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Friday, August 6, 2021

“Rehnquist’s Reservations and the Future of Roe; Justice Rehnquist’s dissent provides a possible roadmap for the Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization“: Richard W. Garnett has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

Posted at 8:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Can the Ivy League continue to ban athletic scholarships? A Supreme Court ruling has some wondering. Two Penn grads, both attorneys, wrote to the league connecting the ban on scholarships to a denial of education-related benefits.” Mike Jensen of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

Posted at 8:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Covid-19 Threatens to Blow Up Law Firms’ Intense Office Culture — for Good; Lawyers have spent more time in the office than many other professionals during the pandemic; Now they’re demanding more work from home”: Te-Ping Chen will have this article in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 7:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why I’m Suing Over My Employer’s Vaccine Mandate: I have natural immunity, so there’s no justification for a coercive violation of my bodily autonomy.” Law professor Todd Zywicki will have this op-ed in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 7:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“Georgia Supreme Court returns to remote hearings amid COVID-19 surge”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an article that begins, “With delta variant COVID-19 cases surging, the Georgia Supreme Court has scrapped plans to have in-person oral arguments later this month. Instead, the court’s arguments scheduled for Aug. 24-26 will be conducted remotely.”

You can view yesterday’s announcement of the Supreme Court of Georgia at this link.

Posted at 4:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Oklahoma attorney general urges Supreme Court to overturn McGirt”: Chris Casteel of The Oklahoman has this report. Kannon K. Shanmugam appears as counsel of record for Oklahoma on the cert. petition.

In related coverage, Chris Casteel of The Oklahoman also has an article headlined “Patrick Dwayne Murphy, whose case led to McGirt decision, found guilty in federal court.”

In today’s edition of The Tulsa World, Curtis Killman has a front page article headlined “One of first cases overturned on tribal jurisdiction grounds results in federal conviction.”

And Sean Murphy of The Associated Press reports that “Man whose case led to landmark ruling reconvicted by feds.”

Posted at 3:11 PM by Howard Bashman



Access online the contents of the new issue of the Journal of Appellate Practice and Process: Via this link.

According to the email I received, “[t]his double-length special issue is dedicated to what lawyers and judges can do to help ease our country’s deep divisions along racial, ethnic, religious, political, and socio-economic lines.”

Posted at 2:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Biden told White House chief to seek Harvard legal scholar’s guidance, leading to reversal on evictions; Ron Klain consulted with Laurence Tribe about the legality of a new eviction moratorium, helping to bring about a dramatic White House pivot”: Jeff Stein has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 12:34 PM by Howard Bashman