“Panel: Originalism, Birthright Citizenship and the 14th Amendment.” The Federalist Society has posted this video on YouTube.
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Monday, January 12, 2026
“Panel: Originalism, Birthright Citizenship and the 14th Amendment.” The Federalist Society has posted this video on YouTube. Posted at 10:12 PM by Howard Bashman“Jeanine Pirro Is Going After Powell, Heedless of Backlash”: Chris Strohm of Bloomberg News has this report. Posted at 10:05 PM by Howard Bashman“Justices Reenter Transgender Rights Debate With Student Athletes”: Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law has this report. And in commentary, online at The Washington Post, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has an essay titled “The Supreme Court’s chance to stop punting on transgender status; Cases provide an opportunity to protect girls’ sports and put constitutional questions to rest.” Posted at 9:55 PM by Howard Bashman“Trump officials fire high-ranking prosecutor in Virginia amid turmoil; Robert K. McBride, recently appointed as the second-highest-ranking official in the Eastern District of Virginia, was abruptly dismissed”: Salvador Rizzo, Perry Stein, and Steve Thompson of The Washington Post have this report. Posted at 9:52 PM by Howard Bashman“Luigi Mangione Gets New Hearing in US Court on Backpack Search”: David Voreacos and Patricia Hurtado of Bloomberg News have this report. Posted at 9:50 PM by Howard Bashman“Louisiana residents, Big Oil spar over coastal damage at Supreme Court; Oil giant Chevron and a small Louisiana parish squared off at the Supreme Court in a case with big implications for how localities handle environmental damage”: Julian Mark and Brady Dennis of The Washington Post have this report. Posted at 9:48 PM by Howard Bashman“Pro-Lifers Push Back on the President; What did Trump mean when he called for ‘flexibility’ on the Hyde Amendment?” Columnist William McGurn will have this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. Posted at 9:32 PM by Howard Bashman“Lawyer Whom Maduro Didn’t Hire Is Booted From His Case; Last week, a lawyer came forward claiming to represent the unseated president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro; The judge overseeing the case settled the matter on Monday”: Benjamin Weiser and Jonah E. Bromwich of The New York Times have this report. And Chris Dolmetsch of Bloomberg News reports that “Ex-Justice Department Official Denied Bid to Represent Maduro.” Posted at 9:30 PM by Howard Bashman“Maduro Case Judge Is Old. Whether He’s Fit Is a Different Issue.” Mike Vilensky of Bloomberg Law has this report. Posted at 9:20 PM by Howard Bashman“Lawfare for Dummies, Monetary Edition; DOJ’s criminal subpoena to Fed Chair Jerome Powell is a self-defeating fiasco”: Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an editorial that begins, “In the annals of political lawfare there’s dumb, and then there’s the criminal subpoena federal prosecutors delivered Friday to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. President Trump would do himself and the country a big favor by firing those responsible for this fiasco.” Posted at 9:06 PM by Howard Bashman“Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Plan, Abuse Deal Avoids High Court Review”: Alex Wolf of Bloomberg Law has this report. Posted at 9:04 PM by Howard Bashman“Trump Has Complained About Pam Bondi Repeatedly to Aides; The president has privately criticized his attorney general as weak and ineffective in recent weeks”: Josh Dawsey, Sadie Gurman, and C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal have this report. Posted at 5:45 PM by Howard Bashman“Prisoners of Fortune: When your money owns you.” Hamilton Nolan has this post at his “How Things Work” Substack site. Posted at 5:44 PM by Howard Bashman“Has Tom Goldstein’s luck run out? Prominent US lawyer on trial over poker cash.” Jan Wolfe of Reuters has this report. And Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law reports that “Tom Goldstein Indictment Trimmed on Government Motion to Dismiss.” Goldstein’s response filed yesterday to the government’s motion to dismiss certain counts can be accessed here. And the district court’s order dismissing certain counts can be accessed here. Posted at 5:40 PM by Howard Bashman“Debunking Trump’s Bullsh*t Legal Arguments for Invading Venezuela”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube. Posted at 8:50 AM by Howard Bashman“The Marshal and the Margarine”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link. Posted at 8:44 AM by Howard Bashman“202. The Timing of Rulings in Argued Cases: Except in highly unusual circumstances or at the very end of each June, the Supreme Court’s internal norms make it hard to be confident about which decisions in argued cases will be handed down when.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site. Posted at 8:40 AM by Howard Bashman |
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