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Monday, October 11, 2021

“What the Front Line of the U.S. Abortion Fight in Kentucky Looks Like Now: From a new Texas law to the gantlet outside a Kentucky clinic, abortion rights are under attack in the U.S.; The Supreme Court may have the final word.” Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

Posted at 9:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“John Roberts is no longer the leader of his own court. Who, then, controls it? Chief justice no longer sits in supreme court’s ideological center and has lost the power to cast the deciding vote in any ruling.” Stephanie Kirchgaessner of The Guardian (UK) has this report.

Posted at 9:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“He was high on magic mushrooms when he killed his father. Can he use ‘extreme intoxication’ as a defense?” Amanda Coletta of The Washington Post has this report.

Earlier, Leah McLaren had an article in Maclean’s headlined “Does Thomas Chan belong in prison? At 19, he killed his father while high on drugs; His case is headed to the Supreme Court in one of the most polarizing legal challenges in a generation.”

This case will be orally argued tomorrow before the Supreme Court of Canada.

Posted at 8:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Eleventh Circuit Chief Judge Isn’t Talking About New Clerk Mired in Controversy Over Racist Rant; The controversy brings up questions about the court’s vetting process for judicial clerks; But Chief Judge William Pryor is not answering them”: Katheryn Hayes Tucker of The Fulton County (Ga.) Daily Report has this coverage.

Posted at 4:51 PM by Howard Bashman



“Stash-House Stings Carry Real Penalties for Fake Crimes; The undercover operations seem like entrapment, but their targets can receive long sentences — sometimes even harsher than those for genuine crimes”: Rachel Poser has this American Chronicles article in the October 18, 2021 issue of The New Yorker.

Posted at 4:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Alito, Texas Abortion and the Shadow Docket: Déjà vu All Over Again?” Austin Sarat and Dennis Aftergut have this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.

Posted at 1:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Social Media Regulation, The Limits of Originalism, and the Supreme Court’s Obsession with Free Speech”: Eric Segall has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

Posted at 1:17 PM by Howard Bashman