PUTTING COMEY ON PAUSE | What Judges Really Know About Trump | The Administration’s Soft Spot
June 8, 2017
WELCOME BACK
|You’ve taken a moment to peel your eyes away from news about the COMEY HEARINGS to check back in on some SCOTUS news. Well done, you — that’s no easy feat. We’ll keep it brief for you today so you can get back to the good stuff.
TOP-ED
|Linda Greenhouse with The New York Times considers what exactly judges know about PRESIDENT TRUMP, noting, “I think the president’s near-constant expression of disdain for courts and for what they represent is already having an effect on the federal judiciary – and not the one he presumably intends.”
THE NEXT BIG THING
|Reason’s Damon Root looks ahead to what might be the Supreme Court’s next big case against public sector unions. “This week a potentially explosive new petition asked the Court to pick up where Friedrichs left off and overrule Abood once and for all. The case is Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31.”
TRUMP'S SOFT SPOT
|“Today, the Trump administration announced another slate of incredibly strong judicial nominees, including three nominees for federal appellate courts.” That’s Jonathan Adler for The Washington Post opining that PRESIDENT TRUMP has been putting forth some pretty “impressive” nominees. He adds, “Although one might not have expected this, the Trump administration appears to have a soft spot for academics.”