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Friday, October 13, 2017

“Trump’s Latest Travel Ban Could Be the Toughest to Challenge; Earlier iterations of the executive order were rushed and unpolished; But the third version could very well pass the Supreme Court’s test”: Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 2:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Left’s New Plan to Gut Religious-Liberty Protections; In a flurry of pending court cases, liberals are arguing for a radical reinterpretation of the Constitution’s establishment clause”: Margot Cleveland has this essay online at National Review.

Posted at 2:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why courts ruled in NFL’s favor, allowing league to enforce Ezekiel Elliott’s suspension immediately”: Kate Hairopoulos has this front page article in today’s edition of The Dallas Morning News.

Drew Davison of The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that “Court ruling OKs NFL’s investigation process, Ezekiel Elliott now suspended.”

In today’s edition of The New York Times, Benjamin Hoffman has an article headlined “Ezekiel Elliott’s 6-Game N.F.L. Suspension Reinstated by Court.”

Lauren Theisen of Deadspin.com reports that “Appeals Court Vacates Ezekiel Elliott’s Injunction, Clears Path To Suspension.”

At SI.com’s “MMQB” blog, Michael McCann has a post titled “Ezekiel Elliott Suspension: Breaking Down Remaining Legal Options for the Cowboys RB.”

And Austin Knoblauch of NFL.com has a report titled “What happens next in the Ezekiel Elliott case?

Yesterday, a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued this non-precedential ruling in the case.

Update: After this post originally appeared, the Fifth Circuit reissued its ruling in this case as a published decision.

Posted at 1:48 PM by Howard Bashman