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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

“Supreme Court concerned county took too much from woman who owed taxes”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

John Fritze of USA Today has an article headlined “A 94-year-old grandmother lost her home. Should the government have profited from her setback?

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court feels pain of 94-year-old who lost condo to the county, which kept surplus from sale.”

And on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Supreme Court seems to tilt strongly toward grandmother in property rights case.”

Posted at 8:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court’s tone-deaf response to the Clarence Thomas corruption scandal; The justices unintentionally make the case for more ethics rules that bind the Supreme Court”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

And online at The Boston Globe, columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr has an essay titled “Americans must save the Supreme Court from its justices; A spate of revelations have laid bare the ways deep-pocketed conservative political activists have befriended, wined, dined, and jet-setted the justices in the court’s majority; Still, as calls for judicial ethics reforms mount, Roberts sees everything as fine.”

Posted at 8:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“What’s Going On with Samuel Alito? The Justice’s objection to the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in an abortion-pill case is another catalogue of his resentments.” Amy Davidson Sorkin has this Daily Comment online at The New Yorker.

Posted at 8:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“Should We Kick the Sleeping Dog? Reversing the Slaughter-House Cases may just lead to a reenactment of the problem we’re hoping to resolve.” Allen Mendenhall has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

Posted at 8:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Democratic bill would combat ‘judge shopping’ and keep national cases in D.C.” Jacqueline Thomsen of Reuters has this report.

Posted at 5:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“King Roberts: The chief justice’s latest trick to ward off oversight is the ploy of a royal, not a judge.” Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 5:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Wary of Windfall in Seizure of Condo for Unpaid Taxes; The justices considered the constitutionality of letting states keep all the proceeds of the sale of confiscated property even when they far exceed the taxpayer’s debt”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

The U.S. Supreme Court has posted online the transcript and the audio of today’s oral argument in Tyler v. Hennepin County, No. 22-166.

Posted at 4:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Flouts Congress and Public Calls for Ethics Code”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson and Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law have this report.

Posted at 3:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court Is Struggling to Distinguish Fantasy From Reality; A case about stalking has morphed into one about free speech — with potentially dangerous results”: Law professors Evelyn Douek and Genevieve Lakier have this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 2:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“A record medical malpractice verdict goes against the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; The $187 million verdict against UPenn Hospital topped a previous record of $100 million, set in 2000”: Harold Brubaker of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

And Aleeza Furman of The Legal Intelligencer reports that “Jury Hits Penn Medicine With Record $182.7M Verdict; The award is Pennsylvania’s largest-ever medical-malpractice verdict, based on VerdictSearch data.”

Posted at 1:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘Immense And Needless Suffering’: Idaho’s Abortion Ban Is Creating A Crisis Of Care; The threat of prison time under Idaho’s near-total abortion ban is forcing providers to leave the state — and pregnant people are paying the price.” Alanna Vagianos of HuffPost has this report.

Posted at 10:48 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court weighs ‘home equity theft’ dispute; The court considers whether to allow local governments and sometimes private companies to keep profits when properties are seized for a failure to pay taxes”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.

Andrew Chung and John Kruzel of Reuters report that “US Supreme Court mulls legality of a state’s property tax ‘windfall.’

And on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Grandma didn’t pay taxes. Now her house is focus of property rights test case.”

Posted at 10:47 AM by Howard Bashman



“Senators to Introduce Bipartisan Bill Mandating Code of Ethics for Supreme Court; Angus King and Lisa Murkowski co-sponsor legislation following media reports on two justices’ finances”: Lindsay Wise and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

Posted at 10:40 AM by Howard Bashman