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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 Worst Trump Judge In America Is Neomi Rao: Find something you love doing in this life as much as Neomi Rao loves running interference for Donald Trump.” James LaRock has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Blasting rap at work might count as sex discrimination, court says”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“2022 Data Breakdown: Gender Diversity.” At the “High School SCOTUS” blog, Elise Spenner has a post that begins, “Although we are yet to receive opinions from the Court in almost 30 cases, the oral argument phase of the term has officially concluded. While we wait for opinions, I took some time to analyze the gender diversity among advocates at the Court this year.”

“Court Picks Face Trickier Path as Senate Eyes Red-State Judges”: Zach C. Cohen and Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Court: No lawsuit immunity for Michigan official who had rifle during online meeting.” Ed White of The Associated Press recently had this report about a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued last week.

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“Colleagues want a 95-year-old judge to retire. She’s suing them instead. Fellow judges have accused Pauline Newman of misconduct, saying she can no longer do her job even if she’s appointed for life. The country’s oldest active federal judge won’t go.” Rachel Weiner of The Washington Post has this report.

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