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Wednesday, January 19, 2022

“Biden Misread the Supreme Court’s Ruling Against the OSHA Vaccine Rule; The court did not foreclose robust new workplace vaccination standards, nor bless the radical right’s blueprint for annihilating the ‘administrative state'”: Simon Lazarus has this essay online at The New Republic.

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“License Plates, Flagpoles, and Editorial Discretion: On government curation and government speech.” Stephen E. Sachs has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 9:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“No Pseudonymity in Yale Law School DinnerPartyGate Lawsuit”: Eugene Volokh has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 8:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“In Rebuke to Trump, Supreme Court Won’t Block Release of Jan. 6 Files; The case was a constitutional clash on the scope of executive privilege and whether a former president may invoke it when the current one has waived it”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court rejects Trump’s request to withhold Jan. 6 materials from House committee investigating Capitol riot.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court rejects Trump’s plea to shield White House records from House inquiry.”

And Jess Bravin, Brent Kendall, and Byron Tau of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Bid to Withhold Documents Related to Jan. 6 Probe; Former president claimed executive privilege over evidence sought by congressional investigation into Capitol attack.”

You can access this evening’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

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“Supreme Court hears arguments on campaign finance law, issues statement on NPR report”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

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“Roberts, Sotomayor and Gorsuch Address Reports of Conflicts Over Masks; Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who has diabetes, has been participating in Supreme Court arguments remotely; Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, her seatmate, is the only member of the court who does not wear a mask”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 7:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Which Is the Worst Federal Appeals Court, and Why Is It the Fifth Circuit? A court stacked with far-right Trump goons has gone completely off the rails.” Lisa Needham has this post at Balls and Strikes.

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“Sotomayor says she did not ask Gorsuch to wear a mask on the Supreme Court bench”: Roberg Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Gorsuch, Sotomayor Counter Reports of Covid-19 Mask Tiff; Supreme Court justices say ‘we are warm colleagues and friends.’

John Fritze of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court Justices Sotomayor, Gorsuch push back on reports of dispute over mask wearing.”

Kimberly Robinson and Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News report that “The Debate Over Masks Reaches the Halls of the U.S. Supreme Court.”

Brian Flood of Fox News reports that “Sotomayor, Gorsuch dispute NPR report about masking feud in joint statement: ‘It is false; ‘While we may sometimes disagree about the law, we are warm colleagues and friends,’ Sotomayor and Gorsuch said.”

And at National Review’s “Bench Memos” blog, Christopher Mills has a post titled “Clearing Up Misreporting about Justice Gorsuch and Masks.”

Posted at 1:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Biden nominates federal public defender to be the first woman of color on the appellate court based in Philadelphia; Arianna J. Freeman, if confirmed, would join an appellate bench that oversees cases in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and the Virgin Islands”: Jonathan Tamari and Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.

Today, the White House issued a news release titled “President Biden Names Thirteenth Round of Judicial Nominees.”

Posted at 1:05 PM by Howard Bashman