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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.

“Oklahoma Supreme Court strikes down two state abortion bans”: Chris Casteel of The Oklahoman has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Oklahoma issued yesterday.

And in commentary, online at Slate, law professor Mary Ziegler has a Jurisprudence essay titled “Oklahoma Supreme Court’s Abortion Ruling Shows Path Forward in Deep Red States.”

“Texas man urges Supreme Court to stay out of major Second Amendment case”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report. You can access the defendant’s brief in opposition at this link.

“Stephen Breyer Wants the Supreme Court to Avoid ‘Self-inflicted’ Wounds; The retired justice spoke with The Marshall Project on abortion, the death penalty and the court’s reputation”: Beth Schwartzapfel of The Marshall Project has this Q&A.

“The Urgent Warning That Got Cut From a Supreme Court Opinion 20 Years Ago”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen — founder of the “Election Law Blog” — has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

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“Descendants asking US Supreme Court to rename Brown v. Board of Education for SC case”: Jessica Holdman of The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina has this report.

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