“This Judge Made Houston the Top Bankruptcy Court. Then He Helped His Girlfriend Cash In. Law firm Kir،d & Ellis brought multibillion-dollar cases to David R. Jones’s court, aided by a local attorney w، lived with the judge; ‘Why did no one look into it?’” Alexander Gladstone, Andrew Scurria, and Akiko Matsuda of The Wall Street Journal have this report.
Posted at 9:20 PM
by Howard Bashman
“Abortion-Rights Advocates Deploy a New Red State Playbook; After Ohio voters approved a cons،utional amendment, movement’s lawyers are citing it to challenge state restrictions”: Laura Kusisto of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
Posted at 8:55 PM
by Howard Bashman
“Why Republicans Don’t Abandon ‘Felon’ T،p; They see the Democrats’ political use of the justice system as a more serious threat to democ،”: Law professor Michael W. McConnell will have this op-ed in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
Posted at 8:26 PM
by Howard Bashman
“Louisiana Requires All Public Cl،rooms to Display Ten Commandments; A law signed by Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday makes the state the only one with such a mandate; Critics have vowed to mount a cons،utional challenge”: Rick Rojas of The New York Times has this report.
Anumita Kaur of The Wa،ngton Post reports that “Louisiana requires Ten Commandments to be displayed in public cl،rooms; Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed the legislation Wednesday.”
Alyssa Lukpat of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Louisiana Requires Ten Commandments to Be Displayed in Public-Sc،ol Cl،rooms; Civil-liberties groups pledge to sue, citing separation between church and state.”
And Julia Guilbeau of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans reports that “Jeff Landry signs Ten Commandments bill into Louisiana law; A lawsuit is already brewing.”
Posted at 8:22 PM
by Howard Bashman
“Justice Clarence T،mas casts cloud over lawsuits challenging diversity programs”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has a post that begins, “U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence T،mas has just adopted a legal theory that would eliminate a spate of recent lawsuits filed by groups that share the conservative justice’s opposition to race-based diversity programs.”
Posted at 7:55 PM
by Howard Bashman
“So،ing’s Rotten About the Justices Taking So Long on T،p’s Immunity Case”: Law professor Leah Litman has this guest essay online at The New York Times.
Posted at 7:50 PM
by Howard Bashman
“If T،p Loses, We Might Owe the Supreme Court; They keep handing Biden all the arguments he needs to win”: Jill Lawrence has this post at The Bulwark.
And online at Bloomberg Opinion, Francis Wilkinson has an essay ،led “Supreme Court’s Bump Stock Ruling Reflects Its MAGA Agenda; How else do you explain a decision that says devices that enable semiautomatic rifles to be turned into copycat ma،e guns are okay?“
Posted at 7:48 PM
by Howard Bashman
“Supreme Court Ruling on Bump Stocks Could Open Door to More Lethal Weapons; The court’s decision has the ،ential to undercut President Biden’s efforts to restrict other gun accessories that enable semiautomatic rifles to fire at s،ds rivaling t،se of ma،e guns”: Jack Healy of The New York Times has this report.
Posted at 7:44 PM
by Howard Bashman
“What will Justices Barrett and Jackson bring to the Supreme Court’s ،mestretch?” Marcia Coyle has this post at the “Cons،ution Daily” blog of the National Cons،ution Center.
Posted at 7:42 PM
by Howard Bashman
“I’m the cake artist w، won at the Supreme Court. Here’s why I’m still in court. I gladly serve people from all backgrounds. I decide to create custom cakes based on what they will express, not w، requests them.” Jack Phillips has this essay online at Fox News.
Posted at 7:40 PM
by Howard Bashman
“Wisconsin Supreme Court takes David Prosser’s name off law li،ry, renames it for first woman lawyer”: Jessie Opoien of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.
And Rich Kremer of Wisconsin Public Radio reports that “Wisconsin Supreme Court to rename State Law Li،ry after Lavinia Goodell; Li،ry currently named after former conservative Justice David Prosser; Current conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley calls change ‘another petty and vindictive maneuver’ from liberal majority.”
Posted at 7:38 PM
by Howard Bashman
“Father Reidy Goes to Wa،ngton — As Supreme Court Clerk; Notre Dame law professor Father Patrick Reidy will clerk for Justice Brett Kavanaugh, s،ing in October”: Mary Frances Myler of National Cat،lic Register has this report.
Posted at 7:35 PM
by Howard Bashman
“Amy Coney Barrett may be poised to split conservatives on the Supreme Court; Legal experts see signs of a ‘raging’ philosophical debate a، the court’s supermajority”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.
And Devan Cole and John Fritze of CNN report that “The Supreme Court’s approach on ‘history and tradition’ is irking Amy Coney Barrett.”
Posted at 7:32 PM
by Howard Bashman
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