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Friday, September 10, 2021

“Breyer’s airbrushed portrayal of the judicial process”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 9:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Texas Abortion Law Sleeper Issue: It Limits Access to Counsel.” Leah Godesky and Kendall Turner have this essay online at Bloomberg Law.

Posted at 7:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“Tennessee’s strict new abortion law will remain blocked, federal appeals court rules”: Mariah Timms of The Tennessean has this report.

Jonathan Matisse of The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court blocks Tennessee Down syndrome abortion ban.”

Celine Castronuovo of The Hill reports that “Federal appeals court rules against Tennessee abortion bans.”

Rosana Hughes of Courthouse News Service reports that “Sixth Circuit upholds block of Tennessee abortion ban; The appeals court affirmed an injunction blocking a law that bans abortion after six weeks or if the procedure is motivated by the fetus’ sex, race or a Down syndrome diagnosis.”

And at Law & Crime, Elura Nanos has a post titled “Circuit Judge Who Was on Trump’s SCOTUS Shortlist Reluctantly Blocks Tennessee Abortion Law, But Urges High Court to Overturn ‘Wrong’ Roe v. Wade Precedent.”

You can access today’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 7:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal judge who faced psych exam over ‘antisocial’ behavior says order was unconstitutional; U.S. District Judge John R. Adams must convince the D.C. Circuit that his reputation remains bruised, even after a psychiatric evaluation found no diagnosable mental disorder and the Judicial Council put the case to bed”: Samantha Hawkins of Courthouse New Service has this report.

And Jacqueline Thomsen of The National Law Journal reports that “Ketanji Brown Jackson, in DC Circuit Start, Questions Whether to Revive a Judge’s Lawsuit Over Ordered Psych Exam; Jackson, recently confirmed to the D.C. Circuit, was on a panel considering whether to allow a federal judge to sue over a misconduct finding that included a requirement he undergo a psychiatric examination.”

You can access the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit via this link.

Posted at 2:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Biden Administration’s Latest Slate Of Judicial Nominees; Will judges end up being President Biden’s greatest accomplishment while in office?” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

Posted at 2:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Defying the Supreme Court is in fashion, and Democrats love it”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 2:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Some Not Very Focused Preliminary Thoughts About the Shadow Docket (But Leading Up to Some Fundamentals about Constitutional Law)”: Mark Tushnet has this post at the “Balkinization” blog.

Posted at 8:50 AM by Howard Bashman