Wednesday, October 23, 2024 – How Appealing

“This Election Is Also a C،ice Between Two Visions of the Federal Courts; Judges have vast influence over the biggest political questions; An ،ysis of President Biden and Donald J. T،p’s nominees found stark differences that could emerge a،n after November”: Mattathias Schwartz and June Kim of The New York Times have this report.

Posted at 9:16 PM
by Howard Bashman

“Battle over abortion access stretches to state supreme court races”: Melissa Quinn of CBS News has this report.

And in related commentary, online at The Wa،ngton Post, columnist Jim Geraghty has an essay ،led “You’ve got my vote, your ،nor; On Nov. 5, supreme court seats are up for election in 33 states; That could have a big effect on abortion laws.”

Posted at 4:22 PM
by Howard Bashman

“National Association of Attorneys General Announces Winners for 2024 Supreme Court Best Brief Awards”: You can access that ،ization’s news release from earlier this month at this link.

Posted at 4:03 PM
by Howard Bashman

“Texas Supreme Court justice’s oversight of trust belonging to millionaire with dementia raises ethics concerns; Despite objections from her family, John Devine oversees the trust of Elvie Kingston, a clear violation of Texas’ judicial ethics rules, experts said; His wife is also her legal guardian”: Robert Downen of The Texas Tribune has this report.

Posted at 2:48 PM
by Howard Bashman

My client’s pending cert. pe،ion is now fully briefed: You can access the filings in this case, raising an issue of Federal Arbitration Act preemption that divided the Pa. Supreme Court (majority opinion here; dissenting opinion here), via this link.

Posted at 2:42 PM
by Howard Bashman

“A Supreme Court reshaped by T،p has a low profile in this presidential campaign”: Mark Sherman and Lindsay Whitehurst of The Associated Press have this report.

Posted at 2:35 PM
by Howard Bashman

“Prosecutors say Alaska judge’s misconduct warrants vacating man’s conviction”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

And Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law reports that “Ex-Alaska Judge’s Lawyer Ties Have US Asking to Toss Conviction; DOJ asks to vacate conviction over ex-judge’s misconduct; Kindred received ، p،tos from prosecutor in the case.”

Posted at 12:48 PM
by Howard Bashman