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Friday, May 26, 2023

“Indiana Dr. Caitlin Bernard violated girl’s privacy in abortion case, medical board finds”: Johnny Magdaleno of The Indianapolis Star has this report. In addition, Magdaleno and Brittany Carloni of The Indianapolis Star have a report headlined “‘Chilling effect’: National experts decry decision against abortion doctor Caitlin Bernard.”

And Kim Bellware and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff of The Washington Post report that “Indiana board fines doctor for discussing rape victim’s abortion.”

Posted at 8:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Preserving Legal Issues via Denied Summary-Judgment Motions; The Supreme Court held that a denied summary-judgment motion is sufficient to preserve a purely legal issue, even if the case proceeds to trial”: Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog.

Posted at 8:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Gorsuch, Jackson Form Unusual Alliance Against Government Power; Conservative and liberal team up in four cases; Pairings show an aligned interest, legal scholars say”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Posted at 1:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“Confusion on abortion, mistrust in US Supreme Court followed Dobbs decision, survey finds”: Deidre McPhillips of CNN has this report.

Posted at 1:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Term Update: We Haven’t Seen This in Over 25 Years.” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

Posted at 12:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“John Eastman asks Supreme Court to wipe away ruling that said evidence showed that he and Trump may have been plotting a crime”: Tierney Sneed of CNN has this report. You can view the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

Posted at 12:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Maryland Supreme Court halts Adnan Syed’s murder conviction reinstatement; The justices prevented an appellate court ruling that reinstated the conviction from taking effect at least temporarily, while they mull whether to take up the case”: Omari Daniels of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 12:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Could a Supreme Court ruling on animal welfare help anti-abortion states target California?” Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

Posted at 12:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court gift list: Paintings, guns, and a sculpture of a hand; As Congress ramps up scrutiny of gift disclosures, here are some of the unusual items that justices have reported receiving in the past two decades.” James Romoser of Politico has this report.

Posted at 12:45 PM by Howard Bashman