1/ THREAD. I'm conducting a poll for my newsletter/blog, Original Jurisdiction (if you're not familiar with the subject, read the rest of this thread):
Did you like Judge Kenneth Lee's opinion in Briseño v. Henderson (9th Cir.)? #appellatetwitter
2/ Here's a link to Judge Lee's opinion in Briseño v. Henderson, so you can check it out for yourself before reading the commentary:
8/ Here's @RMFifthCircuit on Briseño v. Henderson (offering a stripped-down version of Judge Lee's opinion for comparison alongside the actual opinion):
9/ Did I miss anyone? Feel free to add your take by replying to this thread.
I should mention that I'm just trying to collect commentary on Briseño v. Henderson from folks not involved in the case -- so not @tedfrank (but congrats Ted), not @amyekeller, etc.
10/ Still more on Briseño v. Henderson -- here's @TessaDysart, in defense of judges using pop culture references in their opinions:
Just as I'm finally feeling fully recovered, 14 months after my hospital discharge, our three-year-old son tested positive for Covid.🙁
2/ We were surprised by the positive result. Our son was with my husband and me at our most contagious last year, so we figured that he would have gotten it back then if he was going to get it.
3/ I suppose it's possible that our son did get Covid last year from us, cleared it from his system, and then caught a variant this time around.
It's a reminder that the #CoronavirusPandemic isn't over just yet — and we should still be vigilant.
1/ THREAD. Justice Breyer’s book — which his publisher touts as written by “a sitting justice” — comes out in September, as @adamliptak reported earlier today. I don’t think Justice Breyer is retiring before then.
2/ Additional evidence suggesting Justice Breyer might not want to retire this year or this Term appears in this piece by @adamliptak for the @nytimes.
3/ As Professor Ross Stolzenberg told @adamliptak, leaving #SCOTUS is correlated with a shorter life span — “the effect of retirement was about the same as smoking two packs of cigarettes a day.”
1/ THREAD. Big news out of #SCOTUS this morning. This abortion case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, could be one of the biggest (and most divisive) rulings in years.
2/ I don’t expect Roe or Casey to be overruled outright. Chief Justice Roberts has already shown a concern for precedent in the area of abortion (see his vote in June Medical). #SCOTUS#appellatetwitter
3/ And I don’t think Justice Kavanaugh, also mindful of precedent, wants to be as vilified as the fifth vote for outright overruling Roe would be (as I discussed with @mckaycoppins of @TheAtlantic for his recent profile of Kavanaugh).
1/ THREAD. I’m not in the self-help or self-improvement space — I write about #SCOTUS, law firms, and other legal stuff — but if you’ll indulge me, I have some life advice to share.
2/ This is a bit cliched, but your life is YOUR LIFE — and if you’re not happy with it, it’s on you to change it.
You care the most about it, and you’re in the best position to improve it.
3/ Last year, I had a near-death experience with #COVID19, which put me in @NYULangone for three weeks, including a week on a ventilator.
1/ An interesting and important piece by @whignewtons for @politico about the trend of having multiple lower-court clerkships before clerking for the Supreme Court — and how it’s contributing to the lack of diversity among #SCOTUS clerks. #appellatetwitter
2/ I tend to agree with @whignewtons that this emerging preference among the justices for multiple feeder-judge clerkships is hurting diversity — especially gender diversity — among #scotus clerks. #appellatetwitter
3/ Sure, there can be advantages to having more-experienced clerks at #scotus. It can be helpful to have clerked at both the trial and appellate levels, or state and federal (although the latter is uncommon). #appellatetwitter