We noted yesterday that Justice Thomas was speaking at Notre Dame but that there was no livestream. A video of his speech is now posted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kb4bFYdujA
Thomas criticized the media and defended the court's independence. Seems to be a theme among the justices lately.
Justices-in-public watch:
💥 Breyer continues book tour (including @colbertlateshow two nights ago).
💥 Barrett gave a speech Sunday @uofl.
💥 Thomas is slated to give the 2021 Tocqueville Lecture today @NotreDame (but, like Barrett's speech, there is apparently no livestream).
Incidentally, Gorsuch had been scheduled to give a speech at the University of Wyoming today, but his visit was canceled due to COVID.
http://www.uwyo.edu/uw/news/2021/09/us-supreme-court-justices-visit-to-uw-canceled.html
Nothing from Kagan or Gorsuch though 😢 https://twitter.com/SCOTUSblog/status/1438530948207874050
Justices-in-public watch:
💥 Breyer continues book tour (including @colbertlateshow two nights ago).
💥 Barrett gave a speech Sunday @uofl.
💥 Thomas is slated to give the 2021 Tocqueville Lecture today @NotreDame (but, like Barrett's speech, there is apparently no livestream).
Can modern art shed new light on landmark Supreme Court rulings? A recent book says yes. Artist Xavier Cortada created 10 paintings depicting SCOTUS cases, and scholars used the paintings to re-examine each case's legacy. Here's @amanda_frost1's review:
The art of justice: Re-examining landmark Supreme Court cases through expressionist paintings - SCOTUSblog
Tired of reading jargon-filled law review articles with hundreds of footnotes? The perfect antidote is Painting Consti...
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NEW: The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow on Biden's nomination of Elizabeth Prelogar to be solicitor general, the federal government's top lawyer at the Supreme Court.
In separate remarks on Sunday, two justices argued that SCOTUS is not a political body.
Justice Barrett did so in a speech in Kentucky, after being introduced by Mitch McConnell:
Justice Breyer did so in an interview on Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-justice-stephen-breyer-political-reforms
Barrett concerned about public perception of Supreme Court
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett expressed concerns Sunday that the public may incre...
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