Welcome to our weekly review of key appellate developments. As lawyers and legal professionals, it’s crucial that we track the ebb and flow of legal rulings and practices – and what better place to anchor our focus than in the upper echelons of the justice system?
Presented in collaboration with Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the first blog dedicated to appellate litigation, we aim to provide a synopsis of the most pertinent narratives of the week.
Famed Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes is set to be celebrated on stage this October, with a solo actor bringing his wit and wisdom to life at D.C.’s Arena Stage. The full details are available in this post by Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal.
Reflecting on her decades of legal activism, Caroline Fredrickson gives voice to her deepest regret – a one-sided focus on civil liberties which inadvertently sidelined economic issues. She shares her introspective thoughts in this essay for The Atlantic.
Another revelation envisages an impending Supreme Court shift regarding affirmative action in the Military. Drawing on a new lawsuit filed, law professor Garrett Epps expounds the viewpoint in this essay for the Washington Monthly.
The New Republic features an intriguing exploration of whether the Supreme Court would weigh in on a law before its passage. The full dialogue is recounted by Matt Ford in this essay.
Lastly, unfurling the complexities of neutralizing Trump, law professor Lawrence Lessig discusses this contentious plan in his Jurisprudence essay at Slate.
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