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.
“A Year Inside Kash Patel’s F.B.I.: Forty-five current and former employees on the changes they say are undermining the agency and making America less safe.” Emily Bazelon and Rachel Poser have this article online at The New York Times Magazine.
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“Fifth Circuit split on Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act to remove Venezuelans; Judges questioned the extent to which courts have the power to second-guess the president’s invocation of the 18th-century law”: Christina van Waasbergen of Courthouse News Service has this report.
“IRS Told Goldstein to Keep Better Gambling Records, Jury Hears”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).
“‘The Justices Might Actually Have to Say No, Even to the President’”: Law professors Kate Shaw, William Baude, and Stephen I. Vladeck have this written discussion online at The New York Times.
“Race looms large in gun-rights arguments at Supreme Court; The justices debated post-Civil War ‘Black codes’ as they mulled a Hawaii law limiting guns in public places”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.
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“Supreme Court conservatives have downplayed Trump’s conduct. The Fed case may change that.” Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.