How Appealing



Tuesday, June 18, 2024

“Ohio attorney suspended over pooping in a Pringles can has license reinstated”: Laura A. Bischoff of The Columbus Dispatch has this report.

Posted at 9:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Senate Republicans Block Bump-Stock Ban; Democrats failed in their effort to override last week’s Supreme Court ruling with legislation, but saw some political benefits to the clash”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 8:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Antiabortion Lawsuits Leaned on Discredited, Disputed Research; Peer-reviewed studies were later challenged, disavowed or retracted”: Nidhi Subbaraman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 8:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“New York’s high court won’t hear Trump’s gag order challenge; The appellate court shot down Trump’s First Amendment gripes and kept the order active”: Erik Uebelacker of Courthouse News Service has this report.

Posted at 3:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court’s role in our partisan polarization has been greatly exaggerated”: Columnist Jonah Goldberg has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 1:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Wisconsin governor’s ‘400-year veto’ to be decided by Wisconsin Supreme Court”: Mitchell Schmidt of The Wisconsin State Journal has this report.

Posted at 1:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Case testing the constitutionality of Colorado’s anti-discrimination law goes to state supreme court”: Megan Verlee of Colorado Public Radio has a report that begins, “Lakewood baker Jack Phillips, who has long fought not to make cakes he says violate his Christian religious beliefs, will be in front of the Colorado Supreme court today.”

Posted at 1:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“J&J’s Talc Litigation Saga Gets Attorney-Client Privilege Twist; Suit seeks to pierce privilege behind bankruptcy strategy; J&J is looking to resolve talc litigation via $11 billion deal”: Brian Baxter of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Posted at 1:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court’s Far Right Faces a Free-Speech Problem; A humdrum trademark case exposed the limitations of originalism — and a rift on the court over the First Amendment”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

Posted at 1:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘Hot-tubbing’ and more. New terms in Black’s Law Dictionary.” Jenna Greene’s “Legal Action” from Reuters has this post.

Posted at 10:10 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Division of Oral Arguments in the Office of Solicitor General (OT 2001-OT 2023)”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 10:07 AM by Howard Bashman