TRAVEL BAN COULD WIN AT SCOTUS | How Perfect Is “More Perfect” | Marshall Is The Bio-Pic Thurgood Deserves
October 13, 2017
PASSING THE SCOTUS TEST
|In The Atlantic, Garrett Epps notes that the latest iteration of DONALD TRUMP’S travel ban could be the toughest to challenge in court because it has all the makings to pass muster with the Supreme Court justices. Epps: “If I am right, then the third travel-ban order may very likely be upheld. It is written like an actual legal document. Its terms are tailored to specific countries; it includes two non-Muslim countries, Venezuela and North Korea; and, most important, it contains broad authority for consular officers to make individual exemptions for deserving cases in the affected countries. By the lights of this Court, it may not be illegal.”
TEXAS KILLS INMATE WHO CLAIMS INNOCENCE
|Last night, the state of Texas executed by lethal injection an inmate convicted of murdering a prison guard in 1999. The Supreme Court denied last-minute appeals from his lawyers.
THE CASE OF THE YEAR
|For NBC News, Jessica Levinson opines that the partisan gerrymandering case is far and away the biggest Supreme Court issue of the year. She argues the judicial branch has a responsibility to protect voting rights in America and adds, “A representative democracy works when the people pick their representative, not the other way around.”
MORE PERFECT
|The New Yorker’s Sarah Larson covers the SCOTUS podcast “More Perfect” which she describes as “subtly astonishing.” She writes, “With brio, liveliness, and impressive reporting, Season 1 explores the Supreme Court’s role in justice and its opposite, in stories about cases involving the death penalty, redistricting, anti-sodomy laws, race-based jury selection, and beyond. Some cases it dives into are recent; others are historical, with timely implications. Season 2, which began last week, feels even more topical.”
PODCAST DU JOUR
|The Heritage Foundation’s podcast, SCOTUS 101, features chatter about the latest action on DONALD TRUMP’S travel ban case, along with discussion on the subject of women at the high court. The pod also hosts former A.G. ED MEESE and they play some Supreme Trivia, Quotable-SCOTUS edition.
MOVIE NEWS & REVIEWS
|“‘Marshall’ delivers the heroic bio-pic treatment THURGOOD MARSHALL deserves.” That’s the headline from Los Angeles Times movie critic Kenneth Turan about the new film “Marshall” in theaters today. Turan writes, “Don’t look now, but Supreme Court justices are becoming popular culture avatars.” Tell us something we don’t know…