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.
“U.S. Revives Obscure Court in Bid to Deport Afghan Woman; The case is a test of the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, where much of the evidence is presented in secret and defendants cannot challenge how it was collected”: Alan Feuer and Adam Sella of The New York Times have this report.
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“Trump Threatens to Withdraw Blanche as Attorney General, Dealing Blow to Nomination; President Trump’s threat followed a day of fruitless negotiations with two Republican holdouts, Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis”: Glenn Thrush, Michael Gold, and Carl Hulse of The New York Times have this report.
“Two more federal appeals courts reject ICE mass detention policy; The 9th and 7th circuits ruled on the same day that the Trump administration misconstrued immigration law”: Kyle Cheney of Politico has this updated report.
“Bonus 241: The Mail-In Voting Applications; What the Supreme Court was asked to do on Monday is narrower than much of the coverage suggests, and a grant of relief would be far less significant than it will outwardly appear to be.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.
“Trump Says He Wants Supreme Court to Revive Suit Against Hillary Clinton”: Greg Stohr and Erik Larson of Bloomberg News have this report.