How Appealing



Tuesday, February 12, 2013

“White House Must Respond to Petition Seeking Swartz Prosecutor’s Firing”: David Kravets has this post at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog.

Posted at 9:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“How Sonia Sotomayor’s Memoir Outsold Clarence Thomas’s: The charming and intelligent justice has a great story — one that’s been topping bestseller lists for the past month.” Peter Osnos has this essay online at The Atlantic. Apparently the headline writer does not find Justice Thomas to be both charming and intelligent.

Posted at 6:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Chief Judge Sentelle of D.C. Circuit Takes Senior Status”: Todd Ruger has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

Posted at 3:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Statistics Confirm Growing Rarity of Oral Arguments at Third Circuit”: This month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column appears in today’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers.

If any readers of this blog would like to share their thoughts for publication at “How Appealing” on the increasing rarity of oral argument in federal appellate courts — either at the Third Circuit or elsewhere — please feel free to forward your comments to me at this blog’s email address.

Posted at 9:54 AM by Howard Bashman



“Arbitration case this term could lead to broadest ruling against class actions; American Express asks U.S. Supreme Court to overturn ruling by Second Circuit holding arbitration agreement unenforceable”: Marcia Coyle has this article in this week’s issue of The National Law Journal.

Posted at 8:12 AM by Howard Bashman



“Constitution Check: Is a limit on the number of bullets a gun can fire unconstitutional?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

Posted at 8:07 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Death of a Prodigy and the Limitations of Talent”: Online at The New York Times, Michael Winerip has a very interesting essay that begins, “I keep thinking of Aaron Swartz, the 26-year-old computer genius who apparently hanged himself last month.”

Posted at 12:08 AM by Howard Bashman