Happy Friday from Avalon and Brad, and welcome to another roundup of the week’s news about the judiciary. This week Avalon takes a look at a SCOTUS amicus brief filed on behalf of a handful of federal judges hoping to see a panel rehearing practice get the ax. Brad, meanwhile, continues to try and keep up with Biden’s judicial nominations. Despite a canceled Senate Judiciary meeting this week, the president still saw five judges get confirmed with plenty more waiting in the wings.  

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Andre Davis, retired judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and now Baltimore city solicitor, discussing threats to judicial independence during a panel discussion titled “Undermining the Courts and the Media: The Consequences for American Democracy,” organized by The National Judicial College, at the Press Club building in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, December 13, 2018. Andre Davis, retired judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and now Baltimore city solicitor, discussing threats to judicial independence during a panel discussion in Washington, D.C., on December 13, 2018.  Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM

Judges to SCOTUS: Reject Panel Rehearing Rule