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.

“Let’s Not Bring Back Jail for Swearing”: Online at The New York Times, law professors Jacob D. Charles and Matthew L. Schafer have a guest essay that begins, “With its new term starting this month, the Supreme Court will likely confront calls to upend constitutional law yet again. One very possible target is people’s everyday right to voice their political opinions, to speak up, even just to swear.”

“J&J Talc Bankruptcy Stays in Texas, Boosting Settlement Odds; J&J beats Justice Department bid to move case to New Jersey; J&J talc bankruptcies had twice been stopped in New Jersey”: Jonathan Randles and Steven Church of Bloomberg News has this report.

“The Anti-Abortion Movement Is Pivoting Back to Victimhood at the Supreme Court”: Sarah Lipton-Lubet has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Why the Supreme Court May Not Decide the 2024 Election After All”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen — founder of the “Election Law Blog” — has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“US sides with Ukraine in fight with Taliban victims over $42 mln from Russian bank”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.

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“The Supreme Court’s Originalists Are Fundamentally Wrong About History; The Founders didn’t believe the Constitution had a fixed meaning; So why do so many of the justices?” Andrew Lanham has this essay online at The New Republic.

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