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Legal expert Kenji Yoshino shares the red flags to look out for as Trump's DEI deadline looms

A crucial deadline is days away and employers should be prepared.

Fortune

A Tale Of Two Shadow Dockets

The Supreme Court moves heaven and earth to block removal of alleged gang members who are almost certainly removable, but says nothing about Ohio initiative process being declared unconstitutional.

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Will Trump put a Fox News host on the US supreme court? Mark Tushnet can’t rule it out

In his new book, the Harvard law professor argues against originalism and for putting non-judges on the highest court

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Federal Judge Rescinds Decision to Take Senior Status

Donald Trump will have at least one less federal district court vacancy to fill.

Reason

The Latest ProPublica Story About Ginni Thomas

ProPublica obtained a recording of a call that the First Liberty Institute held with donors. [For full disclosure, I have spoken at several First Liberty events.] As readers of this blog likely know, First Liberty has litigated landmark religious liberty cases before the Supreme Court, including Kennedy v. Bremerton School…

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Donald Trump Promising a Position to RFK Jr. Isn't Illegal

Criminalizing such promises would violate the First Amendment

Reason

Loss of Supreme Court legitimacy can lead to political violence

Americans are gearing up to celebrate the Fourth of July, and their thoughts are most likely on how many hot dogs to buy for the cookout and whether a family member needs to go stake out a good spot to watch the parade and fireworks.

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5 reasons Supreme Court ethics questions are more common now than in the past

In recent years, all nine sitting justices on the U.S. Supreme Court have been the subject of reports calling their ethics into question.

The Conversation

SCOTUS v. voters: What's the solution?

Law professor Joshua Douglas on "The Court v. The Voters," and a bipartisan solution that might actually work

Salon

SCOTUS is broken — can it be fixed?

After Dobbs, many Americans woke up to the Roberts court's dangerous power. But history offers lessons — and hope

Salon

Today in Supreme Court History: January 20, 1953

1/20/1953: President Eisenhower takes the inaugural oath on January 20. He would make five appointments to the Supreme Court: Chief Justice Earl Warren, and Justices John Marshall Harlan II, William J. Brennan, Charles Evans Whittaker, and Potter Stewart.

Reason

Radical SCOTUS is "not an accident"

Salon talks to the Emmy-winning documentarian about SCOTUS corruption, Mitch McConnell and the court's rich history

Salon

Provocative ‘Deadlocked’ doc surveys the key Supreme Court appointments of recent decades

On Showtime’s comprehensive series, experts put the decisions of Earl Warren, Thurgood Marshall, William Rehnquist and other legal minds in context.

Chicago Sun-Times

Supreme Court has a long history of protecting Americans’ rights. Not any more.

The recent regressive Supreme Court rulings represent an astonishing rejection of the principles of racial and economic justice that guided the court for more than 60 years.

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Biden's coronation no-show is no snub – more telling is whom he sends to King Charles' big day

The fact that first lady Jill Biden, but not her husband, President Joe Biden, will be attending King Charles III’s coronation on May 6, 2023, has not gone down too well with sections of the U.K. press. A “royal snub,” screamed headlines, while commentators grumbled about “Irish Joe” and his…

Los Angeles Times

Mark Z. Barabak: Dianne Feinstein is one of California’s greats. Let’s remember her that way

In the long arc of California history, among redwood giants like Hiram Johnson, Earl Warren, Ronald Reagan, Pat and Jerry Brown, one name stands out: Dianne Feinstein.

The Independent UK

SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Warren is 5th justice with Navy ship

Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren’s name is on the U.S. Navy’s newest fuel ship

Reason

Today in Supreme Court History: January 20, 1953

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Chicago tries to keep warm as temperatures, wind chills plunge

“At least the sun is starting to come out,” Earl Warren said Friday, standing outside the Garfield Community Service Center.

The Independent UK

AP WAS THERE: Supreme Court legalizes interracial marriage

With the passage of the the Respect for Marriage Act, which protects same-sex and interracial marriages, The Associated Press is republishing its 1967 story by reporter Karl R

The Conversation

When the Supreme Court loses Americans' loyalty, chaos – even violence – can follow

The Supreme Court’s historically low public standing has prompted a national conversation about the court’s legitimacy. It’s even drawn rare public comment from three sitting Supreme Court justices. What’s referred to by experts as the problem of “judicial legitimacy” may seem abstract, but the court’s faltering public support is about…

WEKU

Samuel Alito, a workhorse on the Supreme Court, shapes its conservative path

The justice has played a key role on the court, often leading the charge not just on abortion, but for expanded religious rights, against LGBTQ rights, against expanded voting rights, and more

Reason

For Legal Conservatives, Six Decades Of Folding, Followed By Sixteen Years To Draw A Full House

On the plus side, we had Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett. On the down side, we had Roberts, Souter, Kennedy, O'Connor, Powell, Blackmun, Burger, Stewart, Whittaker, Brennan, and Warren.

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: California attorney general is one of few key races on the ballot. It's worth our attention

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Except for governor, the most important statewide elective office in California is attorney general. And there'll be a pivotal vote on the job in the June 7 primary.

Los Angeles Times

Robin Abcarian: This is a perilous moment for rights we take for granted

Last week, I got an earful from readers who were angry that I defended peaceful protests at the homes of three conservative Supreme Court justices, who with their conservative brethren, appear to be on the verge of overturning Roe vs. Wade.

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