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Sunday, November 20, 2022

“Senior Democratic lawmakers demand answers on alleged Supreme Court leak; Whitehouse and Johnson warn chief justice that if he won’t investigate, Congress will”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

Posted at 11:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court rules in favour of lowering voting age to 16 in case by ‘Make it 16’ group”: Vita Molyneux of The New Zealand Herald has this report.

And Tess McClure of The Guardian (UK) has an article headlined “Voting age of 18 is discriminatory, New Zealand supreme court rules; Campaign to lower voting age to 16 secures what it called a historic victory after judges rule human rights of young people are being breached.”

You can access Monday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of New Zealand at this link.

Posted at 8:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“Allegation of Supreme Court Breach Prompts Renewed Calls for Ethics Code; A minister’s claim that a major contraception decision had been prematurely disclosed through a secretive influence campaign underscored the court’s lack of transparency and accountability”: Jodi Kantor of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 8:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judicial Notice (11.19.22): Another SCOTUS Leak? Trump gets a special counsel, a top law firm scores a billion-dollar win, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

Posted at 5:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Alito denies allegation of a leak in a 2014 case about access to birth control; The allegation comes six months after POLITICO’s publication of the Alito-authored draft ruling that overturned precedent guaranteeing a constitutional right to abortion”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

Posted at 10:14 AM by Howard Bashman