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Tuesday, January 21, 2020

“Judicial Political Mischief: A Codes of Conduct committee may bar judges from the Federalist Society.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

Posted at 10:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Stakes are high for businesses, products liability plaintiffs in Supreme Court’s new Ford cases”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

Posted at 10:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. chief justice juggles dual roles during Trump impeachment trial”: Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung of Reuters have this report.

Posted at 10:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Will Not Rule Quickly on Obamacare Appeal; Democrats and the House of Representatives had urged the court to act in time to decide their appeals by the end of the court’s term in June”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court refuses to fast-track a challenge to the Affordable Care Act.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court puts off an election-year decision on Obamacare.”

Brent Kendall and Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Declines to Fast-Track Democratic Appeals on Affordable Care Act; Court’s action means it won’t consider health law this term; GOP opposition to ACA is less likely to play role in election.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court refuses for now to hear appeal of decision threatening Affordable Care Act.”

Alex Swoyer and Tom Howell Jr. of The Washington Times report that “Supreme Court won’t fast-track Obamacare case.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court declines to fast-track Obamacare appeal.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Obamacare Backers Lose Supreme Court Bid for a Hearing This Term.”

Ariane de Vogue, Devan Cole. and Eric Bradner of CNN report that “Supreme Court signals it won’t consider Obamacare challenge before election.”

Tyler Olson and Bill Mears of Fox News report that “Supreme Court refuses to hear expedited ObamaCare appeal.”

Susannah Luthi of Politico reports that “Supreme Court won’t fast-track Obamacare case; The justices are unlikely to determine the health law’s fate before the election.”

Harper Neidig of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court denies blue states’ effort to expedite ObamaCare challenge.”

And in commentary, online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “The Supreme Court showdown over Obamacare will be delayed until after the election; Good news for Republicans.”

Posted at 10:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Michael Avenatti jailed in isolated unit that held El Chapo. It’s ‘for his own safety,’ warden says.” Shayna Jacobs of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 9:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Barr Once Contradicted Trump’s Claim That Abuse of Power Is Not Impeachable; In a memo for the Trump team during the Russia investigation, the attorney general wrote that presidents who misuse their authority are subject to impeachment”: Charlie Savage will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 9:42 PM by Howard Bashman



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Posted at 9:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“Architect of Interrogation Program Testifies at Guantánamo Bay; Appearing for the first time at the military war court, James Mitchell was defiant, saying he was there for the benefit of the victims of the 9/11 attacks and their families”: Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 5:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“How much power does Chief Justice Roberts have in the impeachment trial? It probably depends on how much he wants — and it’s likely he won’t want much.” Philip Bump of The Washington Post has this news analysis.

Posted at 5:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to weigh Pennsylvania, N.J. challenge to Trump efforts to roll back birth control mandate”: Jeremy Roebuck has this article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Posted at 9:54 AM by Howard Bashman