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Tuesday, December 17, 2024

“Judge’s criticism of US Supreme Court’s Alito over flags is deemed improper”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

Posted at 9:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Big loss for ISPs as Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to $15 broadband law; ISPs fear more states will regulate prices as New York law survives challenge”: Jon Brodkin of Ars Technica has this report.

You can access yesterday’s Orders List of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

Posted at 9:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Americans Pass Judgment on Their Courts: Sharp decline in confidence in judiciary is among the largest Gallup has ever measured.” Benedict Vigers and Lydia Saad of Gallup have this report.

And Adam Liptak of The New York Times reports that “Confidence in U.S. Courts Plummets to Rate Far Below Peer Nations; Very few countries have experienced similar declines, typically in the wake of wrenching turmoil; Experts called the data, from a new Gallup poll, stunning and worrisome.”

Posted at 9:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“A new Supreme Court case about religion has a hidden trap for workers; Catholic Charities v. Wisconsin has a sympathetic plaintiff, and alarmingly high stakes for workers”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

Posted at 9:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judges ‘Unretire’ After Trump Wins; Democrats don’t hold up their end of a bipartisan Senate bargain”: This editorial will appear in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 9:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“How a long-ago fight over a dormant constitutional weapon echoes today; Controversies over presidential power and recessing Congress aren’t new; See: Andrew Jackson.” Columnist Jason Willick and Philip Huff have this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 3:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Federalist Society Announces Its Next Leader; The process by which Sheldon Gilbert was selected was full of twists and turns, but turned out well in the end”: David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

Posted at 3:02 PM by Howard Bashman