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Wednesday, February 23, 2022

“Can Iowa require a 24-hour wait for abortions? State Supreme Court hears arguments.” Tony Leys of The Des Moines Register has this report.

Michaela Ramm of The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports that “Iowa Supreme Court hears arguments over 24-hour abortion waiting period; State asking court to overturn previous ruling that upheld fundamental right to abortion.”

David Pitt of The Associated Press reports that “Iowa justices reconsider state constitution’s abortion right.”

Rox Laird of Courthouse News Service reports that “Iowa Supreme Court takes new look at abortion rights; The state argued the court’s 2018 decision finding a fundamental right to abortion under the Iowa Constitution should be reversed.”

And Katarina Sostaric of Iowa Public Radio reports that “State asks Iowa Supreme Court to reverse 2018 abortion rights ruling.”

You can access the briefing in the case via this link.

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“How a 1990 law Biden helped pass gives us a clue about his SCOTUS pick; Then-Sen. Biden wanted judges to move faster on their case work; The plan he helped write may prove newly relevant”: Laura Barrón-López and Burgess Everett of Politico have this report.

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“Supreme Court Weighs Whether States May Defend a Trump Immigration Policy; After the Biden administration abandoned the policy, which tightened the ‘public charge’ rule for green card applicants, Republican-led states sought to intervene”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court considers whether Biden administration properly ditched Trump immigration rule.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Mulls Arizona Bid to Revive Trump Immigration Policy; Justices criticize Biden administration maneuver to cancel green card restrictions.”

The U.S. Supreme Court has posted online the transcript and audio of today’s oral argument in Arizona v. San Francisco, No. 20-1775.

Posted at 8:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Don’t like anti-discrimination laws? The Supreme Court wants to hear your case.” Columnist Paul Waldman has this essay online at The Washington Post.

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“Liberals circle the wagons around Ketanji Brown Jackson as Biden’s Supreme Court decision nears; A dozen progressive groups revealed their preferred candidate, without actually naming anyone, in a letter to the president”: Sahil Kapur of NBC News has this report.

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“Sarah Palin to seek new trial, ask for judge’s disqualification in NY Times case”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.

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“Congresswoman Wilson Sends Letter to President Biden in Support of Ketanji Brown Jackson as SCOTUS Nominee”: So states the title of a news release received via email from the office of U.S. Representative Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL) referencing this letter dated yesterday.

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“Why Obama didn’t nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court before Biden; Biden’s campaign promise to nominate the first Black woman came after several potential Black justices were passed over under Obama”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

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“Supreme Court weighs whether states may continue fight over Trump-era ‘public charge’ rule”: John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

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“Supreme Court Refuses To Review OC Topless Ban Challenge”: Shawn Soper of The Dispatch of Berlin, Maryland has this report.

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“Ketanji Brown Jackson’s candid 2007 take on Justice Clarence Thomas: ‘I don’t understand you’; The two could soon make history on the Supreme Court.” Lucien Bruggeman and Briana Stewart of ABC News have this report.

Posted at 12:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Arbitration, Pendent Appellate Jurisdiction, and Appealable ‘Orders’: In an appeal from an order refusing to compel arbitration on all claims, the Fourth Circuit split on whether it could use pendent appellate jurisdiction to review the order insofar as it directed arbitration on some of the claims.” Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog.

Posted at 11:50 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has picked a new congressional map; It’s a major decision for the court, and it will draw intense scrutiny”: Jonathan Lai of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

And Marc Levy and Mark Scolforo of The Associated Press report that “Pennsylvania high court picks new map of US House districts.”

You can access today’s 4-to-3 per curiam order, with opinions to follow, of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania at this link.

Posted at 11:38 AM by Howard Bashman



“Joe Biden’s Secret Constitutional Weapon: The striking history behind the president’s invocation of the Ninth Amendment.” Online at Politico Magazine, Ian Ward has an essay that begins, “In a meeting with the leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee in early February, President Joe Biden said he wanted a Supreme Court candidate with a judicial philosophy ‘that suggests that there are unenumerated rights in the Constitution, and all the amendments mean something, including the Ninth Amendment.'”

Posted at 8:52 AM by Howard Bashman



“The absurd Supreme Court case that could gut the EPA: Nothing is at stake in West Virginia v. EPA — yet somehow everything is at stake.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

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“The Supreme Court Just Teed Up a Direct Assault on Civil Rights Law; A constitutional revolution led by Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch has finally arrived”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

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“Biden Has History With Contentious Supreme Court Hearings. Now He’s Trying to Avoid One.” Jennifer Epstein of Bloomberg News has this report.

Posted at 8:36 AM by Howard Bashman