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Saturday, July 2, 2022

“A firm’s split with its star gun-case lawyer shows what ails the left”: Columnist Megan McArdle has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 10:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Conservative Supreme Court Has Arrived: From abortion and religion to guns and administrative law, ‘I don’t think Justice Thomas has ever had a better term,’ leading appellate litigator Paul Clement says.” Nicholas Tomaino has this essay in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 10:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Marshal Asks Officials to End Protests at Justices’ Homes; One official criticized the request, saying that the federal government was primarily responsible for ensuring the safety of justices and their families”: Aishvarya Kavi of The New York Times has this report.

Jasmine Hilton and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court marshal asks Md., Va. leaders to stop home protests.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court marshal asks Maryland, Virginia officials to protect justices’ homes.”

Ariane de Vogue and Veronica Stracqualursi of CNN report that “Marshal of the Supreme Court asks Maryland and Virginia officials to enforce anti-picketing laws.”

And Andrew Mark Miller and Shannon Bream of Fox News report that “Maryland, Virginia govs respond to letter from Supreme Court marshal calling on them to protect justices; Maryland’s and Virginia’s governors called on AG Garland to ‘do his job.’

Posted at 9:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court conservative majority flexed its muscle on God, guns, abortion, climate change”: Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times have this report.

Posted at 9:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“With sweep and speed, Supreme Court’s conservatives ignite a new era; The term that ended this week is eliciting comparisons to the most striking in the high court’s 233-year history”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 9:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump hires former 9th Circuit judge Kozinski for Twitter court fight”: Jacqueline Thomsen and Mike Scarcella of Reuters have this report.

Posted at 9:27 PM by Howard Bashman



“America gets first taste of an originalist Supreme Court; Experts and justices alike are critiquing the conservative majority for an uneven application of their judicial philosophy”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

Posted at 9:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“US Supreme Court’s Tumultuous Term Ends With Guns, Roe and Protests; Conservative majority flexed its muscle with sweeping rulings; Legal landscape shifts on regulation, religion, other issues”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

Posted at 9:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Abortion illegal in Texas again: Texas Supreme Court blocks order that allowed abortions to resume.” Madlin Mekelburg of The Austin American-Statesman has this report.

And Zach Despart of The Texas Tribune reports that “Texas can enforce 1925 abortion ban, state Supreme Court says; The ruling Friday night exposes abortion providers to fines and lawsuits even before the state’s trigger law goes into effect.”

You can view yesterday’s order of the Supreme Court of Texas at this link.

Posted at 3:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court case voting rights experts say could bring ‘chaos’ to elections; The high court agreed to take up a North Carolina redistricting case as Republicans seek to remove a major check on the power of partisans to reshape election rules”: Jane C. Timm of NBC News has this report.

Posted at 3:43 PM by Howard Bashman