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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

“Let’s Unpack the Latest Islamophobic Smear of Biden Judicial Nominee Adeel Mangi; A right-wing attack ad on Third Circuit nominee Adeel Mangi says he has ‘refused’ to condemn terrorism; Let’s check the record of what actually happened!” Madiba K. Dennie has this post at Balls and Strikes.

Posted at 8:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Rules for Georgia Man on Double Jeopardy Claim”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Ryan Knappenberger and Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service report that “Supreme Court says Georgia can’t retry mentally ill man who killed his mother; The high court said that despite an unusual split verdict, Georgia could not bring another trial against Damian McElrath because doing so would violate the double jeopardy clause.”

At “SCOTUSblog,” Ronald Mann has a post titled “Double jeopardy clause bars Georgia from retrying man acquitted by reason of insanity.”

And in commentary, online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a Jurisprudence essay titled “Turns Out It’s Really Useful to Have a Former Public Defender on the Supreme Court.”

Posted at 8:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Law Clerk’s Memories of the Late Justices O’Connor and Ginsburg; In 2008, Justice O’Connor invited Isaac Lidsky to be one of her law clerks, and Justice Ginsburg gave him a clerkship, too.;He had an experience that year he will never forget”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.”

Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Perpetual Monopoly”: At the “Balkinization” blog, Jill Lepore has a guest post that begins, “In May 1923, weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Adkins v. Children’s Hospital, the nation’s leading labor reformer, the lawyer Florence Kelley, called for an overhaul of the federal judiciary. She wanted to put women on the bench.”

Also at that blog, Thomas P. Schmidt has a guest post titled “Building the Court.”

Posted at 1:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Alito’s Hypocritical and Question-Begging Dissent in the Fairfax County Magnet School Case”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

Posted at 12:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justices Side With Insurers in Rare Fight Over Yacht Policy; Case revolves around federal maritime vs state insurance law; Key maritime players have been closely watching case”: Daphne Zhang of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Posted at 12:06 PM by Howard Bashman



Access today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: Justice Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in McElrath v. Georgia, No. 22-721. You can access the oral argument via this link.

And Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the Court in Great Lakes Ins. SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., No. 22-500. Justice Clarence Thomas issued a concurring opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

Posted at 10:03 AM by Howard Bashman