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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.
“The Supreme Court’s Current Crisis Recalls the Scandal That Engulfed Gorsuch’s Own Mother; One would think that Anne Gorsuch Burford’s son would understand why the system is set up this way”: Dennis Aftergut has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
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“‘Inside baseball’: Critics say academia has ‘troubling’ influence with the Supreme Court; Law schools are vying for access to Supreme Court justices, say critics.” Lucien Bruggeman of ABC News has this report.
“Democratic bill would combat ‘judge shopping’ and keep national cases in D.C.” Jacqueline Thomsen of Reuters has this report.
“The Supreme Court Is Struggling to Distinguish Fantasy From Reality; A case about stalking has morphed into one about free speech — with potentially dangerous results”: Law professors Evelyn Douek and Genevieve Lakier have this essay online at The Atlantic.
“What the Abortion-Pill Decision Reveals About the Shadow Docket: The author of a new book on the Supreme Court’s backdoor lawmaking breaks it down.” Irin Carmon has this interview with law professor Steve Vladeck at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.
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“What Scalia’s Defense of a Free Jet Trip Says About Thomas’s Travels; In a combative 2004 memo rejecting calls for his recusal, Justice Antonin Scalia discussed whether a trip on a litigant’s plane was a gift that had to be disclosed”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in today’s edition of The New York Times.