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President Trump intends to announce his Supreme Court nominee next week amid speculation and differing media reports about the top contenders.Two publications have named Judge Neil Gorsuch of the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as a top contender. But at least two other stories, published by USA Today and Politico, say there are three top contenders.One of the three, Judge William Pryor of the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, was previously thought to be at or near the top of the list. But his star is fading, Politico reports. The publication names the top two as Gorsuch and Judge Thomas Hardiman of the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a 51-year-old judge labeled a “dark horse” finalist by USA Today.Trump’s sister, Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, is also a 3rd Circuit judge. USA Today says Hardiman’s law-and-order rulings put him in the same mold as Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., who served on the same court. … [Read more...] about Meet Thomas Hardiman, said to be a ‘dark horse’ SCOTUS finalist

Meet Our Guests:David LatDavid Lat is founder and managing editor of the Above the Law blog. A Yale Law School graduate and former federal prosecutor, his writing has appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post and New York magazine.Joseph ThaiJoseph Thai is a professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. A former clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justices John Paul Stevens and Byron White, Thai teaches First Amendment law. Eugene VolokhEugene Volokh, a professor at UCLA School of Law, blogs at The Volokh Conspiracy. A former clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Volokh teaches constitutional law. Long before Justice John Paul Stevens made it official, U.S. Supreme Court watchers were speculating about who would be named to fill his shoes.ABA Journal legal affairs writer Stephanie Francis Ward joins in the guessing game with two former SCOTUS clerks and prominent bloggers in this 30-minute audio … [Read more...] about Lat, Volokh & Thai on Front-Runners & Dark Horses to Replace Stevens (Podcast)

A former traffic-court prosecutor, Kirk Fisher had envisioned an environmental law focus when he transitioned into private practice. He was even attending a post-law-degree graduate program in the subject at Vermont Law School.The recession and a chance encounter with a group of lawyers from an Arizona firm at a Las Vegas seminar changed his mind.The Greenville, South Carolina, practitioner saw his environmental practice dwindle as construction work dropped off during the recession. So he turned to personal injury work to pay the bills. Attending a brain injury seminar in 2009 as he worked on a case, he chatted with the group of Arizona lawyers. They told him there was a need for attorneys to focus on motorcycle matters, reports the Greenville News.“It took me about 13 seconds to go, ‘Man, I could do this. This is right up my alley,’ ” Fisher told the newspaper.Initially, he got into the field by signing a three-year contract with the Nevada firm that introduced … [Read more...] about Harley rider focuses on motorcycle law in office at converted service station

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Eskenforadrink, a 4-year-old filly who was the even-money favorite in Saturday's third race at Santa Anita Park, suffered an injury to her right front ankle during the race and had to be euthanized, racing officials said. It was the first injury suffered by a horse at Santa Anita since the park re-opened Thursday after it was closed for two days of soil inspection last week amid a rash of 19 horse deaths in two months. "Certainly (horse) racing has risks, as racing does in virtually any sport,'' Rick Arthur, medical director of the California Horse Racing Board, told City News Service after confirming the thoroughbred's death. Arthur said a necropsy will be performed on Eskenforadrink, who was bred in Kentucky but spent her racing career in California. Molly the 3-year-old golden retriever lives at an equine rescue in North Carolina where she particularly loves the miniature ponies because she can reach them easier. When Sammi the horse arrived at the rescue she was "skin and bones … [Read more...] about Santa Anita Racetrack in Calif. Has 20th Horse Death