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Sunday, January 5, 2025

“Riggs, Democrats rally in Raleigh pledging to win contested NC Supreme Court race”: Josh Shaffer and Kyle Ingram of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina have this report.

Posted at 9:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“N.Y. Judge’s Ruling Shows How Legal Issues Will Follow Trump Into Office; Donald Trump may not face a penalty for his conviction in the hush-money case, but he could still be the first felon to be president — and civil proceedings against him continue”: Maggie Haberman of The New York Times has this news analysis.

Posted at 8:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“SMU’s bid to split from United Methodist Church over LGBTQ+ rights heads to Texas Supreme Court; Southern Methodist University in Dallas tried to declare its independence after the church voted to ban gay weddings and clergy in 2019”: Kate McGee of The Texas Tribune has this report.

Posted at 1:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“TikTok and Government Clash in Last Round of Supreme Court Briefs; The briefs, filed a week before oral arguments, offered sharply differing accounts of China’s influence over the site and the role of the First Amendment”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

And Alexandra Marquez of NBC News reports that “Justice Department urges Supreme Court to reject Trump’s push to pause TikTok ban; In a legal filing on Friday, the Justice Department argued that the law that effectively bans TikTok doesn’t violate the First Amendment’s right to free speech.”

Posted at 1:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“John Roberts’ New Year Blame Game: The Chief chose to misappropriate some civil-rights history for his end-of-year victimhood claiming.” You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

Posted at 12:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Man charged with plotting to kill Kavanaugh asks judge to exclude evidence against him; Court filings reveal new details about what Nicholas Roske told investigators”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

Posted at 12:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Decertifying a Certified Appeal Under § 1292(b): A divided Fifth Circuit held that a motions panel had erred in permitting a certified appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b).” Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog.

Posted at 12:48 PM by Howard Bashman