Apropos OJ, my Johnnie Cochran obit

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Failure to scrub metadata exposes liberals' Trump case concurrence as formerly a partial dissent written by Justice Sotomayor. This is gift that has been giving to journalists like me for decades. This oldie but goodie via my #SCOTUS colleague Adam Liptak: nytimes.com/2006/06/22/was…

Justice Breyer writes a letter to The Times reflecting on the life of Robert Badinter, formerly president of France’s Constitutional Council and minister of justice (scroll down in link).

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R. I.P. Joe Lelyveld, a towering giant of American journalism whose ascent in the face of a famously awkward mien was, as The New Yorker put it, “a triumph of merit.” nytimes.com/2024/01/05/bus…

i heard there is a ball dropping later. does anybody have the details? i am interested in that

Farewell to a class act, lovely guy and stellar journalist.

NEW: January #SCOTUS argument calendar. Chevron cases on Jan. 17.

Richard Roundtree dead? Shut your mouth!

NEW: audio of #SCOTUS opinion announcements in the affirmative action cases. Starts around 3:00. Thomas concurrence around 15:00. Sotomayor dissent around 26:30. s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag…

Supreme Court turns down petition from Dennis Hope, who spent 27 years in solitary confinement. Background here: nytimes.com/2022/02/14/us/…

THE RULE OF LAW (what it is, what it isn't). Adam Liptak William Baude Stephen E. Sachs
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CHARLESTON: RACE, WATER, AND THE COMING STORM (coming April 4th) cc Annette Gordon-Reed Prof Michael E. Mann Jeff Goodell Darren Walker John Schwartz

Breyer on his 87-9 confirmation vote: “Why did nine people vote against me?”

On KBJ’s much closer vote: “She deserves a lot better than that”

From #SCOTUS : 'Justice Gorsuch is a little under the weather today and will participate in this morning’s oral argument [on Section 230] remotely from home.'

The Daily turns 6 years old today!
We launched on Feb 1 2017 with this episode featuring the great Adam Liptak. nytimes.com/2017/02/01/pod…
Our thanks to, you, our listeners for being so loyal and my obscenely talented colleagues for pouring their talents into the show.
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The 5th Circuit has long leaned conservative, but the arrival of 6 judges picked by Trump — many of them young, ambitious and outspoken — has put the court at the forefront of resistance to Biden policies and to the regulatory power of federal agencies. washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…