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15 Apr 2022, 4:00 am
National/Federal Before Giving Billions to Jared Kushner, Saudi Investment Fund Had Big Doubts Yahoo News – David Kirkpatrick and Kate Kelly (New York Times) | Published: 4/10/2022 Six months after leaving the White House, Jared Kushner secured a $2 billion investment from a fund led by the Saudi crown prince, a close ally during the Trump administration, despite objections from the fund’s advisers about the merits of the deal. [read post]
14 Apr 2022, 9:01 pm
” Not surprisingly, Justice Amy Coney Barrett—in minimizing the bodily imposition involved in forcing a woman to remain pregnant against her will (because she can just drop off the baby at a fire station)—compared the woman’s bodily integrity interest to that of an individual who refuses to get vaccinated. [read post]
13 Apr 2022, 9:01 pm
The upcoming presidential election was too close for any nominee to be fairly considered.That was followed by the hypocrisy of McConnell’s ramming through the confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett one week before the 2020 election.But for those two exercises of naked power, all three of the decisions described here would have gone the other way, with Chief Justice Roberts in the majority every time.In Louisiana v. [read post]
13 Apr 2022, 2:00 am
The project will occur over fourteen blocks along Forest Avenue from Crystal Avenue to Barrett Avenue and North Avenue from Livermore Avenue to the […] The post DDC and DEP Announce Start of Sewer and Catch Basin Upgrades in Westerleigh appeared first on CityLand. [read post]
12 Apr 2022, 6:01 am
Justice Barrett’s speech was accurate and important. [read post]
11 Apr 2022, 5:07 am
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11 Apr 2022, 4:28 am
We could endlessly debate how things degenerated to this point: Republicans point to the Bork hearings, the Thomas hearings, the Gorsuch filibuster and the Kavanaugh hearings; Democrats bemoan the Garland blockade and the hurried Barrett confirmation. [read post]
11 Apr 2022, 4:00 am
Campaign Finance National: “Campaign Finance Watchdog Issues Massive Fine for Foreign National’s Trump Super PAC Donation” by Zach Montellaro and Myah Ward (Politico) for MSN Alaska: “Lawsuit Challenges Alaska Campaign Disclosure Rules” by Becky Bohrer (Associated Press) for Alaska Public Media Elections Wisconsin: “Elections Commission Fines Election Denier $2,400 for Frivolous Voter Fraud Allegations” by Mitchell Schmidt (Wisconsin State Journal) for… [read post]
9 Apr 2022, 12:52 pm
To summarize a much longer argument: “Accountability to law” means, as Justice Barrett said in a recent speech, that judicial opinions must be recognizably “legal,” that is, use accepted forms of legal reasons. [read post]
9 Apr 2022, 3:04 am
Barrett (@JohnQBarrett) April 7, 2022 This would have the advantage of removing the confirmation process from the front burner, with all the ugliness, nastiness, demagoguery and deceit that the current dog and pony show promotes. [read post]
8 Apr 2022, 2:51 pm
But a smarter play would be to seek common ground with the more moderate members of the conservative majority—especially Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Barrett—to swing the Court as a whole toward the middle. [read post]
8 Apr 2022, 2:43 pm
Still, Justice Clarence Thomas participated by administering one of Barrett’s two required oaths. [read post]
8 Apr 2022, 4:30 am
At the time, it looked as though a handful of Republican Senators might defect to result in a 50-50 split on the confirmation vote for Justice Barrett, but in the end, only Senator Collins did (citing the rushed timing of the nomination). [read post]
7 Apr 2022, 12:43 pm
The three most recent justices – Amy Coney Barrett in 2020, Brett Kavanaugh in 2018, and Neil Gorsuch in 2017 – were confirmed in similarly tight votes that broke down along mostly party lines. [read post]
7 Apr 2022, 8:08 am
Here’s the Thursday morning read: Senate poised to confirm Jackson to Supreme Court (Mary Clare Jalonick & Mark Sherman, Associated Press) Sotomayor, Barrett discuss their lives in Supreme Court’s spotlight (Robert Barnes & Eric Berger, The Washington Post) Barrett’s caution to ‘read the opinions’ puzzles those who do (Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse News Service) Democrats unveil bill to impose ethics, recusal standards on Supreme Court (Harper… [read post]
6 Apr 2022, 5:27 pm
“Barrett’s caution to ‘read the opinions’ puzzles those who do; As the court prepares to release some of the most consequential rulings of the term, whether the American public will understand those judgments is up for debate”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report. [read post]
6 Apr 2022, 4:58 pm
“Sotomayor, Barrett discuss their lives in Supreme Court’s spotlight”: Robert Barnes and Eric Berger of The Washington Post have this report. [read post]
6 Apr 2022, 4:55 pm
Fans of this blog won’t be truly impressed, however, until Justice Barrett has a bayou named after her. [read post]
6 Apr 2022, 4:21 pm
In her dissent, Kagan accused the majority (which consisted of Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett) of ignoring the court’s own standards for granting emergency relief. [read post]
5 Apr 2022, 4:44 pm
The post Amy Coney Barrett’s Brazen Gaslighting — See Also appeared first on Above the Law. [read post]
