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.
“Trump administration signals it is bypassing Wisconsin’s senators in key judicial selection”: Daniel Bice and Lawrence Andrea of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have an article that begins, “U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin have sent to President Donald Trump this week five recommendations for filling a vacant seat on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, but the Trump administration is signaling that it is going its own way in selecting the nominee.”
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“Corporate Responsibility and Non-Enforcement of the TikTok Ban; Providers skate by, or refuse to answer, the hard questions”: Bob Bauer has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.
“Abrego Garcia Lawyers Question Evidence From Key Witness in Criminal Case; The exchanges unfolded at a hearing in Federal District Court in Nashville intended to determine whether Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia should be freed from criminal custody as he awaits trial”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.
“Trump’s Plans to Put Emil Bove on the Supreme Court”: Jeffrey Toobin has this guest essay online at The New York Times.
“Supreme Court Keeps Ruling in Trump’s Favor, but Doesn’t Say Why; In a series of terse, unsigned orders, the court has often been giving the green light to President Trump’s agenda without a murmur of explanation”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news analysis.
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“Trump’s DOJ Won’t Let Go of One of His Biggest Losers in Court. I Know Why.” Matthew Wollin has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.