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21 Feb 2017, 3:18 am by Edith Roberts
At his eponymous blog, Ross Runkel discusses McLane, noting that the case “is an odd duck because both parties agree that the 9th Circuit got the law wrong, and the Court had to appoint an amicus curiae to present arguments in favor of the 9th Circuit’s position. [read post]
7 Feb 2017, 1:08 pm by Michael Gerhardt
Nearly 20 presidents during election years, including several lame ducks, have made Supreme Court appointments, including President Reagan in 1988. [read post]
6 Feb 2017, 6:12 am by Joy Yusi
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 6, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter:At least five judges block Trump’s immigration order; more than 4,000 lawyers volunteerJustice Dept. won't defend executive order on travel ban Why some conservatives fear Donald Trump is about to betray them on the Supreme CourtEmployee or Contractor? [read post]
1 Feb 2017, 2:43 pm by Andrew Hamm
On Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch of the U.S. [read post]
23 Jan 2017, 9:55 am by David Kravets
That's when congressional leaders told the White House that it would no longer consider entering the pact with a lame-duck president. [read post]
22 Jan 2017, 11:52 am by John Floyd
There has been much media attention given to possible conflicts of interest President Donald Trump will encounter as he serves the interests of the American people while simultaneously serving the interests of his business brand. [read post]
19 Jan 2017, 7:05 am by Ilya Somin
These too are holes that Donald Trump – or some other future president – could potentially drive a truck through. [read post]
16 Jan 2017, 10:10 am by Eric Goldman
” * “Trump’s regular use of Twitter to circulate his positions and skewer his opponents and others who criticize him” (citing the New York Times article The 289 People, Places and Things Donald Trump Has Insulted on Twitter: A Complete List) [read post]
11 Jan 2017, 7:39 am by Lovechilde
  (See The Audacity of a Lame Duck)Jesus, Barry, the Republican Party undermined much of your presidency, culminating in a stolen Supreme Court seat. [read post]
2 Jan 2017, 7:53 am by Steve Lubet
Among other problems, gerrymandered House delegations could vote against the majority vote-getter in their states, defeated and lame-duck representatives would still get to vote, and states with evenly divided Congressional delegations would often be unable to vote at all. [read post]
27 Dec 2016, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
In 1801, the lame-duck Federalist Congress passed and the lame-duck President John Adams signed the infamous “midnight judges” bill. [read post]
22 Dec 2016, 6:13 am by Eugene Kontorovich
For years, there has been mounting speculation, fueled by the administration itself, that President Obama would use his lame-duck period in office for a major anti-Israel action, probably by not providing the customary U.S. veto to such resolutions. [read post]
17 Dec 2016, 2:50 pm by Douglas A. Berman
 Republicans had mulled confirming some judges if Hillary Clinton had won, GOP sources said before the election, but since Trump prevailed Republicans believed there was little reason to do any judicial confirmations in the lame duck. [read post]
30 Nov 2016, 11:20 am by Lovechilde
  But between now and the inauguration, unless the recounts in three states disclose something explosive enough to undermine the legitimacy of the election, it is largely up to Obama to mitigate some of the disastrous effects of the transition even as a so-called lame duck and even if it would go against his preternatural faith in the power of our governmental norms and in the humanity and good will of others -- including, apparently, Donald Trump. [read post]
21 Nov 2016, 1:38 pm by Michael Markarian
We knew before the election that Donald Trump’s agricultural advisory committee included a long list of extraordinarily strident voices against animal welfare. [read post]
17 Nov 2016, 5:14 am by Michael Geist
Donald Trump’s surprise U.S. presidential election victory promises to result in an overhaul of U.S. trade policy, including the immediate end of support for the Trans Pacific Partnership, the controversial trade pact involving 12 Pacific countries including Canada, the U.S., and Japan. [read post]
15 Nov 2016, 3:29 am by SHG
The only proper response from progressives today must be that Donald Trump is a lame-duck president with only four years left in his term, and we must let the people decide the next justice for the Supreme Court. [read post]
13 Nov 2016, 5:46 pm by Kevin LaCroix
There are nominations pending for some of these vacancies, but the likelihood of any lame-duck Senate action on the pending nominations seems remote. [read post]