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How Appealing Weekly Roundup

The week in appellate news.

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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.

“Originalism Deserves the Blame for Bad Arguments in U.S. v. Rahimi; The public defenders representing Zackey Rahimi struggled to defend their client with the Supreme Court’s indefensible originalist standard”: Madiba K. Dennie has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Supreme Court Clerks, October Term 2012: Where Are They Now? Three are judges, two just put Sam Bankman-Fried behind bars, and one is a full-time parent.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“The Supreme Court dismantled Roe. States are restoring it one by one. Support for abortion cuts across party lines, performing significantly better at the ballot box than Biden and other Democrats.” Alice Miranda Ollstein, Megan Messerly, and Jessica Piper of Politico have this report.

“Sam Alito’s Deplorable Arguments for Letting Domestic Abusers Keep Their Guns”: Dahlia Lithwick has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“South Carolina justice warns judicial diversity is needed in only state with all-male high court”: James Pollard of The Associated Press has this report.

“Supreme Court Likely to Avoid ‘Raw Deal’ on Veterans Benefits”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.