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Monday, August 28, 2023

“How Schools Flout the Supreme Court’s Affirmative-Action Ruling; A Virginia high school uses race proxies to lower the number of Asian-Americans”: Columnist William McGurn will have this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 9:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court OKs ‘common benefit’ fees in Bard IVC filter litigation. Next stop Supreme Court?” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.

Posted at 9:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“42. The Switch in Time That Saved Nine: The conventional view is that FDR’s 1937 ‘court-packing’ plan failed; But his attacks on the Supreme Court may have had a lot to do with one of the most consequential doctrinal shifts in its history.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

Posted at 10:30 AM by Howard Bashman



“Judicial Notice (08.26.23): This Means War; Trump’s latest celebrity lawyer, lawsuits against three top Biglaw firms, another Cravath partner departure, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

Posted at 10:22 AM by Howard Bashman



“Progressive Prejudice Against the Judiciary; Now the left goes after conferences attended by conservative judges—and our columnist Kimberley Strassel”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 9:58 AM by Howard Bashman