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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.
“US judiciary walks away from proposal to bar midnight court filings”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has a report that begins, “The federal judiciary is abandoning a judge’s proposal to improve work-life balance among attorneys by rolling back filing deadlines and barring lawyers nationwide from submitting legal briefs and other documents electronically as late as midnight.”
“US appeals judge urges new standard on ‘cruel and unusual’ punishment; 3rd Circuit Judge Thomas Hardiman says 8th Amendment should be interpreted under ‘original meaning’; Judge targets ‘evolving standards of decency’ test”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.
“Section 3, Originalist Chaos, and Why Donald Trump Should Not Be Constitutionally Disqualified from the Presidency”: Eric Segall has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”
“‘Nirvana baby’ tries to reboot child porn claims at Ninth Circuit; The appellate court must interpret the 10-year statute of limitations for civil lawsuits filed by victims of child pornography”: Edvard Pettersson of Courthouse News Service has this report.
“Newman Hints She Could Sit on District Court While Sidelined”: Michael Shapiro of Bloomberg Law has this report.