
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.
“Remarkable Things in the Government’s Alien Enemies Act Briefs to the Supreme Court”: Marty Lederman has this post at the “Just Security” blog.

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“Trump’s Pick to Argue at Supreme Court Made His Career in Culture Wars; President Trump’s choice for solicitor general, D. John Sauer, has long pushed for restrictions on abortion and access to contraception”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.
“The Supreme Court Precedent That Should Free Mahmoud Khalil”: Law professor Brad Snyder has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Law Firm Kirkland & Ellis in Talks With White House to Avoid Executive Order; The largest U.S. law firm by revenue tries to avoid being the next Trump target”: Erin Mulvaney, Josh Dawsey, and C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal have this report.
“Judge considering whether to hold Trump officials in contempt for violating court orders on deportation flights”: Devan Cole and Tierney Sneed of CNN have this report.

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“Appeals court: Trump pardon ‘plainly’ did not cover Jan. 6 defendants’ unrelated crimes; The mass pardon has resulted in confusion in the courts.” Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney of Politico have this report.