“Pa. Supreme Court blasts DA Larry Krasner’s office, says it misleads judges when seeking to vacate old murder convictions; In a forceful and scolding opinion, the state’s high court said Krasner’s office ‘violated its duty of candor’ and ruled the state attorney general’s office must now review cases it seeks to overturn”: Ellie Rushing and Jillian Kramer of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.
“Todd Blanche’s prospects in the Senate tepid — but far from doomed — ahead of confirmation hearing; Key Republican senators have so far reserved judgment on Blanche, but none have signaled that they are planning to vote against his nomination to replace Pam Bondi as attorney general”: Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report.
“Pa. Attorney General must review cases Philly DA wants to overturn, state Supreme Court rules”: Kristen Johanson of KYW Newsradio has this report.
Today’s decision of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of a majority opinion, two concurring opinions (here and here), an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, and a dissenting opinion.
“Senate Judiciary schedules confirmation hearing for Todd Blanche; There’s hope the nominee for attorney general can be confirmed before the August recess”: Hailey Fuchs and Jordain Carney of Politico have this report.
“Federal judge recuses herself from Georgia election case; U.S. District Court Judge Eleanor Ross, who is embroiled in a sex scandal, removed herself from the case to avoid ‘perception of bias’ after attending political event”: Caleb Groves of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.
Kate Brumback of The Associated Press reports that “Judge who had sex in courthouse and attended political event agrees to exit Georgia election case.”
Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “US judge steps aside from DOJ’s Georgia voter rolls case amid misconduct scandal.”
Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law reports that “Judge Ross Recuses From DOJ’s Georgia Voter Roll Lawsuit.”
And Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Judge recuses herself in Georgia voter rolls case; The Justice Department said Judge Eleanor Ross appeared too close to former prosecutor Fani Willis.”
You can access the recusal order at this link.
“Goldstein Denied in Bid for Post-Conviction Acquittal, New Trial”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report.
“The Trump Administration’s Internal Arguments Over Habeas Corpus”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.