“Senate Questions for Emil Bove: How will he explain the Adams mess, as he seeks a lifetime judicial seat?” This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
Posted at 9:40 PM by Howard Bashman
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“Senate Questions for Emil Bove: How will he explain the Adams mess, as he seeks a lifetime judicial seat?” This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. Posted at 9:40 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court to Hear Rastafarian Prisoner’s Suit Over Shaved Dreadlocks; Damon Landor, whose faith requires him to let his hair grow long, said guards threw a court ruling in the trash before holding him down and shaving his head to the scalp”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. Posted at 9:22 PM by Howard Bashman“160. The Vices of Selectively Opening Courthouse Doors; There’s a direct connection between the justices’ willingness to open courthouse doors to certain litigants and a merits docket with so many culture-war disputes from specific parts of the country.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site. Posted at 5:04 PM by Howard Bashman“Trump’s Iran Attack Revives Questions About War Powers; Constitution gives Congress power to declare war, but presidents have long maneuvered on their own”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report. And at the “Executive Functions” Substack site, Jack Goldsmith has a post titled “Was the Iran Strike Constitutional? I don’t know because the constitutional law of war powers is inscrutable.” Posted at 5:02 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court allows Trump to remove migrants to South Sudan and other turmoil-filled countries”: Angélica Franganillo Díaz and John Fritze of CNN have this report on an order that the U.S. Supreme Court issued today. Posted at 4:53 PM by Howard Bashman“Prosecutors Call Goldstein’s Bid to Toss Tax Charges ‘Meritless’”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report. You can access many of the prosecution’s recently filed responses via this link. And Connor Richards of PokerNews has a report headlined “The SCOTUS Lawyer Who Won $50m Playing Poker — And Got Indicted.” Relatedly, PokerNews has posted on YouTube a video titled “Top US Lawyer EXPOSED in $50M Poker Scandal.” Posted at 4:46 PM by Howard Bashman“The Reagan-Appointed Judge Fast-Tracking Trump to Trial; Judge William G. Young’s long career has been punctuated by high-profile cases and outspoken advocacy for the judiciary’s value and fact-finding power”: Zach Montague of The New York Times has this report. Posted at 4:38 PM by Howard Bashman“Abortions Accessed Through Telemedicine Are Growing Despite Legal Challenges; Three years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortions in the U.S. are on the rise due to provider shield laws”: Jennifer Calfas of The Wall Street Journal has this report. Posted at 4:35 PM by Howard Bashman“Judicial Notice (06.22.25): Please Don’t Call The Judge ‘Honey’; The most important SCOTUS case of the Term, the latest ABA lawsuit against Trump, and a major partner hire by Latham out of Wachtell.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site. Posted at 4:33 PM by Howard Bashman“The Many Compromises of Elena Kagan: A brilliant liberal justice is all of a sudden joining the conservatives on some questionable cases; What’s up?” You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link. Posted at 4:12 PM by Howard Bashman |
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