“Supreme Court justices hid billionaire gifts for decades, ethics investigation finds”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.
Posted at 8:30 PM by Howard Bashman
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“Supreme Court justices hid billionaire gifts for decades, ethics investigation finds”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report. Posted at 8:30 PM by Howard Bashman“Meet the Newton native who became the first transgender lawyer to argue before the Supreme Court”: Lindsay Shachnow of Boston.com has this report. Posted at 8:22 PM by Howard Bashman“Should federal judges be disciplined for criticizing the Supreme Court?” Jack Greiner has this essay online at The Cincinnati Enquirer. Posted at 8:16 PM by Howard Bashman“Arkansas governor names next secretary of state, two state Supreme Court justices; SOS, ‘solidly conservative’ Supreme Court appointments are effective Jan. 1, 2025”: Mary Hennigan of Arkansas Advocate has this report. Posted at 8:14 PM by Howard Bashman“The Supreme Court’s new abortion case should be an easy win for Planned Parenthood; Although nothing is ever certain in this Supreme Court”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox. Posted at 8:11 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court Cert Report December 2024 [Deep Dive #3]: A look under the hood at the major players getting cases before the justices.” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Legalytics” Substack site. Posted at 3:37 PM by Howard Bashman“Man Can’t Lose Gun Rights Over Fraud Felony, Appeals Court Says; En banc 3rd. Cir. says fraudster has right to possess gun; No tradition of disarming nonviolent felons, court says”: Mike Vilensky of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access). You can access today’s 164-page en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link. Posted at 3:30 PM by Howard Bashman“As Texas Chief Justice Nathan Hecht prepares to retire, he reflects on the Supreme Court he helped change; Over 35 years, Hecht modernized the court, increased access to justice for the poor and saw his conservative views come to dominate the bench”: Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune has this report. Posted at 10:42 AM by Howard Bashman“Pennsylvania Supreme Court retention could be the next ugly political fight”: Tom Riese and Chris Potter of 90.5 WESA have this report. Posted at 10:40 AM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court confirms conservative leanings in 2024, shows no signs of changing”: Erwin Chemerinsky has this essay online at ABA Journal. Posted at 10:36 AM by Howard Bashman“Griffin should give up his fight to reverse his Supreme Court election defeat”: The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has published this editorial. Posted at 10:34 AM by Howard Bashman“Senate has a duty to scrutinize Cabinet nominees”: George Liebmann has this essay online at The Baltimore Sun. Posted at 10:30 AM by Howard Bashman“Our Favorite Things, 2024”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube. Posted at 10:26 AM by Howard Bashman“114. History, Tradition, and the ‘Short-Martial’: From the Founding until 2018, servicemembers had a right to be tried by a panel of fellow servicemembers; A new cert. petition asks whether Congress violated due process when it took that right away.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site. Posted at 10:24 AM by Howard Bashman“Defamation Stations! Journalism will need to lawyer up and build up courage if it’s going to survive Trump’s blizzard of litigation against the fourth estate.” You can access the new installment of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link. Posted at 10:18 AM by Howard Bashman“What Would the Founders Have Thought About TikTok and Online Porn? The Supreme Court will hear arguments next month in First Amendment challenges to laws banning the app and shielding minors from sexual materials on the internet.” Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “Sidebar” column online at The New York Times. Posted at 10:16 AM by Howard Bashman“Biden Commutes 37 Death Sentences Ahead of Trump’s Plan to Resume Federal Executions; Those affected by the president’s action on Monday are still subject to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole; Three men will remain on federal death row”: Aishvarya Kavi of The New York Times has this report. And the White House today issued a news release titled “Statement from President Joe Biden on Federal Death Row Commutations.” Posted at 10:14 AM by Howard Bashman |
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