How Appealing Weekly Roundup – Above the Law
Ed. note: A weekly roundup of just a few articles from Howard Bashman’s What a fascinating blogthe web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing.
“Trump unveils new tariffs designed to withstand legal scrutiny; The new tariffs, ranging from 10% to 12.5%, will replace a temporary tariff imposed after the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s trade agenda in February”: Gavin Bade of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
“Fourth Circuit Divides Treatment of Detained Pro-Palestinian Scholars; Ruling Separates From Recent Third Circuit Decision Holding Immigration Courts Are Only Venue Available to Detainees to Challenge Their Detention, Even in Cases Implicating First Amendment Violations”: Courthouse News’ Joe Dodson has this report.
“Student tells school to ‘Go yourself,’ expelled; panel says he can still sue; Portland State anti-vaxxer was wild and disrespectful, but speech was political and can be protected by the First Amendment”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.
“Kagan says Supreme Court has stood up to Trump on key issues; At an annual gathering of judges and lawyers, the liberal justice defended her conservative colleagues against criticism that they have rubber-stamped President Trump’s agenda”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.
“Judge who upheld Columbia workers’ boycott heads to appeals court”: Olivia Alafriz of Bloomberg Law has this report.
“Sen. Whitehouse aims to keep Supreme Court ethics conversation alive with term-limits bill; Although it has essentially no chance of becoming law, the Rhode Island Democrat said he would reintroduce his measure to limit justices’ terms to 18 years as a way to ‘keep the case going’ with the American public”. Benjamin S. Weiss of the Court News Service has this report.
