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Monday, April 6, 2026

“The Constitution Could Let Noncitizens Vote; States could loosen their rules, and an amendment is the only way to prevent it”: Bradley A. Smith will have this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 9:51 PM by Howard Bashman



“This Prosecutor Was Floundering. Now He’s a Go-To Guy at Trump’s DOJ. After Pam Bondi’s ouster, the administration will likely lean even more heavily on lawyers like Robert Keenan.” Joe Palazzolo of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 9:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Clears the Way for Dismissal of Bannon Conviction; Stephen K. Bannon, a former close aide to President Trump, was convicted for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena related to the investigation into the Jan. 6 attack”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

And Julian Mark and Jeremy Roebuck of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court sides with Steve Bannon in bid to dismiss Jan. 6 conviction; Bannon, former chief strategist to President Donald Trump, spent four months in prison in 2024 after a jury found him guilty on two misdemeanor counts of contempt of Congress.”

Posted at 9:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Judge Mistakes the Claude Chatbot for a Person; Jed Rakoff holds that a defendant waived attorney-client confidentiality by asking AI about his case”: Bridget McCormack and Shlomo Klapper will have this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 9:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Nationwide Injunctions, a Crucial Check on Presidential Power, Are Not Dead Yet; Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden asked the Supreme Court to abolish nationwide injunctions, which allow federal judges to stop a federal policy from going into effect”: Damon Root has this article in the May 2026 issue of Reason magazine.

Posted at 3:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“NJ can’t prevent sports wagers on ‘prediction markets,’ court rules”: Daniel Munoz of The Record of Hackensack, New Jersey has this report.

Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “New Jersey cannot regulate Kalshi’s prediction market, US appeals court rules.”

And Gillian R. Brassil of Bloomberg Law reports that “Kalshi Stays Free of NJ Regulators With Appeals Court Win.”

You can access today’s decision of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

Posted at 2:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“The woman who thinks civil rights went too far; Harmeet Dhillon has spent a year trying to turn the Justice Department in the opposite direction; Now the online right wants to see her as attorney general”: Dustin Gardiner of Politico has this report.

Posted at 10:34 AM by Howard Bashman



“219. Drunks, Lampposts, and the Birthright Citizenship Case: Efforts to backfill historical support for President Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order wouldn’t have been possible without a Court that has shown itself to be open to such academic work.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

Posted at 8:44 AM by Howard Bashman