Month: November 2020

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SCOTUScast - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service v. Sierra Club – Post-Argument SCOTUScast

On November 2, 2020, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service v. Sierra Club. This case addresses the scope of transparency under the Freedom of Information Act’s key “deliberative process” privilege. More specifically, oral argument addressed whether documents drafted as part of a statutorily required interagency consultation process between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries fall under exemption 5 of FOIA. This exemption grants that records that are “inter-agency or intra-agency memorandums or letters that would not be available by law to a party other than an agency in litigation with the agency” are protected from disclosure.
Joining us today to discuss this case’s oral argument are Nancie Marzulla and Damien Schiff. Ms. Marzulla is Partner at Marzulla Law, and Mr. Schiff is a Senior Attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation.
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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 11/06

Joe Biden takes the lead in Georgia as the race tightens in Pennsylvania and Arizona. Joe Biden expresses confidence. President Trump claims voter fraud, but offers no evidence. CBS News Correspondent Deborah Rodriguez has today's World News Roundup.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Abiy damned: Ethiopia’s looming civil war

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has taken drastic steps to quieten a state stacked with trained militias. The conflict could draw in more states—or the whole of the Horn of Africa. China’s increasing push for self-reliance in a globalised economy has its complications—made clear by a vast influx of precision-bred super-chickens. And the macabre tale of books bound with human skin.

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Short Wave - The US And The Paris Climate Agreement: 5 Things To Know

President Trump announced his intention to withdraw from the landmark Paris climate agreement in 2017 and formally notified the United Nations last year. A mandatory yearlong waiting period ended on Wednesday. Of the nearly 200 nations that signed the agreement, the U.S. is the only one to walk away from its promises to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. NPR science reporter Rebecca Hersher shares fives things to know.

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The NewsWorthy - Waiting on a Winner, New Coronavirus Milestones & Pac-12 Returns- Friday, November 6th, 2020

The news to know for Friday, November 6th, 2020!

What to know about:

  • each presidential candidate's possible path to victory as we wait to learn a winner
  • the status of each race still counting ballots
  • where President Trump's legal challenges stand
  • updates on the pandemic and a vaccine
  • more college football beginning
  • a luxury car company going all-electric
  • Apple's latest iPhone update
  • new Rock and Roll Hall of Famers

Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.

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Sources:

Latest Election Results: Politico, WSJ, CNN, AJC

Georgia to Conduct Audit: NBC News, The Hill

Trump Attacking Election Integrity: AP, Politico, Reuters, Axios

Judges Reject 3 Trump Lawsuits: WaPo, FOX News, ABC News

New Trump Lawsuit in Nevada: FOX News, CNBC, Newsweek

Biden Urges Patience: Politico, CNN, WaPo, Axios

Election-Related Protests: USA Today, Reuters, NY Times, CBS News

More Coronavirus Records: WaPo, CNN, Johns Hopkins, COVID Tracking Project

Vaccine Could Arrive in January: AP, CBS News, WSJ

Pac-12 Football Opening Weekend: USA Today, CBS Sports, ESPN, WaPo

Bentley Transitioning to Only Electric Cars: TechCrunch, Fortune, CNBC

New Emoji Now Live: The Verge, Cnet

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction: Billboard, Variety, CNN, R&R Hall of Fame

Feel Good Friday- School Turned Solar Savings into Teacher Raises: Energy News, KAIT 

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Opening Arguments - OA436: It’s A Runoff!

Biden is all but assured victory, and despite the election not going nearly as well as we'd hoped, there's still a chance to take the Senate! However, Trump is throwing every terrible legal challenge he's got at the problem. Andrew breaks down why they're all incredibly stupid and doomed to fail.

Links: SIO263: Not the Worst Possible Outcome, But Close, Slate - A Large Portion of the Electorate Chose the Sociopath, Georgia Code § 21-2-501, Trump lawsuit Michigan, Trump's lawsuit Pennsylvania, Trump Lawsuit Georgia, OA25: Could Jill Stein Decide the Presidency? (No.), Wisconsin Statutes § 9.01 (2019) — Recount, Georgia Code § 21-2-495 (2019) - Procedure for recount or recanvass of votes, 2019 Georgia Code: Contested Elections and Primaries.

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The Gist - That Election Feeling

On the Gist, election feelings.

In the interview, Lawfare’s Benjamin Wittes is here as we continue working through the results after election day. He and Mike discuss how the next few months could play out, what a transition might look like, and the ways Trump is considering fighting dirty. Wittes is the author of Unmaking the Presidency: Donald Trump’s War on the World’s Most Powerful Office.

In the spiel, the Trafalgar group got too much wrong.

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The Daily Signal - What You Need To Know About Arizona’s Election Day ‘SharpieGate’

Laurie Aguilera says her polling place gave her a Sharpie marker to fill out her ballot on Election Day in Maricopa County, Arizona, despite what her lawyers call state guidelines directing that "felt-tip writing utensils not be used."


Ink ended up bleeding through Aguilera's ballot, and election officials would not accept it. The Public Interest Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit on her behalf, “requesting restoration of ballots for voters who were told to fill out their ballots using Sharpie markers but subsequently had those ballots canceled.”


Many voters are concerned about election fraud and how ballots are being counted in the wake of the close presidential election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Should voters be concerned about election results being illegitimate, or significant fraud occurring?

Logan Churchwell, spokesman for the Public Interest Legal Foundation, joins the podcast to discuss. 


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Consider This from NPR - What We’re Learning About The Electorate That Made 2020 So Close

Early on election night, when it seemed clear that Joe Biden was underperforming with a specific group of Latino voters in the Miami-Dade County, a narrative began to take hold: the Democratic Party had failed to energize the Latino vote.

But as more results came in from across Florida, they told a different story. Biden would have lost the state even if he had performed better in Miami-Dade, because of President Trump's popularity with white voters.

NPR's Leila Fadel reports on Democratic head-scratching about the Latino vote, and Gene Demby of NPR's Code Switch podcast talks about the enduring power of the white vote in the American electorate.

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