joe Biden ran for president opposing the death penalty; He faces calls to commute federal death sentences before President-elect Donald Trump assumes office”: Mark Berman, Ann E. Marimow, and Yasmeen Abutaleb of The Washington Post have this report. Posted at 8:08 PM by Howard Bashman“More lawsuits are barreling toward Trump over Jan. 6; The criminal cases against the president-elect have crumbled, but he remains enmeshed in civil litigation over Jan. 6 and a barrage of cases he filed against the media”: Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney of Politico have this report. Posted at 8:05 PM by Howard Bashman |
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