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Sunday, June 8, 2025

“Justice Jackson Just Helped Reset the D.E.I. Debate”: Columnist David French has this essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 6:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Amy Coney Barrett and the Secret Legal Agenda That Played Trump Like a Chump; Even some of Trump’s own appointees have been unable to stomach some of his more lawless actions and orders, ruling against him in a variety of cases”: Paul Waldman has this essay online at The Daily Beast.

Posted at 10:00 AM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s winning at the Supreme Court; Justice Jackson warns about ‘troubling message’; Jackson, one of the court’s most liberal justices, wrote that her colleagues may be unintentionally showing preferential treatment for the Trump administration”: Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

Posted at 9:56 AM by Howard Bashman



“No Supreme Court win, but Mexico pressures U.S. on southbound guns”: Patrick J. McDonnell and Kate Linthicum of The Los Angeles Times have this report.

Posted at 9:53 AM by Howard Bashman



“How Justice Clarence Thomas led SCOTUS to kill DEI; Liberal Justice Jackson’s unanimous opinion in discrimination case echoes Thomas’s decades-long legal philosophy”: Scott Douglas Gerber has this essay online at Fox News.

Posted at 9:51 AM by Howard Bashman



“He was at the center of a Supreme Court case that changed gay marriage. Now, he’s worried.” Zach Wichter of USA Today has this report.

Posted at 9:05 AM by Howard Bashman



“156. Federalizing the California National Guard; President Trump’s Saturday night ‘memorandum’ federalizing 2000 California National Guard troops is a tentative step toward abusing authorities for domestic use of the military, but a dangerous one.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

Posted at 8:06 AM by Howard Bashman