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Sunday, April 20, 2025

“Judicial Notice (04.20.25): All Fed Up; A rebuke of the Trump administration from a leading conservative jurist, an extraordinary order from SCOTUS, and notable new clients of Quinn Emanuel.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

Posted at 9:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Obamacare covers cancer screening and cholesterol meds. Will the Supreme Court change that? The case focuses on Obamacare’s preventative care requirement. Religious opponents say HIV medications, for example, would make them ‘complicit in facilitating homosexual behavior.’” Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

And Tierney Sneed, Tami Luhby, and Sarah Owermohle of CNN report that “Trump is defending Obamacare at the Supreme Court. A win could boost RFK Jr.’s influence.”

Posted at 9:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Defying the Law and the Courts, Trump Seeks to Shift the Focus; The president is trying to rewrite the narrative of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation as a dispute about illegal immigration rather than the rule of law”: Peter Baker of The New York Times has this news analysis.

Minho Kim of The New York Times reports that “After Meeting Wrongly Deported Man, Van Hollen Accuses Trump of Defying Courts.”

And Victoria Albert and Mariah Timms of The Wall Street Journal report that “Four Immigration Cases Are Testing the Limits of Trump’s Power; The president’s fast-moving immigration agenda has placed college students, a construction worker and others at the center of legal clashes.”

Posted at 9:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Police officers who joined Jan. 6 rally ask Supreme Court for anonymity; Four officers sued to prevent the disclosure of Seattle’s inquiry into their attendance at the pro-Trump ‘Stop the Steal’ rally on Jan. 6, 2021”: Praveena Somasundaram of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 9:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Alito Releases Dissent in Supreme Court Decision Blocking Deportations; Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote that the court’s overnight order blocking the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelans under a wartime law was not ‘necessary or appropriate’”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

And Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court makes ‘unprecedented’ intervention to block Trump’s latest round of gang deportations.”

You can access the dissent at this link.

Posted at 9:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump Justice Dept. weighs trying to undo Peter Navarro’s conviction; Days after announcing tariff hikes championed by Navarro, the Trump administration said it may drop opposition to the White House trade adviser’s appeal”: Spencer S. Hsu of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 8:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Free preventive care faces amputation at Supreme Court; What began as religious opposition to HIV prevention medication has evolved into a fight over executive power with major consequences for Americans’ health care costs”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

Posted at 8:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to hear religious freedom case involving LGBTQ+ storybooks; The Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether public schools can refuse to give parents the right to pull kids from lessons involving LGBTQ-themed books”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

And in commentary, Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an editorial titled “Gender Storytime at the Supreme Court: If elementary schools read children’s books with LGBTQ themes, can parents opt out?

Posted at 8:52 PM by Howard Bashman