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Sunday, April 26, 2026

“A Fourth Amendment Tech Showdown at the Supreme Court; A convicted felon wants the Justices to bar ‘geofence’ warrants of the kind that let police catch him in Chatrie v. U.S.” This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 9:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Driving this herbicide off the market won’t make people safer; Activists want to move beyond glyphosate; But the standard should be improvement, not purity”: Dan Blaustein-Rejto has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 9:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“The New York Times’s Deceptive Supreme Court Scoop; The 2016 stay halting Obama’s Clean Power Plan was a judicious response to executive overreach”: Erin Morrow Hawley will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 9:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Department Will End Probe of Jerome Powell, Opening Path for Kevin Warsh; The wind-down of the investigation of the Fed chair could end an impasse that threatened to delay a leadership transition”: Nick Timiraos and C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

And Nick Timiraos and Lindsay Wise of The Wall Street Journal report that “Tillis Drops Objection to Warsh’s Fed Nomination; North Carolina senator’s decision clears the path for confirmation before Powell’s term as Fed chairman ends May 15.”

Posted at 9:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court Isn’t Red vs Blue — It’s Something Weirder”: Michael Smerconish has posted this video on YouTube.

Posted at 10:14 AM by Howard Bashman



“Author Talk: Peter S. Canellos — Revenge for the Sixties — with Kimberly Wehle.” Politics and Prose recently posted this video on YouTube.

Posted at 10:12 AM by Howard Bashman



“Bringing a smartphone to a bank robbery? 4th Amendment issue hits Supreme Court; Okello Chatrie was convicted of bank robbery after police tracked him down through his smartphone; But he contends the search violated the Fourth Amendment and the potential abuse is ‘breathtaking.’” Bart Jansen of USA Today has this report.

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has a report headlined “A bank robber’s cellphone gave him away. Now the Supreme Court is hearing his case.”

And NPR has posted on YouTube a video titled “The Supreme Court case that could redefine digital privacy.”

Posted at 9:32 AM by Howard Bashman



“A way out of super PAC madness? If they act quickly on a Maine case, federal judges could tee up a Supreme Court decision next year that restores some sanity to campaign finance laws.” The Boston Globe has published this editorial.

Posted at 9:26 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Landmark Roundup Weedkiller Case; A victory for the manufacturer, Bayer, could end thousands of lawsuits against the company claiming that the herbicide causes cancer”: Hiroko Tabuchi of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 9:25 AM by Howard Bashman



“As US high court prepares ruling, Americans oppose ending birthright citizenship, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds”: Jan Wolfe and Jason Lange of Reuters have this report.

Posted at 9:24 AM by Howard Bashman



“It’s time for Native judges, including on the California Supreme Court”: James Siva has this essay online at The Sacramento Bee.

Posted at 9:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“Why Trump’s winning streak at the Supreme Court came to an abrupt end; The Trump administration won a series of high-profile victories last year, but the president has made fewer emergency appeals and is facing losses on his signature policies”: Lawrence Hurley, Katherine Doyle, and Gary Grumbach of NBC News have this report (subscription required for full access).

Posted at 9:18 AM by Howard Bashman