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With only a few days left before Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing for the Supreme Court, Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, yesterday was pointed out that “he can’t foresee anything that would attain him delay next week’s hearings, ” reports Tony Leys of Des Moines Register<\/a>. In commentary at Rewire.News<\/a>, Jodi Jacobson questions the decision by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s decision to agree with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to “fast-track confirmation of 15 judicial nominees, ” without an apparent concession or reason why and “just days before the start of corroboration hearings of controversial” nominee Kavanaugh.<\/p>\n Other coverage continues to focus on speeches of support for Kavanaugh. Kelsey Harkness and Lauren Evans of The Daily Signal<\/a> interviewed two women who clerked for Kavanaugh on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, while Josh Gerstein of Politico<\/a> encompasses a note of support for Kavanaugh transmitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee by Bob Bennett, a solicitor to President Bill Clinton during his civil sexual harassment dres in the 1990 s; Jimmy Hoover of Law 360<\/a> encompasses a letter from more than 40 prominent Supreme court of the united states attorneys; and David Rutz of The Washington Free Beacon<\/a> covers a note from 26 “states attorney” general.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n In her editorial for The New York Times<\/a>, Linda Greenhouse discusses a “little noticed order that came down earlier this month” from the D.C. Circuit that “provide( s) a bridge between past and present, between Justice Kennedy and his former statute salesclerk who would supersede him, between a battle over the rule of law now fading into record and a battle over the future of the Supreme Court.” At the ABA Journal<\/a>, Erwin Chemerinsky recognizes six areas of constitution “where[ Justice Anthony] Kennedy was the fifth vote for a liberal answer, and where it is uncertain, or even unlikely, that Kavanaugh would decide the same way.” David Boyle at his eponymous blog<\/a> offer additional commentary.<\/p>\n Looking ahead to October Term 2018, Ian Millhiser of ThinkProgress<\/a> writes that any one of 13 occurrences currently pending before or recently decided by a federal court of appeals “could offer the Court’s conservatives a vehicle to overrule Roe v. Wade if Judge Brett Kavanaugh is supported, ” adding that Kavanaugh “is almost certain to be a referendum to kill Roe.” Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal<\/a>( subscription or registration necessitated) reports that the court “is likely to be drawn back speedily into the battle over partisan gerrymandering following the invalidation of North Carolina’s congressional redistricting map by a three-judge district court.” Commentary on the case comes from Steven Mazie of The Economist<\/a>, who suggests that “with a possible 4-4 split between the court’s liberals and republicans before Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed by the Senate, and five polls needed to reverse a lower-court ruling, anti-gerrymandering activists learn a tantalising window of opportunity.”<\/p>\n Stephanie Murray of Politico<\/a> reports that Democrat Barbara L’Italien, who is running for Congress from Massachusetts, has declared “her intention to file an impeachment resolve against[ Justice Clarence] Thomas as part of an effort to address sex crime if elected.” Additional coverage comes from Victor Morton of The Washington Times<\/a> and Emily Birnbaum of The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n Briefly \ud83d\ude1b TAGEND<\/p>\n Richard Wolf of USA Today<\/a> looks at October Term 1993, in which both Justice Neil Gorsuch and Kavanaugh clerked. In a guest post at PrawfsBlawg<\/a>, John Barrett reveals a brief anecdote about Justice Benjamin Cardozo waning to recommend an acquaintance for its own position as a constitution professor( which the applicant received nonetheless ). Emily Birnbaum of The Hill<\/a> encompasses recent polling by CSPAN indicating than more than half of likely U.S. voters cannot identify a Supreme Court justice.<\/p>\n We rely on our readers to send us links for our round-up. If “youve had” or know of a recent( published in the last two or three days) clause, post, podcast, or op-ed pertaining to the State supreme court that you’d like us to consider for inclusion in the round-up, please mail it to roundup[ at] scotusblog.com. Thank you! <\/p>\n The post Thursday round-up<\/a> showed firstly on SCOTUSblog<\/a>.<\/p>\n