“How Justice Amy Coney Barrett drove the Supreme Court’s debate on abortion and Trump immunity”: John Fritze of CNN has this report. The post “How Justice Amy Coney Barrett drove the Supreme Court’s debate on abortion and Trump immunity” appeared first on How Appealing ..read more

“Trump immunity fight turns Supreme Court textualists topsy-turvy; ‘It sure ain’t originalism,’ one critic said”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report. The post “Trump immunity fight turns Supreme Court textualists topsy-turvy; ‘It sure ain’t originalism,’ one critic said” appeared first on How Appealing ..read more

“The Supreme Court Appears Poised to Protect the Presidency — and Donald Trump; In arguments about Presidential immunity, the conservative Justices, who avoided mentioning Trump, made clear that they are less concerned with holding him accountable than with shielding former Presidents from retribution”: Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has this essay online at The New Yorker. The post “The Supreme Court Appears Poised to Protect the Presidency — and Donald Trump; In arguments about Presidential immunity, the conservative Justices, who avoided mentioning Trump, made clear that they are less con ..read more

“Conservative Justices Take Argument Over Trump’s Immunity in Unexpected Direction; Thursday’s Supreme Court hearing was memorable for its discussion of coups, assassinations and internments — but very little about the former president’s conduct”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news analysis. The post “Conservative Justices Take Argument Over Trump’s Immunity in Unexpected Direction; Thursday’s Supreme Court hearing was memorable for its discussion of coups, assassinations and internments — but very little about the former president’s conduct” appeared first on How Appealing ..read more

“Radical Agreement”: You can access the new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link. The post “Radical Agreement” appeared first on How Appealing ..read more

“Harriet Miers’s Nomination Collapses; Revisiting a harrowing 24 days in October 2005”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site. The post “Harriet Miers’s Nomination Collapses; Revisiting a harrowing 24 days in October 2005” appeared first on How Appealing ..read more

“These law schools dominated the federal clerk hiring market in 2023”: Karen Sloan of Reuters has a report that begins, “The University of Chicago Law School is back at No. 1 on the list of law schools that sent the highest percentage of graduates into federal clerkships, according to new data from the American Bar Association.” The post “These law schools dominated the federal clerk hiring market in 2023” appeared first on How Appealing ..read more

“Hunter Heck ’24 on the ‘Appeal’ of Law School; Lile Moot Court Finalist First Advocated for Peers as Texas Tech Student Body President”: Mike Fox of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report. The post “Hunter Heck ’24 on the ‘Appeal’ of Law School; Lile Moot Court Finalist First Advocated for Peers as Texas Tech Student Body President” appeared first on How Appealing ..read more

“The Gaping Hole in Supreme Court Rules for Tracking Links Between Litigants and Influence Groups: Parties appearing before the Supreme Court can fund the groups that file briefs supporting their arguments — and almost never have to disclose it.” Shawn Musgrave of The Intercept recently had this report. The post “The Gaping Hole in Supreme Court Rules for Tracking Links Between Litigants and Influence Groups: Parties appearing before the Supreme Court can fund the groups that file briefs supporting their arguments — and almost never have to disclose it.” appeared first on How Appealing ..read more

“Trump’s immunity arguments and the experiences of the justices who might support it”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.” The post “Trump’s immunity arguments and the experiences of the justices who might support it” appeared first on How Appealing ..read more