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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.
“How the modern Supreme Court might view the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.
What Even Is AI ‘Competence’? It Depends.
Takeaways from a Legalweek panel on evolving malpractice risks.
“The Next Trump Judges Will Be So Much Worse; The Federalist Society’s waning influence in the Trump White House means that his next nominees will be considerably further to the right, and personally committed to the work of protecting Donald Trump”: Molly Coleman has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.
“New Research Finds Potential Alternative to Abortion Pill Mifepristone; The research could further complicate the polarized politics of abortion because the drug in the study is the key ingredient in a pill used for emergency contraception”: Pam Belluck and Emily Bazelon of The New York Times have this report.
“Trump Gives TikTok an Illegal Amnesty; The tech firms that host the app are putting their shareholders at risk by failing to comply with the law”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“Supreme Court Seems Ready to Reject Limit on Excessive-Force Suits; The justices heard arguments over whether courts must limit their scrutiny of challenges to police shootings to ‘the moment of threat’”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.
Labor and Employment Federal Litigation Trends 2026
Drawing on more than a decade of data, the report equips law firms and corporate legal teams with actionable insights to better assess risk, refine strategy, and anticipate outcomes in today’s evolving workplace disputes.
“Courthouse News Loses Bid for Remote Virginia State Court Access”: Ufonobong Umanah of Bloomberg News has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.