How Appealing Weekly Roundup

The week in appellate news.

Gavel, scales of justice and law books

(Image via Getty)

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 Is Infected With the ‘Most Damaging’ Human Bias; It’s not the justices’ politics that are making them unpopular; It’s their overconfidence”: Law professor Aaron Tang has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“Roberts Steers Supreme Court’s Arguments if Not Its Decisions”: Law professor Tonja Jacobi has this essay online at Bloomberg Law.

“After Supreme Court Forces Its Hand, E.P.A. Curbs Wetlands Protection; The agency curtailed pollution protections for millions of streams, wetlands and other bodies of water to comply with a Supreme Court decision”: Lisa Friedman and Coral Davenport of The New York Times have this report.

“Trump’s Free Speech Runs Up Against Courtroom Decorum; Judges face uncharted territory in deciding whether a presidential candidate’s remarks flout rules protecting a fair and orderly trial”: Byron Tau of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“42. The Switch in Time That Saved Nine: The conventional view is that FDR’s 1937 ‘court-packing’ plan failed; But his attacks on the Supreme Court may have had a lot to do with one of the most consequential doctrinal shifts in its history.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

Sponsored