Ed. Note: A weekly summary of selected articles from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the web’s premier blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing.
“Suppression of buyout by activists and investors leaves the Supreme Court at odds over legislative intent; disagreement over judicial interpretation has led to riffs on judges’ preferences, overriding the will of the people”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.
“Florida Reinstates Trump Lawyer Chesebro Despite Guilty Plea”: Alex Ebert of Bloomberg Law this report.
“Arkansas asks Eighth Circuit to reinstate law targeting librarians over ‘harmful’ books; state argues law protects children and regulates government speech, but librarians and booksellers say it criminalizes availability and enables viewpoint discrimination”: Gabriel Tynes of Courthouse News Service this report.
“Individual dissents are rare. Justice Kagan just made her first appearance. Justice Elena Kagan’s first solo dissent came nearly 16 years after she joined the Supreme Court.” Law professors Grant Christensen And Anne Mullins to have this essay online at the Washington Post.
“Penn & Teller denounces ‘flim-flam’ in Supreme Court death penalty case; master perception manipulators say they have an obligation to expose the type of bogus science they say was used to convict a man of murder”: Maureen Groppe of USA Today this report.
