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Tuesday, June 15, 2021

“I’ve urged Supreme Court justices to stick around — but never to retire. Until now.” Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 7:13 PM by Howard Bashman



“Kemp gets six finalists for upcoming Georgia Supreme Court vacancy”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.

Posted at 7:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“Progressives urge Supreme Court Justice Breyer to step down and allow Biden to fill seat”: Jennifer Haberkorn of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Posted at 7:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Xitronix Sequel? Walker Process & Patent Jurisdiction; The Federal Circuit might have started another game of jurisdictional hot potato over appeals involving Walker Process claims.” Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog.

Posted at 6:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“A leading voting rights expert is among Biden’s new round of judicial nominees”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this report.

And Maeve Sheehey of Politico reports that “Biden nominates five new court candidates amid Democrats’ urgency; This announcement comes amid a push by Senate Democrats to fill vacancies on the federal bench.”

Today, the White House issued a news release titled “President Biden Announces 4th Slate of Judicial Nominations.”

Posted at 1:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“GirlsDoPorn actor sentenced to 20 years for sex trafficking, conspiracy; Authorities say company tricked young women into performing sex acts on camera”: Teri Figueroa of The San Diego Union-Tribune has this report.

Matthew Gault and Emanuel Maiberg of Vice News report that “Girls Do Porn Performer Is Going to Jail for 20 Years; Ruben Andre Garcia, the performer in Girls Do Porn videos, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to ‘conspiracy to commit sex trafficking’ and ‘sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion.’

And Bianca Bruno of Courthouse News Service reports that “GirlsDoPorn Actor-Recruiter Sentenced to 20 Years in Human Trafficking Scheme; The largest courtroom in the Southern District of California felt like a sorority meeting Monday, as one by one young women coerced into filming videos for GirlsDoPorn gave a tongue-lashing to the porn actor who trafficked them.”

Posted at 1:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Death penalty should be reinstated for Tsarnaev in Boston Marathon bombings case, Biden administration tells US Supreme Court”: John R. Ellement of The Boston Globe has this report.

Alanna Durkin Richer of The Associated Press reports that “US urges court to reimpose Boston bomber’s death sentence.”

Ronn Blitzer of Fox News reports that “Biden admin asks Supreme Court to reinstate death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev; A court of appeals had vacated Tsarnaev’s death sentence.”

And John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “DOJ asks Supreme Court to revive Boston Marathon bomber death sentence.”

You can access the federal government’s opening U.S. Supreme Court merits brief at this link.

Posted at 1:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“The one Biden priority Democrats are confident they can get done: Now that the Senate has confirmed most of Biden’s Cabinet, Democrats are turning their focus to judges.” Marianne LeVine of Politico has this report.

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“Supreme Court puts off decision on reviewing Harvard race-conscious admissions system”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Brent Kendall and Melissa Korn have an article headlined “Supreme Court Seeks Biden Administration Views on Harvard Admissions Policies; The high court is weighing whether to hear a legal challenge alleging the school discriminated against Asian-American applicants.”

In today’s edition of The Boston Globe, Deirdre Fernandes reports that “Supreme Court asks Biden administration for view on Harvard affirmative action case.”

Vivi E. Lu and Dekyi T. Tsotsong of The Harvard Crimson report that “Supreme Court Delays Decision on Reviewing Harvard Admissions Lawsuit.”

And Alexandra Jones of Courthouse News Service has a report headlined “Inviting Government Input, Justices Push Off Harvard Admissions Fight; Only months after Biden’s Justice Department abandoned the prior administration’s opposition to race considerations in student admissions, it is being asked now to weigh in on a case against Harvard.”

Posted at 6:12 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Rejects Sentence Reductions for Minor Crack Offenses; The otherwise unanimous decision featured a sharp exchange over the history of a 1986 law that established large sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes has an article headlined “Supreme Court says law does not allow new sentences for all crack convictions.”

In today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage has an article headlined “Supreme Court rules sentence-reduction laws for crack cocaine don’t help all convicts.”

In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin has an article headlined “Supreme Court Unanimously Draws Limit on Drug-Sentencing Relief Law; Justices hold that 2018 law provides no relief to offenders whose crimes don’t carry mandatory minimum sentences.”

John Fritze of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court rejects retroactive sentence reductions for small amounts of crack cocaine.”

And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court rules low-level crack cocaine convicts don’t get new sentences under First Step Act.”

Posted at 6:00 AM by Howard Bashman