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.
“Donna Adelson trial live: Attorneys lay out their theories of Dan Markel murder case.” Elena Barrera of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.
“Gov. Cox didn’t want the power to pick Utah’s chief justice. Lawmakers might make him do it anyway. A new version of a bill Gov. Spencer Cox vetoed is slated to be considered in a special legislative session and would force him to pick a Utah Supreme Court chief justice.” Robert Gehrke of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.
Guns or weed? Trump administration says you can’t use both.” Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.
“The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America; The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years; Experts say he’s emboldening Trump’s drive toward authoritarianism.” Ed Pilkington of The Guardian has this report.
“California Supreme Court clears way for Newsom’s redistricting plan”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.
“Judge Halts Texas Law Mandating the Ten Commandments in School; The state law had said public schools would have to display the Ten Commandments in a ‘conspicuous’ location in every classroom in Texas by Sept. 1”: Pooja Salhotra of The New York Times has this report.