How Appealing Weekly Roundup

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.

“Supreme Court refuses to reinstate West Virginia’s transgender athlete ban”: Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report.

“Oklahoma eyes first US religious charter school after Supreme Court rulings”: John Kruzel of Reuters has this report.

“How a Texas abortion law could spur N.Y. climate lawsuits”: Lesley Clark of Climatewire has this report.

“But until the Supreme Court or our en banc court determines otherwise, the law of our circuit is that unlawful aliens are not part of ‘the people’ to whom the protections of the Second Amendment extend.” So ruled a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in a decision issued today.

“Federalist Society Judges Acting Badly”: Eric Segall has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

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“Appeals Court Punts on Due Process Rights for Guantánamo Detainees; The case could have resolved an important question about the scope of rights for noncitizens held at the wartime prison”: Charlie Savage and Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times have this report.

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