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Monday, July 27, 2026

“A Stunning Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Opinion Was The Right Thing To Do; A sitting judge putting his own reputation and his court’s credibility on the line to publicly challenge the nation’s highest court is a big deal”: Alexander Silvert has this essay online at Honolulu Civil Beat.

Posted at 1:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Samuel Alito: The Man and the Movement That Shaped Him.” Amanpour and Company has posted this video on YouTube.

Posted at 1:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Employers Fear Labor Shortage as Many Immigrants Lose Protected Status; A recent Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for the Trump administration to end a humanitarian program that has allowed about one million immigrants to work legally in the U.S.” Miriam Jordan and Madeleine Ngo of The New York Times have this report.

Posted at 1:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Inside the fights to maintain TPS status for thousands after the Supreme Court sided with Trump”: Devan Cole of CNN has this report.

Posted at 1:27 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals Court Upholds Blocks on Trump Order Restricting Mail Voting; The ruling on Saturday was the latest rebuke to President Trump’s attacks on mail-in voting; The government says it may take the case to the Supreme Court”: Adam Sella of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 1:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Kim Davis accused of hiding inheritance to avoid paying gay couple $565K judgment”: Austin R. Ramsey of The Lexington Herald Leader has this report.

Posted at 12:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“For the Children: When freedom was snatched away, Elizabeth Turner’s mother fought back, and changed the Constitution.” You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

Posted at 10:48 AM by Howard Bashman



“A Woman Lost Two Partners to Guns — Then the N.R.A. Came to Collect; The majority of suicides in the U.S. involve guns, and eighty per cent of those are done by white men, a pattern that the gun-rights organization has spent decades denying”: Mike Spies has this American Chronicles article in the August 3, 2026 issue of The New Yorker.

Posted at 9:27 AM by Howard Bashman



“240. The Rise and Fall of the Alien Tort Statute: It wasn’t the most important or visible ruling of the term, but the Court’s evisceration of the Alien Tort Statute struck a significant (and unpersuasive) blow against human rights accountability.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

Posted at 9:23 AM by Howard Bashman