Roundup of articles

Today's DJ has PJ Gilbert's column, a response to a recent column by Dan Lawton (suggesting that judges over 75 retire), titled Retort of an octogenarian: I'm still here, just give me a shot of adrenaline now and then

The NLJ has 'If Just One of Them Had Run for Sheriff' -- "Of course, anything useful can be abused, and federalism is no exception," U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch writes in his forthcoming book. "The cry of 'states’ rights' was used to justify slavery and Jim Crow laws and to defy federal civil rights legislation." The article is an excerpt from Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law by Justice Gorsuch and Janie Nitze.

The WSJ has Neil Gorsuch and the Laffer Curve of Law and ‘Over Ruled’ Review: Criminalizing Everyday Life --"Justice Neil Gorsuch laments the ordeal of average citizens faced with too many laws—impenetrable and unpredictable laws at that."

And the NLJ also has Justice Kagan Emerges as the Supreme Court’s Unflinching Critic -- At a time when the court’s approval rating has sagged to near-historic lows, Elena Kagan has appeared sympathetic to progressive and Democratic critics who see the current court as driven by a conservative agenda.

Law360 has Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action -- In this inaugural edition of Wheeling & Appealing, Law360 recaps recent appellate opinions that made waves, quizzes readers about a new word for judicial grievances, and previews August arguments in circuit courts....