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Wednesday, December 8, 2021

“If the Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade: Yes, the end of Roe would disrupt U.S. politics and the idea that no liberal policy can ever change.” Columnist Daniel Henninger has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 9:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal Courts Aren’t Royal Ones: The judiciary should make it harder for judges to influence the selection of their successors.” Laurie Lin and David Lat have this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“SG Files Brief in Harvard Affirmative Action Case, Teeing The Case For Review This Term. Guns, Abortion, and Affirmative Action in a single year. Why not?” Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

You can access the Solicitor General’s amicus brief by invitation of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

Posted at 8:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Seems Wary of Ban on State Aid to Religious Schools; The case, concerning a tuition program in Maine, seemed likely to extend a winning streak at the court for parents seeking public funds for religious education”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court leans in favor of requiring taxpayer funding for some religious schools.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Hears Arguments on State Funds for Religious Schools; Case challenges Maine’s exclusion of religious schools from voucher program covering rural areas without public schools.”

John Fritze of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court conservatives skeptical of Maine policy that blocks state funding for religious schools.”

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Justices skeptical of Maine’s public education program that blocks religious schools.”

Megan Gray of The Portland Press Herald reports that “Supreme Court signals support of public tuition for religious schools in Maine case; The plaintiffs say a state program of tuition reimbursement — for students whose towns have no high school — unfairly discriminates against people based on their religious beliefs.”

Judy Harrison of The Bangor Daily News reports that “Legal experts think Maine is bound to lose its religious school funding case.”

And at Education Week, Mark Walsh has a report headlined “Religious Schools and State Aid: What to Glean From a Lively Supreme Court Argument.”

The U.S. Supreme Court has posted online the transcript and audio of today’s oral argument in Carson v. Makin, No. 20-1088.

Posted at 8:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court Faces a Voting Paradox”: Online at The New York Times, Peter Coy has an essay that begins, “There is a chance — not a likelihood, but a chance — that the decision the Supreme Court reaches on abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization will be confusing, inconsistent and even paradoxical.”

Posted at 4:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“The death penalty cases before the Supreme Court that could keep innocent people in prison; Arizona wants justices to make a ruling that would jeopardize our Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel”: Law professor Leah Litman has this essay online at NBC News.

Posted at 12:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“A would-be justice makes his Supreme Court debut”: Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Merrick Garland finally made his Supreme Court debut on Tuesday. Not in a justice’s black robe, but wearing the striped pants and jacket with tails reserved for government lawyers appearing before the court.”

Posted at 12:16 PM by Howard Bashman