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JP Collins

@prof_jpc

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 Arlington, VA
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Joined July 2018
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President Joe Biden nominated the top lawyer at a major labor union and a Muslim American attorney to become federal appeals court judges as part of a continued effort by the White House to diversify the federal judiciary reut.rs/46a31Ty @nateraymond
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🧵MORE progress on federal judges. @apwillweissert: “President Biden on Wednesday announced 5 nominees to federal judgeships including the first Muslim-American on any circuit court, looking to add to more than 150 of his judicial selections who have already been confirmed.” 1/
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Law.com@lawdotcom15 Nov 2023
Bar Association's Mandatory Dues Violate 1st Amendment, 5th Circuit Says law.com/2023/11/14/bar-assoc…
Bar Association's Mandatory Dues Violate 1st Amendment, 5th Circuit Says | Law.com

Bar Association's Mandatory Dues Violate 1st Amendment, 5th Circuit Says | Law.com

The Louisiana State Bar Association "crossed the line when it promoted purely informational articles absent any tailoring to the legal profession," Judge Jerry Smith wrote for the three-member panel.

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Nothing in the 14-page document, or the one-page cover note, addresses the elephant in the room: *Whatever* rules the justices *say* they are bound to follow, *who* is going to enforce those rules—and how?
Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) profile pictureSteve Vladeck
@steve_vladeck13 Nov 2023
#SCOTUS is adopting an ethics code… sort of: utexas.box.com/s/bwwfri1wyrt…
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Call me sometime Glenn. I want to hear you say it.
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Dave Itzkoff@ditzkoff8 Nov 2023
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Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) profile pictureBrian Stelter
@brianstelter8 Nov 2023
Hannity just now: "Democrats are trying to scare women into thinking Republicans don't want aborton legal under any circumstances."
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Ben Tribbett (@notlarrysabato) profile pictureBen Tribbett
@notlarrysabato8 Nov 2023
8:59 P.M. PROJECTION- DEMOCRATS HAVE WON THE VIRGINIA SENATE. Aaron Rouse (D) wins seat 21 and the majority. Current Count: 21 DEM, 15 GOP, 4 UND
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Senator Durbin filed cloture on Executive Calendar #222 Ana de Alba to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
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🧵NEWS: President Biden has now won confirmation of **150** federal judges. These men and women are exceptionally qualified, and dedicated to the rule of law and our Constitution. 1/
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New: President Joe Biden is nominating five new district court judges in Florida and South Carolina in the latest instance of the White House working across the aisle to fill vacancies on the bench in states with Republican senators. reuters.com/legal/government…
Biden nominates five judges in Republican-led states

Biden nominates five judges in Republican-led states

President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated five new district court judges in Florida and South Carolina in the latest instance of the White House working across the aisle to fill vacancies on the...

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NYCLA@nycla20 Oct 2023
Congratulations to the Hon. Reena Raggi, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Judge Raggi was honored by the NYCLA Federal Court Committee & presented with the NYCLA Edward Weinfeld Award for her distinguished contributions to the administration of justice on Oct. 19th.
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"Who's that goat-legged fellow? I like the cut of his jib."
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Melanie Zanona (@MZanona) profile pictureMelanie Zanona
@MZanona20 Oct 2023
CONFIRMED PPL RUNNING FOR SPEAKER: —Tom Emmer, Majority Whip —Kevin Hern, RSC chair —Byron Donalds, Freedom Caucus member —Mike Johnson, vice conference chair & Judiciary member —Jack Bergman, a former general —Austin Scott, challenged Jordan last time
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Orin Kerr
@OrinKerr20 Oct 2023
Judge Henderson's dissent makes it seem like the defendant was just sight-seeing. s3.documentcloud.org/documen… Compare Henderson, dissenting, with the majority'description of the facts. First, Henderson:
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Today, @SenBooker, @SenBlumenthal, @SenAlexPadilla and I introduced the Supreme Court Biennial Appointments and Term Limits Act to establish 18-year term limits and regularized appointments for justices.
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On Torey Lovullo and Mike Hazen, their unwavering friendship, the travesty that brought them even closer, and a string of Christmas lights that never shut off: espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/3867…
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New: 3rd Circuit Judge Thomas Hardiman at a Harvard Federalist Society event today argued for revisiting how the Constitution's bar on cruel and unusual punishment is interpreted and for a "return to the text and original meaning of the 8th Amendment." reuters.com/legal/government…
US appeals judge urges new standard on 'cruel and unusual' punishment

US appeals judge urges new standard on 'cruel and unusual' punishment

A federal appeals court judge on Wednesday argued that the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court would have grounds to revisit its interpretation of the U.S. Constitution's prohibition on cruel...

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I hate that this made me laugh. State courts are better than this!
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It hasn't been a great couple of weeks for congressional norms, but the norm that the majority party in the Senate gets to fill committee vacancies that arise mid-session lives to fight another day.
Senate Periodicals (@SenatePPG) profile pictureSenate Periodicals@SenatePPG18 Oct 2023
Agreed to by unanimous consent:    A resolution to constitute the majority party’s membership on certain committees for the 118th Congress, or until their successors are chosen. (S.Res.411)
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