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.
“Did a Supreme Court Loss Embolden Trump on the Insurrection Act? In refusing to let the president deploy National Guard troops in Illinois under an obscure law, the justices may have made him more apt to invoke greater powers.” Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news analysis.
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“Conservatives On X Are Pretty Sure Amy Coney Barrett Is Woke Now; The author of the perhaps the most aggressively anti-trans Supreme Court opinion in recent memory is getting branded as an ideological traitor who ignores ‘biological truth’”: Jay Willis has this post at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site.
“7 Predictions For The Legal World In 2026: SCOTUS retirements, $10 million in profits per partner, Trump v. Biglaw, Kirkland v. Wachtell — whatever it ends up being, the year ahead won’t be boring.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
“Supreme Court allows Illinois congressman to challenge mail-in balloting; The high court’s 7-2 ruling dealt with the narrow question of whether Republican congressman Michael Bost and others had standing to sue”: Justin Jouvenal and Patrick Marley of The Washington Post have this report.
“Newsom Says California Will Not Extradite Abortion Provider to Louisiana; The case, escalating the interstate battle over abortion, is the second time Louisiana has criminally charged out-of-state doctors with sending abortion pills to Louisiana residents”: Pam Belluck of The New York Times has this report.
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“Renee Good’s Family Should Be Able to Sue the Officer Who Killed Her”: Law professors Erwin Chemerinsky and Burt Neuborne have this guest essay online at The New York Times.