The legal sector never sleeps, and this week has been no different with multiple noteworthy incidents unfolding both in and outside the courtroom. All the following information has been collated and evaluated thanks to the hard work of Howard Bashman at his
How Appealing blog,
the first-ever blog dedicated to appellate litigation.
One of the significant stories revolves around Charles Koch’s network of right-wing groups, which is alleged to be seeking to instigate legal proceedings that may critically undermine core aspects of the U.S. government. More detailed information about this is available in The Guardian’s report by Ed Pilkington and Nick Surgey.
Moving from the realm of the corporate to the politically charged, Politico’s Josh Gerstein reports on a courts committee stating that it does not hold the authority to overturn a broadcasting ban in place for the federal trials against former president Donald Trump. You can dive deeper into this ongoing situation
here.
In Texas, the state Supreme Court justices have listened to arguments regarding a Waco judge refusing to solemnize marriages for same-sex couples. Alejandro Serrano from The Texas Tribune reports in depth about this. Read more about it
here.
Legal scholar Michael C. Dorf contemplates if the highest court in the land has realized the severity of state nullification of federal law in his essay at Justia’s Verdict.
A closer look at public support for the Supreme Court through the lens of political science is provided by Jake S. Truscott in his post at the ‘Empirical SCOTUS’ blog.
Lastly, an interesting debate on the supreme court deliberating its own failure in a gun-related case involving domestic abuse has been discussed by Ian Millhiser in his essay on Vox.
Stay tuned for more appellate news and updates next week. All the information is credited to the How Appealing Weekly Roundup.