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Tuesday, September 21, 2021

“The Texas abortion law is a human rights crisis for American women”: Uma Thurman has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 9:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Lawsuits Filed Against Texas Doctor Could Be Best Tests of Abortion Law; Legal experts said two lawsuits filed this week might test the constitutionality of the Texas law more than federal challenges by abortion providers and the Justice Department”: Ruth Graham, Adam Liptak, and J. David Goodman of The New York Times have this report.

Posted at 9:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump Campaign Knew Lawyers’ Voting Machine Claims Were Baseless, Memo Shows; Days before lawyers allied with Donald Trump gave a news conference promoting election conspiracy theories, his campaign had determined that many of those claims were false, court filings reveal”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 5:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Texas’ near-total abortion ban caps a decadeslong war by conservative legislators to block access to the procedure; Getting an abortion in Texas has become more difficult than anywhere else in the nation”: Neelam Bohra of The Texas Tribune has this report.

Posted at 5:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Biden Puts Another Former Public Defender Onto A U.S. Appeals Court; Veronica Rossman is now one of just eight U.S. appeals court judges with experience representing people who couldn’t afford an attorney”: Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.

Posted at 5:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. Supreme Court Adopts Hybrid Argument Format for New Term”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Posted at 5:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Brief History of Sam Alito Hating Public-Sector Unions; Nearly a decade ago, Justice Alito began inviting conservative activist groups to bring lawsuits that would hollow out workers’ rights; They responded”: Jenny Hunter has this post at Balls and Strikes.

Posted at 1:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“How Sandra Day O’Connor’s Western Ethos Guided Her Supreme Court Tenure: The retired justice was born in El Paso and attended school there as a child but was especially shaped by her years on her family’s Arizona ranch.” Texas Standard has posted online this interview with Michelle Ferrari, who wrote and directed the new PBS American Experience documentary titled “Sandra Day O’Connor: The First.”

Posted at 8:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“To protect the supreme court’s legitimacy, a conservative justice should step down; If presidents do not get to replace justices in an election year, then Coney Barrett’s confirmation is illegitimate; if presidents do, then Gorsuch’s is illegitimate; You can’t have it both ways”: Professor Lawrence Douglas has this essay online at The Guardian (UK).

Posted at 8:35 AM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Dept. Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Roe v. Wade; The department also sought permission to present oral arguments in December when the court hears a case challenging Mississippi’s restrictive abortion law”: Katie Benner of The New York Times has this report.

You can access the federal government’s amicus brief at this link.

Posted at 8:30 AM by Howard Bashman