“Miscellaneous thoughts on Callais”: Derek Muller has this post at the “Election Law Blog.”
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Thursday, October 16, 2025
“Miscellaneous thoughts on Callais”: Derek Muller has this post at the “Election Law Blog.” Posted at 3:14 PM by Howard Bashman“The Rule of Law and Major Questions Within Article III; Lower courts’ insistence that the Supreme Court be explicit when overruling precedent is an issue of intra-judicial politics, not the rule of law”: Isaiah Ogren has this post at the “Lawfare” blog. Posted at 1:08 PM by Howard Bashman“Amy Coney Barrett Is Looking Beyond the Trump Era; The Supreme Court justice isn’t making decisions based on public opinion”: Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks with Ross Douthat on today’s new episode of the “Interesting Times” podcast online at The New York Times. Video of the interview is also available via YouTube. Posted at 12:40 PM by Howard Bashman“I resigned from the military because of Trump; I could not swear to follow a commander in chief who seems so willing to disregard the Constitution”: Doug Krugman has this essay online at The Washington Post. Posted at 10:48 AM by Howard Bashman“Trump Names More Foes He Wants Prosecuted as Bondi and Patel Look On; Top officials, unwilling to fight for the independence of their institutions, watched on Wednesday as President Trump continued his pursuit of controlling law enforcement”: Glenn Thrush of The New York Times has this news analysis. Posted at 10:46 AM by Howard Bashman“SCOTUSblog’s Goldstein Must Face Charges in Tax Fraud Case”: Mallory Culhane of Bloomberg Law has this report on an opinion that the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued Tuesday. Posted at 10:16 AM by Howard BashmanWednesday, October 15, 2025
“Callais Re-Argument Recap”: Travis Crum has this post at the “Election Law Blog.” Posted at 9:52 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Key Provision of Voting Rights Act; In a dispute over a Louisiana voting map, the justices grappled with whether there should be a time limit on using race as a factor in carving up voting districts”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report. Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court seems open to limiting key section of Voting Rights Act; Key justices suggested new limits on the use of race in redistricting but left unclear how far they might go.” David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Justices lean toward rejecting race in redistricting, likely boosting GOP in 2026.” Lydia Wheeler of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Questions Use of Race in Drawing Voting Districts; Justices are re-examining tools for addressing discrimination.” Maureen Groppe of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court asks if Black voter protections discriminate against White people; The Supreme Court takes on a racially and politically charged case testing a landmark civil rights law.” Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times report that “Supreme Court poised to redraw part of Voting Rights Act.” In commentary, The Wall Street Journal has published an editorial titled “Nobody Is ‘Gutting’ the Voting Rights Act; The Supreme Court may overturn its misguided Gingles precedent, not the landmark 1965 law.” Online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a Jurisprudence essay titled “The Supreme Court Is Poised to Rule That It’s Racist to Remedy Racism.” And online at Balls and Strikes, Madiba K. Dennie has an essay titled “The Conservative Justices Have So Many Ideas For How to Kill the Voting Rights Act; The Republican justices already know where they’re going; They just have to figure out which route they’re going to take to get there.” Posted at 9:48 PM by Howard Bashman“SCOTUS evaluates whether cops need probable cause to enter homes during emergencies; William Trevor Case sought to suppress evidence at trial obtained after officers entered his home, without a warrant, based on concerns that he posed a threat to himself”: Ryan Knappenberger of Courthouse News Service has this report. Posted at 9:37 PM by Howard Bashman“Judicial Supremacy and American Democracy”: Jonathan F. Mitchell recently had this post at the Democracy Project of NYU Law. Posted at 9:35 PM by Howard Bashman“Trump Says He Might Attend Supreme Court Hearing on Tariffs”: Lauren Dezenski and Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News have this report. Posted at 8:55 PM by Howard Bashman“Trump Appointees’ Debut Marks Third Circuit’s Rightward Tilt”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has a report that begins, “A more conservative Third Circuit debuted at en banc arguments, as two new appointees of President Donald Trump heard their first case.” Posted at 5:36 PM by Howard BashmanTuesday, October 14, 2025
“Will the Supreme Court Use a Louisiana Case to Gut the Voting Rights Act? The justices have shown a willingness to chip away at the landmark civil rights legislation; A Louisiana case could unravel much of its remaining power.” Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report. Patrick Marley and Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court reopens debate on key part of Voting Rights Act; The case, to be argued Wednesday, has major implications for who gets elected to Congress and state legislatures.” And in commentary, in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, columnist Jason L. Riley will have an op-ed titled “Racial Gerrymandering Is a Bad Idea Whose Time Has Gone; The Supreme Court takes up segregated political maps, a temporary remedy that has lingered on.” Posted at 10:20 PM by Howard Bashman“Reagan Judges Are Unrestrained Critics of Trump’s Legal Moves”: Jacqueline Thomsen and Brian Dowling of Bloomberg News have this report. Posted at 10:02 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court punts on questions involving juries; Two very different questions involving juries won’t be answered by the U.S. Supreme Court this term”: Joe Dodson of Courthouse News Service has this report. Posted at 9:59 PM by Howard Bashman“Missouri appeals court rules against attorney general, allows abortions to continue; Arguments by former Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey that abortion regulations do not cause ‘irreparable harm’ to patients is ‘disingenuous,’ an appeals court concluded”: Anna Spoerre of Missouri Independent has this report on a decision that the Missouri Court of Appeals issued today. Posted at 9:50 PM by Howard Bashman“Students Lose Free Speech Appeal Over ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Shirts”: Quinn Wilson of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a decision that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today. Posted at 9:46 PM by Howard BashmanMonday, October 13, 2025
“Justice Barrett reveals the most ‘essential’ part of standing firm against public opinion”: Fox News has posted this video on YouTube. Posted at 9:34 PM by Howard Bashman“Anthony Kennedy Says ‘Too Much Partisanship’ Harms Supreme Court”: Erik Larson and Miles J. Herszenhorn of Bloomberg News have this report. Posted at 8:50 PM by Howard Bashman“Former Supreme Court Justice Kennedy’s new memoir is unusually revealing”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.” Posted at 8:47 PM by Howard Bashman“A Supreme Court Reckoning for Racial Gerrymanders; The Justices can put an end to this cynical use of race to redistrict for partisan advantage in Louisiana v. Callais”: This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. Posted at 8:30 PM by Howard Bashman“The Republicans Justices Are Getting Ready to Finish Off the Voting Rights Act; Louisiana v. Callais gives John Roberts the chance to complete a decades-long ideological project”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes. Posted at 8:28 PM by Howard Bashman“Two Supreme Court cases, one unasked question about trans kids; Conversion therapy case shows how lawyers and judges complicate the gender debate”: Columnist Megan McArdle has this essay online at The Washington Post. Posted at 8:25 PM by Howard Bashman“Justice Kennedy, Off the Bench but Still Rendering Opinions; In a rare interview, the justice bemoaned vulgarity in public life, discussed his family’s ties to President Trump and reflected on his own history and legacy”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times recently had this report. Posted at 7:28 PM by Howard Bashman“Donna Adelson sentenced to life in prison after railing against trial, jury and verdict”: Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report. Posted at 7:18 PM by Howard Bashman“Part Enabler, Part Buffer: The Bind of the Justice Dept.’s No. 2; Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, has helped usher in President Trump’s retribution campaign; But he faces anger on the right for resisting some of the most extreme measures.” Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer of The New York Times have this report. Posted at 7:15 PM by Howard BashmanUnited States v. Thomas C. Goldstein case update: Last week, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued this order deciding a number of the defendant’s pretrial motions. Posted at 3:36 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court takes up Republican attack on Voting Rights Act in case over Black representation”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 2:54 PM by Howard Bashman“Senior prosecutor removed as Lindsey Halligan reshapes key US attorney’s office”: Kristen Holmes and Katelyn Polantz of CNN have this report. Posted at 2:53 PM by Howard Bashman“Will SCOTUS Allow Conversion Therapy for Minors?” You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube. Posted at 2:50 PM by Howard Bashman“Originalist ‘Bombshell’ Complicates Case on Trump’s Power to Fire Officials; As the Supreme Court seems poised to expand the president’s power, a leading scholar whose work the justices have often cited issued a provocative dissent”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “Sidebar” column online at The New York Times. Posted at 2:48 PM by Howard Bashman“Donna Adelson trial live: Sentencing of matriarch behind Dan Markel murder-for-hire case.” The Tallahassee Democrat will provide live coverage of the sentencing proceeding, scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. eastern time, on YouTube via this link. Posted at 2:44 PM by Howard Bashman“183. The Missing Defenses of the Court’s Behavior: Rather than knocking down straw men or attacking their critics, the justices (and their defenders) would do well to explain why the sharpest criticisms of the Court’s recent behavior are *wrong.*” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site. Posted at 9:25 AM by Howard Bashman“Trump’s Insurrection Claims Could Lead American Democracy Off a Cliff; Is the administration priming the American people to accept military intervention in the midterms?” You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link. Posted at 9:24 AM by Howard Bashman“New England courts become a battleground for challenges to Trump”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report. Posted at 9:22 AM by Howard Bashman |
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