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1. Progressives are waking up to the importance of younger nominees for federal judges. But one reason why it's so important hasn't gotten enough attention yet: circuit chief judgeships. 2.

Third Circuit by clerk's order granted motion for expedited review. Trump's brief due today at 4, opposing briefs due tomorrow at 4, OA tbd. (sorry, granted *amended motion) Order says,

If Trump ever does appeal yesterday's beatdown, that appeal goes to the Third Circuit. No guarantees, but I predict it's decided by the same panel that decided Bognet on 11/13:

The argument most commonly advanced against Ds adding Supreme Court seats is that doing so would inevitably lead to Rs adding more seats and endless rounds of expansion. Here's why

The GOP violated norms to lock in control of the courts. To undo that, Dems need to break a norm too.So are both sides wrong? Not in my view. Here's

UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh uses the n-word in his classes, apparently over objections of students who are required to be there and over whom he holds substantial power. His

1. Legal-left interest groups often portray conservative federal judges as ideologues and GOP diehards. And there are some of those; the Trump admin is been clear that it's targeting those

1. DOJ's decision to start getting some inmates out of its federal prisons that already have COVID-19 outbreaks raging is incredibly good news. DOJ acknowledging the crisis is big, and