I’ll be off to San Francisco late next week for my first (and probably last) American Bar Association annual meeting. No, I haven’t joined the ABA. Rather, I’ve been invited to take part in its “showcase program” on “The 2016 Presidential Election, U.S. Supreme Court Nominations, and the Current Supreme Court Vacancy” on Saturday, August 6. My fellow panelists will be law professor Pamela S. Karlan and former associate White House counsel Reginald J. Brown. NPR’s Carrie Johnson will moderate the panel. (More info on page 9 of this brochure.)

I’ll note that, back in April, fifteen former ABA presidents signed a letter to Senate leaders that seems to posit that the Senate has a constitutional duty to “hold[] a fair hearing and timely vote” on the Garland nomination. I look forward to explaining why that position is plainly wrong.