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Friday, August 28, 2026

“Trump asks Supreme Court to allow military to discharge transgender troops; The high court could decide to hear the case in the term that begins in October”: Julian Mark of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 10:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“The White House says its ballroom is 65% complete. Its documents suggest otherwise. The claim, made in government filings to the Supreme Court, is contradicted by budget and other records.” Sarah Blaskey, Jonathan O’Connell, Dan Diamond, and Jarrett Ley of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

Posted at 9:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Paramount Turns to a Heavy-Hitting Lawyer Who Likes Tough Clients; Beth Wilkinson is working on three of the most high-stakes media battles in years”: Jessica Toonkel of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 9:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Timing of the US Government’s USPS Eventual Motion to SCOTUS in the Mail Ballot Case, and Insinuations about Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Slow-Walking the Case”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.”

Posted at 4:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge Throws Out Key 9/11 Confession as Tainted by Torture; Prosecutors argued the statements by the defendant, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, were crucial evidence for the eventual death-penalty trial”: Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 4:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Unitary Executive and Comey’s Vindictive Prosecution Claim; The government tries to have it both ways”: Jack Goldsmith has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.

Posted at 3:21 PM by Howard Bashman



“Kalshi Takes Hit as Appeals Court Says Sports Bets Aren’t Swaps”: Gillian R. Brassil of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access today’s decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

Update: In other coverage, Lauren McCarthy of The New York Times reports that “Prediction Markets Should Be Regulated as Gambling, Appeals Court Says; The outcome contradicted an earlier appeals court decision; Federal regulators said the split rulings called for resolution by the Supreme Court.”

Posted at 1:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ninth Circuit rules California gun dealers must keep surveillance systems; Firearm dealers had described the surveillance system requirement as a government-mandated eavesdropping device”: Quinn Welsch of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access yesterday’s decision of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 1:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump loses longshot bid to transfer NYC hush money case to federal court; President Donald Trump sought to erase his New York state criminal trial convictions by remanding the case to a federal court, where he could revive previously dismissed immunity claims”: Josh Russell of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access today’s decision of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York at this link.

Update: In other coverage, Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney of Politico report that “Judge again rejects Trump’s bid to move criminal hush money case to federal court; The president has attempted to move the state criminal case that made him a convicted felon to federal court three times, without success.”

Posted at 1:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Third Circuit Rejects Trump on Immigrant Mandatory Detention”: Megan Crepeau of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access today’s decision of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

Update: In other coverage, Kyle Cheney of Politico reports that “Appeals court delivers 8th straight blow to ICE’s mandatory detention policy; The 3rd Circuit said the Trump administration misinterpreted federal law.”

Posted at 1:36 PM by Howard Bashman