How Appealing



Saturday, December 26, 2020

“Donald Trump’s pardons must not obstruct justice; Abuses of constitutional clemency power should be investigated and prosecuted”: Law professor Laurence Tribe has this essay online at Financial Times.

Posted at 9:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Flight of the Barr Bros: They’re young, white, male, and ready to cash in on their work for Trump’s Justice Department.” Ankush Khardori has this post at “The Soapbox” blog of The New Republic.

Posted at 9:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Hospital staff revived a man’s stopped heart — and he sued; A successful ‘wrongful prolongation of life’ lawsuit in Montana, among other things, reflects the extent to which many Americans will go to gain — and enforce — their rights to control their final days”: Mark Arsenault of The Boston Globe has this report.

Posted at 8:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump tweet rant rips Congress, Senate Republicas, Supreme Court, Justice Department”: S.A. Miller of The Washington Times has this report.

Posted at 8:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“Coronavirus stalls long-awaited day in court for historic opioid lawsuit”: Meryl Kornfield of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 7:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Are tattoos free speech that should override coronavirus restrictions? California artists say yes.” Lila Seidman has this article in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 6:51 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judicial Notice: December 25, 2020; Notable legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

Posted at 4:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s Fraud Claims Died in Court, But the Myth of Stolen Elections Lives On; For years, Republicans have used the specter of cheating as a reason to impose barriers to ballot access; A definitive debunking of claims of wrongdoing in 2020 has not changed that message”: Jim Rutenberg, Nick Corasaniti, and Alan Feuer will have this front page article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 4:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Ohio Supreme Court decided dozens of cases in 2020 — on topics ranging from Amazon to Kanye West”: Laura Hancock of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report.

Posted at 3:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s court appointments will leave decades-long imprint”: Mark Sherman, Kevin Freking, and Matthew Daly of The Associated Press have this report.

Posted at 3:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump rails at Justice Dept., Supreme Court as stimulus bill deadline nears; The president took aim at the FBI and DOJ for not pursuing baseless claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election”: Evan Semones of Politico has this report.

Posted at 3:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Amy Coney Barrett steers the Supreme Court to the right, but not toward President Trump”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Posted at 3:44 PM by Howard Bashman