TRUMP LOSING TO CONSERVATIVE JUDGES | The Not-So-Sleeper Term
April 28, 2017
THE LOSING STREAK
|“The Trump administration’s losing streak in courts around the nation has in large part been a product of precedents established by conservative judges in the Obama era. It turns out that legal principles meant to curb executive overreach are indifferent to the president’s party.” That’s Adam Liptak with The New York Times noting PRESIDENT TRUMP’S lack of success in courts can be traced to conservative judges.
ISN'T IT IRONIC
|Meanwhile, David Savage with the Los Angeles Times reports liberal sanctuary cities may win their legal fight with DONALD TRUMP thanks to Supreme Court rulings “once heralded by conservatives.”
GOING BANANAS
|Maura Dolan with the Los Angeles Times considers whether the White House Chief of Staff was right when he said the 9th Circuit is actually “going bananas,” and whether PRESIDENT TRUMP can possibly break it up.
IS IT REALLY WORTH THE TROUBLE
|Amber Phillips with The Washington Post notes, “So, no. PRESIDENT TRUMP cannot wave his pen and break up a federal court like he suggested he wants to do. But there are ways he can work with Congress to split up a federal court — doing it just might be more trouble than it’s worth.”
DON'T SLEEP ON ME
|Marcia Coyle with The National Law Journal reports that despite what conventional wisdom tells us about OT16, this hasn’t exactly been a sleeper term at the Supreme Court.
OTHER NEWS
After Arkansas Carries Out Fourth Execution In Eight Days, Inmate's Movements Spur Calls For An Investigation
The Washington Post“Arkansas executed a death-row inmate late Thursday in the state’s fourth lethal injection in eight days, concluding a frantic execution schedule officials said was necessary to carry out death sentences before one of their drugs expired. Witness accounts of the execution, the last one on the schedule in Arkansas, prompted immediate questions and calls for an investigation after journalists said they saw the inmate lurching and convulsing during the lethal injection.”
The History Behind President Trump's Problem With the Ninth Circuit Court
TIMESupreme Court jumps into biotech drug fight
The Hill“The court on Wednesday weighed two key issues that could reshape the rules and timeline for creating cheaper versions of drugs known as biologics, which offer the potential to help curb drug costs. Some of the most eye-popping drug prices in recent years have been biotech.”
Youth Suing Trump Bring Climate Fight to Washington
The Huffington PostThursday, 17-year-old Journey Zephier and roughly a dozen other youth plaintiffs, joined by their attorneys and several Democratic senators, brought their call for a healthy environment to the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, which could ultimately hear their case. They are part of a group of more than 20 children and young adults from around the country suing the federal government for violating their constitutional rights to life, liberty and property by failing to combat the effects of climate change.