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Friday, September 22, 2023

“The Supreme Court May Overturn the Error That Made Major League Baseball Rich; A pair of minor league clubs are asking the court to reverse the league’s lucrative 101-year-old antitrust exemption”: Matt Ford of The New Republic has this report.

Posted at 2:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“Former justices see no legitimate reason to impeach Janet Protasiewicz”: Janine Geske and Louis Butler have this essay online at The Wisconsin State Journal.

Posted at 1:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Georgia Fake Electors Scheme: What Does Legal and Political History Tell Us About These Charges?” John G. Malcolm has this post at the “FedSoc Blog.”

Posted at 1:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Anti-affirmative action group, emboldened by US Supreme Court, targets scholarships”: Joseph Ax of Reuters has this report.

Posted at 1:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events; Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court”: Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott, and Alex Mierjeski of ProPublica have this report.

Posted at 1:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Suspended US appeals judge warns her treatment could erode confidence in judiciary”: Blake Brittain and Nate Raymond of Reuters have this report.

Posted at 1:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Conversation with Justice Elena Kagan”: Notre Dame Law School will stream this event live on YouTube starting at 2:30 p.m. eastern time today.

Posted at 1:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“Coerced, censored, shut down: How will Supreme Court manage social media’s toxic sludge? From a city manager who blocked critics on Facebook to claims that the White House sought to have posts taken down, the Supreme Court’s upcoming term could be a viral one for social media.” John Fritze and Jessica Guynn of USA Today have this report.

And in commentary, online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “The Supreme Court showdown over social media ‘censorship,’ explained; A rogue federal court effectively put the Republican Party in charge of social media, and now the justices have to deal with this mess.”

Posted at 1:14 PM by Howard Bashman