How Appealing Weekly Roundup
The week in appellate news. The post How Appealing Weekly Roundup appeared first on Above the Law.
Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing.
“Trump Asks Supreme Court to Revive Ban on Transgender Troops; Lower courts had blocked the policy, saying it was not supported by evidence and violated equal protection principles”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.
“The lawyers pushing back on Trump’s campaign to corral big law firms: Big law firms stayed silent or cut deals as Trump sanctioned some firms; An increasingly vocal array of lawyers are challenging his moves.” Mark Berman of The Washington Post has this report.
“The Supreme Court’s ‘Selective Proceduralism’ Would Suffocate the Constitution; The law allows for extraordinary interventions under extraordinary circumstances, such as when human beings face the possibility of lifetime incarceration without due process”: Adam Serwer of The Atlantic has this essay.
“What the Supreme Court has already said about banishment; It called leaving people stateless a punishment worse than torture”: Law professor John D. Bessler has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“The Supreme Court Has No Army; The judiciary has some tools to enforce presidential compliance, but their effectiveness depends ultimately on the vigilance of the American people”: Law professor Thomas P. Schmidt has this essay online at The Atlantic.
“Federal judges block NC Supreme Court election ‘cure’ process — for now”: Kyle Ingram of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report.
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