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 Unveils New Tariffs Designed to Withstand Legal Scrutiny; New duties, ranging from 10% to 12.5%, will replace a temporary tariff put in place after the Supreme Court derailed Trump’s trade agenda in February”: Gavin Bade of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
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“Fourth Circuit creates circuit split over handling of detained pro-Palestinian scholars; The ruling splits from a recent Third Circuit decision that held immigration courts are the only available venue for detainees to challenge their detention, even in cases implicating First Amendment violations”: Joe Dodson of Courthouse News has this report.
“Student tells school ‘Go f– yourself,’ gets expelled; panel says he can still sue; Portland State anti-vaxxer was crass and disrespectful but speech was political and may be protected by First Amendment”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.
“Kagan Says Supreme Court Has Stood Up to Trump in Key Cases; At an annual meeting of judges and lawyers, the liberal justice defended her conservative colleagues from criticism that they have rubber-stamped President Trump’s agenda”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.
“Judge Who Backed Columbia Clerk Boycott Headed to Appeals Court”: Olivia Alafriz of Bloomberg Law has this report.
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“Senator Whitehouse aims to keep Supreme Court ethics conversation alive with term limits bill; Though it has essentially no chance of becoming law, the Rhode Island Democrat said he’d reintroduce his measure to limit the justices’ terms to 18 years as a way to ‘keep trying the case’ with the American public”: Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report.