“Voters Can Be Disenfranchised Now; Just say it’s because they’re Democrats”: Adam Serwer has this essay online at The Atlantic.
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Thursday, April 30, 2026
“Voters Can Be Disenfranchised Now; Just say it’s because they’re Democrats”: Adam Serwer has this essay online at The Atlantic. Posted at 8:32 AM by Howard Bashman“Sonia Sotomayor’s False Testimony About Firefighters Case; Ricci v. DeStefano, Part 4”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site. Posted at 8:30 AM by Howard Bashman“Even Eve-ier”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link. Posted at 8:28 AM by Howard BashmanWednesday, April 29, 2026
“Supreme Court Grapples With Trump’s Plan to Revoke Deportation Protections; The case deals with Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians but could have implications for more than a million from troubled nations”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report. Julian Mark and Maria Sacchetti of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court wrestles with Trump effort to end temporary protections for migrants; The conservative justices appeared sympathetic to the administration’s contention that it can cancel humanitarian protections for Haitian and Syrian nationals.” And Lydia Wheeler and James Romoser of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Appears Divided on Allowing Trump to End Protections for Some Migrants; Several conservatives suggested courts have little power to review decisions about Temporary Protected Status program, but one appeared undecided.” Posted at 8:53 PM by Howard Bashman“Protected Speech Hurdle Complicates Charges Against Comey”: Celine Castronuovo of Bloomberg Law has this report. Posted at 8:47 PM by Howard Bashman“No en banc in Trump appeals of E. Jean Carroll verdict, $83 million judgment; The federal appeals court affirmed in a split decision Donald Trump’s liability for the $83 million civil judgment awarded to columnist E. Jean Carroll who says Trump sexually assaulted her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s”: Josh Russell of Courthouse News Service has this report. You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denying rehearing en banc, and the opinions concurring therein and dissenting therefrom, at this link. Posted at 8:44 PM by Howard Bashman“A Victory for Voting Rights at the Supreme Court; The Justices vote 6-3 to restrict the misuse of race to gerrymander Congressional districts”: This editorial will appear in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. Also in Thursday’s edition of that newspaper, Edward Blum will have an op-ed titled “The High Court Strikes a Blow Against Racial Gerrymandering; The Constitution ‘almost never permits a State to discriminate on the basis of race,’ the justices hold.” Posted at 8:32 PM by Howard Bashman“Some Thoughts About Callais”: Nicholas Stephanopoulos has this post at the “Election Law Blog.” Also at that blog, Travis Crum has a post titled “The Callais Catastrophe.” Posted at 8:17 PM by Howard Bashman“Racial considerations in voting rights and immigration policy on the last day of oral argument”: Mark Walsh has this View from the Court post at “SCOTUSblog.” Posted at 8:11 PM by Howard Bashman“How a Supreme Court Fight Over Fish Oil Could Raise Your Prescription Drug Costs; The justices are set to hear Hikma v. Amarin, a battle over drug patents that could raise costs for patients and change the way generic companies do business”: Leslie Walker of Tradeoffs recently had this report. Posted at 4:33 PM by Howard Bashman“All Six Conservative Justices Attended Trump’s State Dinner; Their appearance seemed at odds with the chief justice’s oft-stated message that the court he leads avoids even the appearance of political splits”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. Posted at 4:30 PM by Howard Bashman“Will Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric matter at the Supreme Court?” Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis. Posted at 4:25 PM by Howard Bashman“Trump Is Going After Birth Control. Here’s Why. Contraception was politically untouchable — until now.” Law professor Mary Ziegler has this essay online at Politico Magazine. Posted at 4:10 PM by Howard Bashman“FLINCH: A friendly debate on Temporary Protected Status.” Adam Unikowsky has this post at his Substack site, “Adam’s Legal Newsletter.” Posted at 3:32 PM by Howard Bashman“The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Just Issued the Worst Ruling in a Century; This evisceration of the Voting Rights Act requires us to take SCOTUS reform more seriously”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate. Posted at 3:14 PM by Howard Bashman“The Supreme Court Just Neutered the Voting Rights Act”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion. Posted at 3:10 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court Deals Further Blow to Voting Rights Act; The court struck down Louisiana’s voting map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander in a move that could make it harder for lawmakers to create majority-minority voting districts”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report. Justin Jouvenal and Patrick Marley of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court limits key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act; The decision could touch off a scramble by Republicans to redraw majority-minority congressional districts, especially in the South, that could cost many Black Democrats their seats.” David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court limits Voting Rights Act in setback for Black Democrats.” James Romoser of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Curbs Protections for Minority Voters in Election Maps; The 6-3 decision, involving two majority-Black districts in Louisiana, further weakens the Voting Rights Act.” Maureen Groppe of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court sides against Black voters in blow to landmark civil rights law; The high court effectively struck down a Black majority congressional district in Louisiana and limited a landmark civil rights law passed to protect the voting power of racial minorities.” And Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court limits racial challenges under Voting Rights Act, hands GOP states new mapmaking power.” Posted at 1:22 PM by Howard Bashman“Donald Trump’s Pardon Economy: For some wealthy offenders, clemency is just a golf game — or a million-dollar plate at Mar-a-Lago — away.” Ruth Marcus has this article in the May 4, 2026 issue of The New Yorker. Posted at 1:10 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court Deals Crushing Blow to the Voting Rights Act”: Ed Kilgore has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine. Posted at 1:06 PM by Howard Bashman“Kash Patel’s Implausible Lawsuit Against The Atlantic; The F.B.I. director’s lawyers seem to misunderstand how the law (or logic) works”: Fabio Bertoni has this essay online at The New Yorker. Posted at 1:02 PM by Howard Bashman“On 6-3 Party Line Vote, Supreme Court Drastically Weakens Voting Rights Act in Callais Case to Make It Much Harder for Minority Plaintiffs to Get Fair Representation in Redistricting”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.” Posted at 12:58 PM by Howard Bashman“Six Conservative Justices Make King Charles Dinner Guest List”: Seth Stern of Bloomberg Law has this report. Posted at 11:50 AM by Howard BashmanTuesday, April 28, 2026
“James Comey posted a picture of seashells by the seashore. Trump’s DOJ indicted him for it. Another Comey indictment in this altogether embarrassing day for DOJ. Also: The Second Circuit creates a circuit split, blocking the Trump admin mandatory detention policy.” Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site. You can access today’s decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link. Posted at 10:42 PM by Howard Bashman“Trump pursues new import taxes to replace the tariffs the Supreme Court rejected”: Paul Wiseman of The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 9:32 PM by Howard Bashman“Appeals Judge Pedro Colón joins 2027 race for Wisconsin Supreme Court”: Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report. And Rich Kremer of Wisconsin Public Radio reports that “Liberal Judge Pedro Colón enters 2027 Wisconsin Supreme Court race; Colón, who is a former Democratic state lawmaker, is the second liberal candidate to announce for the court this month.” Posted at 9:30 PM by Howard Bashman“‘See you later’: GOP leaders urge Utah voters to sack Supreme Court justices this fall; The campaign not to retain justices comes amid Republicans’ anger over rulings that will likely cost the party a congressional seat.” Emily Anderson Stern of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report. Posted at 9:27 PM by Howard Bashman“Trump Push to End Key Humanitarian Protection Reaches Supreme Court; The effort to dismantle Temporary Protected Status, or T.P.S., is part of a shift away from providing humanitarian assistance to people from troubled countries”: Jazmine Ulloa and Miriam Jordan of The New York Times have this report. And Andrea Castillo of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court will hear Trump’s bid to end legal protection for up to 1.3 million immigrants.” Posted at 9:25 PM by Howard Bashman“A Conversation with Mollie Hemingway on Justice Samuel Alito and the U.S. Supreme Court”: The Heritage Foundation has posted this video on YouTube. Posted at 7:56 PM by Howard Bashman“Arguing In Front of SCOTUS | Interview: Lisa Blatt.” You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link. Posted at 7:50 PM by Howard Bashman“America first? SCOTUS considers closing US court doors to foreign torture claims; As the White House worked to mend U.S.-British ties with a state visit, the justices considered whether to flex their foreign policy chops or bow to the expertise of policymakers.” Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report. And Justin Wise of Bloomberg Law reports that “Supreme Court Likely to Side With Cisco Over Human Rights Suit.” Update: In other coverage, Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times reports that “Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Falun Gong Lawsuit Against Tech Company; The court’s decision could have broader implications for lawsuits seeking to hold companies liable for international human rights abuses.” Posted at 7:40 PM by Howard Bashman“The Grand Conspiracy’s New Prosecutor May Be the Case’s Biggest Liability; Former Trump lawyer Joseph diGenova is one of the most vocal proponents of a conspiracy theory that he is now in charge of investigating”: Anna Bower and Molly Roberts have this post at the “Lawfare” blog. Posted at 7:34 PM by Howard Bashman“Judge Says Maurene Comey Can Sue the Trump Administration for Firing Her; Ms. Comey, a former federal prosecutor who handled cases against Jeffery Epstein and Sean Combs, claimed in her suit that she was fired for political reasons”: Benjamin Weiser and Jonah E. Bromwich of The New York Times have this report. And Josh Russell of Courthouse News Service reports that “Judge allows fired prosecutor Maurene Comey to bring wrongful termination suit; The daughter of former FBI Director James Comey says she was fired as a federal prosecutor over her perceived political affiliation; Now her wrongful termination lawsuit can proceed in federal court.” You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York at this link. Posted at 7:32 PM by Howard Bashman“Trump Administration Secures New Indictment Against Comey; The new case stems from a social media post showing seashells on a North Carolina beach that the Trump administration characterized as a threat against the president”: Devlin Barrett and Tyler Pager of The New York Times have this report. Perry Stein of The Washington Post reports that “James Comey indicted over 2025 social media post allegedly threatening Trump; The former FBI director issued a video statement maintaining his innocence and criticizing the current Justice Department.” Sadie Gurman and C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal report that “James Comey Is Charged With Threatening Trump in Seashell Photo; Indictment is second secured by Justice Department against former FBI director.” And Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico report that “James Comey indicted over 2025 seashell post; The charges stem from a photo of seashells.” Posted at 7:26 PM by Howard Bashman“The Supreme Court vs. Lower Courts; The Justices may use migrant cases to rein in defiant federal judges”: This editorial will appear in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. Posted at 7:20 PM by Howard Bashman“Adopting Trump’s Voice, Justice Dept. Asks Judge to Let Ballroom Proceed; The court filing links the security breach at the White House correspondents’ dinner to the lawsuit over President Trump’s ballroom project”: Luke Broadwater and Zach Montague of The New York Times have this report. Dan Diamond and Jonathan Edwards of The Washington Post report that “DOJ cites attack, ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ in seeking ballroom approval; The legal filing, which resembles Trump’s Truth Social posts, comes as the president and his allies ramp up their efforts to complete the project.” Ben Johansen and Kyle Cheney of Politico report that “Trump’s ballroom must go forward, DOJ argues in new court filing; The Justice Department is asking that an injunction against the ballroom’s construction be lifted, over security concerns.” And Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law report that “DOJ Cites ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ in Ballroom Lawsuit Brief.” You can view the court filing at this link. Posted at 5:21 PM by Howard Bashman |
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