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How Appealing Weekly Roundup

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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.

“‘New Era’ of Scrutiny Brings Calls for Supreme Court Ethics Code”: Lydia Wheeler and Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Oklahoma Supreme Court finds ‘limited right’ to abortion in state constitution”: Chris Casteel of The Oklahoman has an article that begins, “The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the state constitution includes ‘an inherent right of a pregnant woman to terminate a pregnancy when necessary to save her life.’” You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma at this link.

“Supreme Court rules for deaf student who says school district failed him; Ruling says young man can pursue Americans with Disabilities Act claim even as he seeks help via Individuals with Disabilities Education Act”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

“How Ginsburg’s death and Kavanaugh’s maneuvering shaped the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade and abortion rights”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis, adopted from her forthcoming book, “Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court’s Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences.”

“Court Action Underscores Peril for Trump in Documents Investigation; Federal prosecutors continue to build a case that the former president obstructed efforts by the government to reclaim classified material and that he may have misled his own lawyer”: Maggie Haberman, Alan Feuer, Ben Protess, and William K. Rashbaum have this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

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