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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.

“Republican states can move ahead with abortion pill lawsuit in Texas”: Brendan Pierson and Nate Raymond of Reuters have this report.

“Biden administration will leave it to Trump to implement TikTok ban; The ban goes into effect on Sunday unless the Supreme Court intervenes”: Elizabeth Schulze, Devin Dwyer, and Steven Portnoy of ABC News have this report.

“A.G. Garland withdraws federal execution drug protocol following review; ‘[T]here is significant uncertainty about whether the use of pentobarbital as a single-drug lethal injection for execution treats individuals humanely,’ Garland wrote”: Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.

“Riggs, Griffin spar over proper forum for NC Supreme Court election dispute”: The Carolina Journal has this report.

“Arkansas Supreme Court administrator asks chief justice to stay away, pending disciplinary review; Request is latest stumble in rocky start for Chief Justice Karen Baker”: Sonny Albarado of Arkansas Advocate has this report.

“Cookies, Cocktails and Mushrooms on the Menu as Justices Hear Bank Fraud Case; In trying to find the line between false statements and misleading ones in the case of a Chicago politician, members of the Supreme Court posed colorful questions”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.