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Early Edition: December 1, 2022
1 Dec 2022, 4:24 am by Emma Snell
Pete Aguilar (CA) was elected as chair of the party caucus. [read post]
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Profile of a potential nominee: Leondra Kruger
26 Jan 2022, 11:11 am by Amy Howe
During law school, Kruger spent one summer as an intern for the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles and a second summer as a summer associate at Munger, Tolles & Olson. [read post]
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“Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Affirmative Action at Harvard and U.N.C.; The court’s new conservative supermajority may be skeptical of admissions programs that take account of race to foster educational diversity”
24 Jan 2022, 4:48 pm by Howard Bashman
” Tyler Olson of Fox News reports that “Supreme Court to hear cases against Harvard, UNC, for alleged admissions discrimination; Schools accused of discrimination against Asian Americans. [read post]
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“Supreme Court Allows Challenge to Texas Abortion Law but Leaves It in Effect; The law, which bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, was drafted to evade review in federal court and has been in effect since September”
10 Dec 2021, 8:25 pm by Howard Bashman
” Tyler Olson of Fox News reports that “Supreme Court lets challenge to Texas abortion law proceed, allows law to remain in effect; Ruling comes as Supreme Court considers major Mississippi abortion case, too. [read post]
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“Supreme Court Seems Ready to Restore Death Sentence for Boston Marathon Bomber; The Biden administration has pursued the case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in spite of its own moratorium on capital punishment”
13 Oct 2021, 6:20 pm by Howard Bashman
” Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court appears likely to allow death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber; The Justice Department is defending Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence, which a federal appeals court overturned last year. [read post]
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Simplifying the Tax Code and Reducing the Tax Gap: What Can Be Achieved?
28 Jul 2021, 3:50 am by Kevin Kaufman
Table of Contents Key Findings Introduction What Is the Tax Gap and What Proposals Are Available? [read post]
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“Supreme Court Limits Reach of Federal Law on Computer Crime; In a 6-to-3 decision featuring unusual alliances, the court said it was wary of interpreting the law to allow commonplace conduct to be prosecuted”
3 Jun 2021, 5:50 pm by Howard Bashman
” Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court limits reach of computer crime law; The court said the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act does not cover people who ‘have improper motives for obtaining the information that is otherwise available to them. [read post]
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“Supreme Court declines to revisit precedent that restricts lawsuits from service members”
3 May 2021, 5:04 pm by Howard Bashman
” Tyler Olson of Fox News reports that “Thomas dissents in military rape case, says Supreme Court should allow military members to sue government; Thomas slammed ’70-year-old precedent that is demonstrably wrong’ barring woman from suing after rape. [read post]
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“A Lively Supreme Court Argument Over a Cheerleader’s Vulgar Rant; The justices struggled to determine how the First Amendment applies to public schools’ power to punish students for social media posts and other off-campus speech”
29 Apr 2021, 7:08 am by Howard Bashman
” Tyler Olson of Fox News reports that “Supreme Court justices grapple with school speech case over cheerleader’s profane Snapchat post; Justices appeared poised to issue narrow ruling in complex case. [read post]
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“Justices Put Off Ruling on Trump Plan for Unauthorized Immigrants and Census; The Supreme Court said a challenge to efforts to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the tabulations used to allocate House seats was premature”
19 Dec 2020, 4:55 pm by Howard Bashman
” Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court throws out challenge to Trump census plan to exclude undocumented immigrants; ‘This case is riddled with contingencies and speculation,’ the court said in a short, unsigned opinion, referring to the states’ challenge. [read post]
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Tuesday round-up
15 Dec 2020, 6:44 am by James Romoser
Here’s a round-up of Supreme Court-related news and commentary from around the web: Supreme Court won’t revive Kansas voting law requiring proof of citizenship (Robert Barnes, The Washington Post) Supreme Court takes sides in interstate river flow fight (Pamela King, E&E News) Supreme Court puts off ruling on Trump census case to exclude undocumented immigrants (Pete Williams, NBC News) Why Trump’s attempt to steal the election was too much even for Republican judges… [read post]
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“Supreme Court Rejects Texas Suit Seeking to Subvert Election; The suit, filed directly in the Supreme Court, sought to bar Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin from casting their electoral votes for Joseph R. Biden Jr.”
11 Dec 2020, 3:50 pm by Howard Bashman
” Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court rejects Texas’ effort to overturn election in fatal blow to Trump legal blitz to stop Biden; The court’s ruling was essentially a unanimous rejection of the Texas claims. [read post]
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“Court appears reluctant to order judge to immediately drop criminal case against Michael Flynn”
13 Jun 2020, 8:45 am by Howard Bashman
” Tyler Olson of Fox News reports that “Judge says court may have picked ‘intemperate’ lawyer to argue against DOJ dropping Flynn case. [read post]
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“Supreme Court Divided Over Obamacare’s Contraceptive Mandate; The justices considered whether the Trump administration may allow employers to refuse to provide free insurance coverage for birth control on religious or moral grounds”
7 May 2020, 10:20 am by Howard Bashman
” Laura Olson of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania reports that “Pennsylvania at center of hearing Wednesday as U.S. [read post]
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“Supreme Court Hears First Arguments via Phone; The conference call started with the usual Oyez! chant, but that was almost the only traditional thing about the arguments in a trademark case”
4 May 2020, 7:12 pm by Howard Bashman
” Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court makes history with oral arguments by phone; But it’s business as usual for justices; For the first time, the audio of the argument was available live, streamed on news websites and available on C-SPAN. [read post]
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“Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge to New York City Gun Ordinance; Instead of ruling in its first Second Amendment case in a decade, the court found it moot after the city repealed the challenged regulation”
28 Apr 2020, 10:22 am by Howard Bashman
” Tyler Olson of Fox News reports that “Alito dissent blasts NYC gun law, as Supreme Court punts on highly charged case. [read post]
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Recent Developments in Artificial Intelligence Law and Policy
24 Apr 2020, 9:05 pm by Lee Tiedrich
.), Representative Pete Olson (R-Texas), Representative Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.), and Representative Randy Weber (R-Texas). [read post]
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“Supreme Court Postpones Arguments Over Coronavirus; The court said it would reschedule two weeks of arguments that had been set to start March 23, including major cases on President Trump’s financial records”
16 Mar 2020, 8:26 pm by Howard Bashman
” Tyler Olson of Fox News reports that “Supreme Court postpones March oral arguments over coronavirus concerns. [read post]
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“Justices Give Few Hints on How They Will Rule on Louisiana Abortion Law; The Supreme Court is considering whether Louisiana can require doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, in a case likely to yield an unusually telling decision”
4 Mar 2020, 12:52 pm by Howard Bashman
” And Tyler Olson of Fox News reports that “Trump judicial nominee represents Louisiana in high-profile abortion case. [read post]
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Afternoon round-up: Rucho v. Common Cause
27 Jun 2019, 2:49 pm by Jon Levitan
Additional commentary comes from Walter Olson for Cato; Howard Wasserman for PrawfsBlawg; Jonathan H. [read post]
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