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Wednesday, October 8, 2025

“Prosecutors say no harm was done by social media posts about assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO”: Michael R. Sisak and Larry Neumeister of The Associated Press have this report.

Posted at 10:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Retired Justice Kennedy laments coarse discourse of Trump era and its effects on the Supreme Court”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

Posted at 10:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court grapples with lawsuit challenging mail-in ballot rules; The question before the justices was a narrow one — whether an Illinois congressman had met the basic legal threshold to bring his lawsuit — not the law’s legality”: Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 9:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Make HHS and FDA Pro-Life Again: Approval of generic mifepristone is why I warned against RFK Jr.’s appointment.” Mike Pence has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:47 PM by Howard Bashman



“President Trump Holds the Legal Cards on the Use of the Military in the Domestic Sphere; The protective power for the regular military, and the Insurrection Act, lie in the wings”: Jack Goldsmith has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.

Posted at 8:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“The ‘Second Roberts Court’: The justices are wise to return political issues to voters and their representatives.” Columnist Barton Swaim has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court betrayed again — this time from the bench; Nicholas Roske brought gun, ammunition and tactical knife to justice’s home in 2022”: Mike Davis has this essay online at Fox News.

Posted at 8:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots; With an accidental social-media post, Trump showed how much had changed since his first term”: Josh Dawsey, Sadie Gurman, and Aruna Viswanatha of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

Posted at 8:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump Gets Fresh Chance to Fight Judge He Picked in Oregon”: David Voreacos and Erik Larson of Bloomberg News have this report.

Posted at 1:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Chinese Hackers Said to Target U.S. Law Firms; Williams & Connolly, one of the nation’s most prominent law firms, told clients that its computer systems had been infiltrated and that hackers may have gained access to some client emails”: Michael S. Schmidt of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 1:16 PM by Howard Bashman