How Appealing Weekly Roundup

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.

“Supreme Court Declines to Rule on Tech Platforms’ Free Speech Rights; The justices unanimously returned two cases, which concerned state laws that supporters said were aimed at ‘Silicon Valley censorship,’ to lower courts; Critics had said the laws violated the sites’ First Amendment rights”: Abbie VanSickle, David McCabe, and Adam Liptak of The New York Times have this report.

“Clarence Thomas Raised Another Issue: Was Jack Smith Legally Appointed? In his concurrence to the immunity decision, the justice questioned whether there was a legal basis for naming the special counsel — a topic also being explored by the judge in the documents case.” Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Deals Blow to Trump’s Prosecution, Ruling He Has Broad Immunity; Decision further hamstrings federal case alleging Trump illegally attempted to overturn 2020 election results.”

“A dramatic last day in the courtroom”: Mark Walsh has this “View from the Court” post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Trump Isn’t Going to Like the Supreme Court’s Immunity Decision; In particular, there’s a single line in the majority opinion that lets Special Counsel Jack Smith retain plenty of leeway”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“The Supreme Court ‘running of the interns’ comes to the finish line; For decades, Washington’s lowliest denizens delivered the Supreme Court’s most important decisions; Now, the internet has made the beloved tradition nearly obsolete”: Alex Seitz-Wald of NBC News has this report.