Wednesday round-up
on Mar 16, 2016 at 9:36 am
With the president apparently set this morning to announce a nominee to succeed Justice Antonin Scalia, the nomination process continues to dominate coverage and commentary. Coverage comes from Todd Ruger of Roll Call, who reports on support from conservative leaders for the GOP stance, while Carl Hulse of The New York Times and Jordan Fabian of The Hill focus on Democratic efforts.
Commentary comes from Ian Millhiser of Think Progress, who criticizes conservative ads opposing Judge Jane Kelly, often mentioned as a potential nominee. At The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage, Karthick Ramakrishnan and Sono Shah consider the effect that nominating Judge Sri Srinivasan could have on the election. And Damon Root of Reason looks at the record of Judge Paul Watford from a libertarian perspective. Steven Mazie weighs in at big think, where he argues that the “justices do not deliberate in a hermetic bubble separate from politics, but they are certainly less partisan and more driven by the rule of law than are the senators fighting now over who the 113th justice will be, and who gets to nominate him.”
Briefly:
- Hong Kong Lawyer covers an appearance in that city by the late Justice Antonin Scalia in early February.
- At his eponymous blog, Lyle Denniston reports that a “committee of federal judges, citing indifference by the public, worries among judges, and the costs, has decided not to resume a five-year experiment in allowing live television coverage of non-criminal cases in federal trial courts.”
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