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How Appealing Weekly Roundup

A selection of appellate news of the week.

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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.

“Caring About ‘Fairness’ Is a Political Choice; The Supreme Court’s conservatives have spent their careers disclaiming the relevance of ‘fairness’ in legal analysis; Now, though, a Democratic president is trying to do something they don’t like”: Jay Willis has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Georgia Supreme Court justice finds value in being uncomfortable; The Honorable Verda M. Colvin shares lessons during Holmes-Hunter Lecture”: Krista Richmond of UGA Today has this report.

“Standing for Gravediggers? A Comment on the SG’s Concession in the Student Debt Forgiveness Case and a Coda on the Major Questions Doctrine and Fairness.” Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

“Man whose ‘Cops Ahead’ warning sign got him arrested can sue police; Connecticut attempted to prosecute Michael Friend for police interference but dropped the charges, saying his warning sign actually aided cops in their efforts to curb distracted driving”: Nina Pullano of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued yesterday.

“Conservatives Have a New Rallying Cry: Down With ESG; A Federalist Society veteran is heading up a multimillion-dollar effort to push anti-ESG messaging and legislation.” Julie Bykowicz and Angel Au-Yeung of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

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