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.
“Fed Independence Reaches Its Moment of Truth as Supreme Court Weighs Cook’s Fate; High court to decide whether Trump can remove board member, which former officials see as threat to central bank independence”: Nick Timiraos of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
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“11th Circuit upholds law targeting racial violence on government property; The ruling affirmed the conviction of Jordan Leahy for using his car to terrorize a Black family on a Florida road”: Megan Butler of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.
“Barrett spurns Supreme Court bias claims after string of Trump shadow docket wins; Justice Amy Coney Barrett sat for an extended discussion where she defended the high court’s rulings and her jurisprudence”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.
“Judges Say Justices Need to Give More Emergency Docket Guidance”: Justin Wise of Bloomberg Law has this report.
“Bonus 179: The Stare Decisis-Free Docket; The Court’s recent treatment of Humphrey’s Executor may only encourage lower-court judges to do exactly what Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh purported to rail against in August: not follow precedents.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.
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“The Situation: Choose Your Own Adventure: Lindsey Halligan Edition; Any way you play, you lose.” Benjamin Wittes and Anna Bower have this post online at the “Lawfare” blog.