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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.
“Republicans’ New, Dangerous Attempt to Break the Election: Even if the Supreme Court rejects this plea, the GOP will advance its cause of sowing doubt in the electoral process all the same.” Law professor Bob Bauer has this essay online at The Atlantic.
“Justice Department signals plan to salvage obstruction charges in some Jan. 6 cases; Prosecutors still see a path to conviction for some defendants, even while dropping the charge in other cases following a Supreme Court ruling”: Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico have this report.
“Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’ returns with a vengeance”: John Fritze and Devan Cole of CNN have this report.
“MIT’s Drop in Black Students Shows Fallout From Top Court Ruling; The enrollment numbers give an early indication of how US colleges are grappling with a Supreme Court decision that banned race as a factor in admissions”: Francesca Maglione and Janet Lorin of Bloomberg News have this report.
“Trump Takes Fascist Threat to Next Level With New Proposal on Judges; Donald Trump wants to make it a crime to criticize any judges who like him; Imagine what that would mean”: Paige Oamek has this essay online at The New Republic.
“The Puzzling SCOTUS Ruling on Transgender Rights and Title IX”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”