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Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing.
“Senate Democrats Are Giving the Supreme Court’s Corruption a Pass; The Clarence Thomas scandals are a golden political opportunity for Dick Durbin and his Democratic colleagues; They are blowing it”: Jay Willis has this post at Balls and Strikes.
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“The demise of the Chevron doctrine is nigh”: Columnist Henry Olsen has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“25. Judicial Independence vs. Judicial Accountability; The debate over whether individual Justices have behaved appropriately in specific cases underscores why it’s so important for the Supreme Court as an institution to be more accountable.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.
“Mandatory Retirement? Cognitive Assessments? Probe Into Judge’s Fitness Spurs Debate Over Life Tenure; Pauline Newman’s case also addresses the difficulty of telling older judges when they have lost more than a step.” Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal has this report.
“What the Supreme Court Does in the Shadows: Unsigned, unexplained orders have reshaped American law.” Adam Serwer has this article online at The Atlantic.
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“If Justice Alito Doesn’t Have Enough Evidence to Name the Dobbs Leaker, Maybe He Shouldn’t Say He Knows Who It Was”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”