December 10, 2018
REPUBLICAN JUDGES...:
A Conservative Judge Torched Donald Trump's Latest Illegal Assault on Immigrants (MARK JOSEPH STERN, DEC 10, 20184, sLATE)
In a meticulous 65-page opinion, Bybee--a conservative George W. Bush appointee--explained that the president cannot rewrite a federal statute to deny asylum to immigrants who enter the country without authorization. His decision for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is a twofold rebuke to Trump, halting the president's legal assault on asylum-seekers and undermining his claim that any judge who blocked the order is a Democratic hack. The reality is that anyone who understands the English language should recognize that Trump's new rule is illegal. Like so many of Trump's attention-grabbing proposals, this doomed policy should never have been treated as legitimate in the first place.
Kavanaugh, Roberts side with liberal judges on Planned Parenthood case (ALICE MIRANDA OLLSTEIN 12/10/2018, Politico)
Chief Justice John Roberts and the newest justice, Brett Kavanaugh, joined the court's four liberal jurists in turning away a pair of petitions from Kansas and Louisiana seeking the ban on abortion providers.
Posted by Orrin Judd at December 10, 2018 6:20 PM