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Saturday, December 31, 2022

“Abortion ruling sends law schools scrambling, constitutional law teachings now out-of-step”: Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times have this report.

Posted at 8:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“In Year-End Report, Chief Justice Roberts Addresses Threats to Judges’ Safety; The report, an annual tradition, shed no light on the investigation into the leak of a draft opinion in May or on calls for more rigorous ethics rules for the justices”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Chief justice ignores controversial Supreme Court term in annual report.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts Says Justices Shouldn’t ‘Live in Fear’; Annual year-end report on the high court stresses importance of rule of law.”

Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Chief justice: Judges’ safety ‘essential’ to court system.”

Richard Cowan of Reuters reports that “Judicial security focus of U.S. Chief Justice Roberts’ annual report.”

Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg News reports that “Chief Justice Roberts Emphasizes Judges’ Safety in Annual Report.”

And Mark Walsh of Education Week reports that “Supreme Court to Highlight Little Rock, Desegregation History in Exhibit to Open Next Fall.”

You can access Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.’s “2022 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary” at this link.

Posted at 8:17 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals Court Upholds Florida School Board’s Transgender Bathroom Policy; Decision rejects legal challenge by transgender student and potentially sets stage for Supreme Court review”: Laura Kusisto of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court upholds Florida high school’s transgender bathroom ban.”

Patrick Dorrian of Bloomberg Law reports that “Transgender Bathroom Ban Doesn’t Discriminate, Court Holds.”

Jim Saunders of News Service of Florida reports that “Appeals court backs Florida school district in transgender bathroom fight.”

And Brad Kutner and Michael A. Mora have a report headlined “US Courts Divided: 11th Circuit Breaks Precedent on Transgender Bathroom Access; The 150-page opinion stands in contrast to the U.S. Second, Fourth, Seventh, and Ninth circuits, which all found transgender students can access restrooms in line with their gender identity.”

You can access yesterday’s 7-to-4 en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

Posted at 1:16 PM by Howard Bashman