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.
“Jeffrey Epstein’s Possible Suicide Note Hidden From Public View; An inmate said he discovered the note after Mr. Epstein was found injured in his jail cell, weeks before his death; It’s now locked in a courthouse”: Benjamin Weiser, Steve Eder, and Jan Ransom of The New York Times have this report.
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“The Comey indictment could be upended by this 2015 Supreme Court precedent; The high court a decade ago explicitly overturned the legal standard that prosecutors are now citing to charge Comey with threatening President Trump”: Perry Stein of The Washington Post has this news analysis.
“Judge Asks Justice Department: Will You Oppose Trump? A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to explain whether it intends to contest President Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the I.R.S. over the disclosure of his tax returns.” Andrew Duehren of The New York Times has this news analysis.
“Inside the courtroom for the Voting Rights Act’s final bow; Before the Supreme Court began broadcasting live audio from inside the courtroom, Justices Alito and Kagan gave dueling views over the intersection of race and politics in a representative democracy”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.
“Trump Judicial Pick ABA Rated Unqualified Advances in Senate”: Olivia Alafriz of Bloomberg Law has this report.
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And Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service reports that “Top Democrat decries ‘slow-mo self-destruction’ of Senate Judiciary Committee; In an extraordinary statement, Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse slammed his colleagues on the Senate’s powerful judicial affairs panel for handing their authority over nominees to the executive branch.”
“Big Law Firms Asked to Weigh in on Trump IRS Case Jurisdiction”: Erin Slowey of Bloomberg Law has this report.