How Appealing Weekly Roundup – Above the Law
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.
“New York County Clerk Blocks Texas Court Filing Against Doctor Over Abortion Pills; The showdown catapults the interstate abortion wars to a new level”: Pam Belluck of The New York Times has this report.
“The Law Is Clear: You Don’t Need a Passport to Vote; Trump’s latest executive order saying Americans need to prove their citizenship to register is unlawful and harmful.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“Trump urges support for Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate in unusual intervention; The race has become a proxy war over Trump’s agenda and has attracted record spending by Elon Musk and others”: Patrick Marley of The Washington Post has this report.
“The Pathetic, Cowardly Collapse of Big Law; Trump’s actions are an attempt to tilt the scales of justice by using the raw power of government coercion — and they’re working”: Paul Rosenzweig has this essay online at The Atlantic.
“Arizona’s Supreme Court ‘cowgirl’ would’ve hated today’s politics; Sandra Day O’Connor believed in public service and worried about political attacks on the Supreme Court — for good reason”: Scott Bales has this essay online at The Arizona Republic.
Tom Goldstein’s federal criminal trial is currently scheduled to start on January 12, 2026: You can access the scheduling order issued yesterday at this link.
