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Saturday, May 9, 2026

“Samuel Alito’s Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJ; Data in justice department filing quoted in landmark supreme court decision relied on questionable methodology, Guardian analysis finds”: Sam Levine, Will Craft, and Andrew Witherspoon of The Guardian have this report.

Posted at 1:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“California abortion pill suppliers ready with workaround in case of Supreme Court ban”: Sonja Sharp of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Posted at 1:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“The ‘Civility’ Problem for Judges: Two judges weigh in on the mounting threats to an independent judiciary.” You can access today’s new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

Posted at 1:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Justice Department Offers America’s Least Employable Lawyers $25,000 to Humiliate Themselves In Public; In response to an ongoing staff shortage, the Trump administration launches a real-world experiment to see how much an attorney’s reputation is worth”: Jay Willis has this post at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site.

Posted at 1:25 PM by Howard Bashman