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Tuesday, June 3, 2025

“Chief justice delivers traditional toast to president at Historical Society dinner; Chief Justice Roberts’s toast appeared somewhat jarring for the law firm summer associates and young lawyers in attendance, who exchanged quizzical looks”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 9:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Mexico’s Supreme Court Looks Set to Be Dominated by One Party; In a divisive and far-reaching election pushed by the governing Morena party, Mexicans voted for thousands of judges at every level on Sunday, remaking the courts”: Emiliano Rodríguez Mega and James Wagner of The New York Times have this report.

Posted at 9:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s First Judicial Nominees Have Federalist Society Ties; Sixth Circuit, Missouri trial court picks are FedSoc members; Trump lashed out at group’s ex-chair Leo for bad nominations advice”: Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Posted at 9:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“When Donald Trump and Sheldon Whitehouse Agree: The leftwing Senator is delighted by the President’s attack on Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

Posted at 9:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump Rescinds Biden Policy Requiring Hospitals to Provide Emergency Abortions; At issue is how to interpret a federal law barring hospitals from turning away poor or uninsured patients”: Sheryl Gay Stolberg of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 8:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Senators trade barbs as GOP deepens cross-examination of judiciary; Lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee came to blows as Republicans doubled down against nationwide injunctions from federal judges and cast doubt on Democrats sounding the alarm about the safety of jurists”: Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report.

Today’s hearing of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee was titled “The Supposedly ‘Least Dangerous Branch’: District Judges v. Trump.” You can view the video of today’s hearing at this link.

Posted at 8:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court docs: Jailhouse snitch alleged Donna Adelson offered to pay for witness testimony.” Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

Posted at 8:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“Tom Girardi — disgraced legal titan, former ‘Real Housewives’ husband — sentenced to 7 years in prison”: Harriet Ryan of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Posted at 8:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Stephen Miller Staffer and Tough Talk: Inside Trump’s Latest Attack on Harvard; The Justice Department opened an investigation into the student-run Harvard Law Review; The startling accusations show how the Trump administration is wielding power in pursuit of its political agenda.” Michael S. Schmidt and Michael C. Bender of The New York Times have this report.

And Aaron Sibarium of The Washington Free Beacon has an article headlined “CYA: Harvard Law Review Editors Spin New Narrative About Racial Preferences in Wake of Free Beacon Reports.”

Posted at 8:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump overshadows Supreme Court as ruling season begins; The justices are increasingly juggling emergency cases related to the Trump administration’s policies as the court begins the period when it usually issues its biggest rulings”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.

Posted at 8:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump privately complains about Amy Coney Barrett and other Supreme Court justices he nominated”: Kristen Holmes and John Fritze of CNN have this report.

Posted at 1:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Right-Wing Culture Warriors Who Are Becoming Federal Judges; As an opinion columnist for his college newspaper, Josh Divine established himself as a conservative ideologue who never encountered a culture war he wouldn’t fight”: Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

Posted at 1:36 PM by Howard Bashman