Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing.
“Chutzpah Department: After Federal District Court Failed to Act within Hours on DOJ ‘Request’ to Expedite TRO Hearing in California Ballot Case, DOJ Already Appealing to the Ninth Circuit.” Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.”
“There Is No Right-Wing Culture War These Two Justices Won’t Fight; Whenever a legal argument goes too far for the other conservative justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito are right there to encourage activists to try again soon”: Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.
“Jan. 6 Rioters Pardoned for Assaulting Cops Now Want Taxpayer Money; Nearly 200 people granted clemency by Trump for Jan. 6 charges are suing for US compensation, including dozens convicted of attacking or impeding law enforcement”: Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News has this report.
“A Conversation with Justice Elena Kagan”: The Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition has posted this video on YouTube.
“‘Lawyer’ Vs. ‘Attorney’: Is This A Thing? I combed through decades-old dictionaries and case law — and interviewed Bryan Garner, the longtime editor of Black’s Law Dictionary — to find out.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
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