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Thursday, December 7, 2017

“What If the Courts Were Filled With ‘Little Scalias’? A recent book of the justice’s speeches shows why great thinkers are needed, regardless of their politics.” Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

Posted at 11:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Here are the three women Gov. John Hickenlooper will choose from to serve on the Colorado Supreme Court; Marcy Glenn of Denver, Melissa Hart of Denver and Pattie P. Swift of Alamosa are the three finalists”: Jesse Paul of The Denver Post has this report.

Posted at 10:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court of Canada chief justice hears final case, fights back tears; Beverley McLachlin, first woman to hold top post, retires after 28 years”: Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon of CBC News has this report.

As luck would have it, the final case presents a challenge to the manner in which Canadians are allowed to purchase beer. You can access news coverage of the case here, here, and here.

Posted at 10:52 PM by Howard Bashman



Programming note: In a few moments, I am going to be heading to Princeton, New Jersey to attend this “Scalia Speaks” roundtable discussion event at Princeton University. As a result, additional posts will appear here tonight.

Update: The Princeton “Scalia Speaks” event was a pleasure to attend. Each of the panelists was wonderful, the moderator was very knowledgeable and had obvious affection for the book, and attendees from the large audience asked excellent questions once questions were invited.

Speaking of the program’s participants, it was a pleasure to meet law professor Rachel E. Barkow, co-editor Christopher J. Scalia, and moderator Matthew J. Franck. It was also great to see co-editor Ed Whalen again.

Posted at 3:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Dialogue on Whether Wedding Cake and Wedding Cake-Baking Are Speech”: Asher Steinberg has this post at his blog, “The Narrowest Grounds.”

Posted at 1:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Baking Chaos: Masterpiece Cakeshop Argument Misses the Mark; The oral arguments may sow confusion in other areas like the Trump travel ban.” Law professor Andrew Koppelman has this essay online at The American Prospect.

Posted at 1:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“The New Travel Ban Is an Abomination. Why Have We Stopped Caring?” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay complaining (among other things) about “seemingly worn-out advocates” online at Slate.

Posted at 11:50 AM by Howard Bashman



“How Justice Kennedy Fell for a Right-Wing Meme: In a big gay rights case, the Supreme Court’s swing vote appeared swayed by the idea that Christians are the real victims of oppression.” Stephanie Russell-Kraft has this essay online at The New Republic.

Posted at 11:46 AM by Howard Bashman