{"id":108874,"date":"2025-02-21T09:44:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T17:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/21\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-13\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T09:44:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T17:44:55","slug":"how-appealing-weekly-roundup-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/21\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-13\/","title":{"rendered":"How Appealing Weekly Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/GettyImages-509557490-620x413.jpg?resize=467%2C311&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"311\" title=\"\"><br \/><em><strong>Ed. Note<\/strong><\/em>: <em>A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/howappealing.abovethelaw.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">How Appealing blog<\/a>, the Web\u2019s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cTrump comes close to the red line of openly defying judges, experts say; Faced with judges\u2019 orders to block certain initiatives, the Trump administration has found ways to tell courts it still has the authority to act\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Justin Jouvenal, Leo Sands, and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/02\/20\/trump-judge-orders-comply-defy-usaid\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cJudge asks if \u2018unadulterated animus\u2019 is driving Trump\u2019s trans troop ban; In a sometimes-fiery hearing, a federal judge said that the Trump administration\u2019s assertion that troops\u2019 pronouns are harming military readiness is \u2018frankly ridiculous\u2019\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Casey Parks of The Washington Post has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2025\/02\/18\/judge-trump-trans-troops-ban-animus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cPivotal Trial Begins in Texas: Will Johnson &amp; Johnson\u2019s Third Talc Bankruptcy Survive? U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez heard opening statements on Tuesday in a two-week trial over the fate of Johnson &amp; Johnson\u2019s third talcum powder bankruptcy.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Amanda Bronstad has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DXpR1SOrZt\" rel=\"nofollow\">this report<\/a>\u00a0online at Texas Lawyer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cJustice Dept. Official Suggests That Aiding Trump Outweighs Prosecutions; Emil Bove III, the acting deputy attorney general, tried to persuade a judge to let him drop a corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams; He said the mayor was crucial to the president\u2019s agenda\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Jonah E. Bromwich, Benjamin Weiser, Hurubie Meko, and William K. Rashbaum of The New York Times have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/19\/nyregion\/eric-adams-nyc-mayor-case.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cMissouri Clinics Resume Abortions, Following Abortion Rights Referendum; Abortion opponents had tried to block, or severely limit, the procedure, against the will of voters who in November enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Kate Zernike of The New York Times has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/19\/us\/missouri-abortion.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cLawyer asks federal judge to recuse himself due to pronoun policy in courtroom; Judge S. Kato Crews is one of six judges on Colorado\u2019s US District Court requiring parties to use others\u2019 \u2018applicable pronouns\u2019 in their courtrooms\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Michael Karlik of Colorado Politics has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coloradopolitics.com\/courts\/lawyer-asks-federal-judge-to-recuse-himself-due-to-pronoun-policy-in-courtroom\/article_1f3d012a-eef2-11ef-a72f-5fdf92176a24.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/02\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-108\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How Appealing Weekly Roundup<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/GettyImages-509557490-620x413.jpg?resize=467%2C311&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"311\" title=\"\"><br \/><em><strong>Ed. Note<\/strong><\/em>: <em>A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/howappealing.abovethelaw.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">How Appealing blog<\/a>, the Web\u2019s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cTrump comes close to the red line of openly defying judges, experts say; Faced with judges\u2019 orders to block certain initiatives, the Trump administration has found ways to tell courts it still has the authority to act\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Justin Jouvenal, Leo Sands, and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/02\/20\/trump-judge-orders-comply-defy-usaid\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cJudge asks if \u2018unadulterated animus\u2019 is driving Trump\u2019s trans troop ban; In a sometimes-fiery hearing, a federal judge said that the Trump administration\u2019s assertion that troops\u2019 pronouns are harming military readiness is \u2018frankly ridiculous\u2019\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Casey Parks of The Washington Post has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2025\/02\/18\/judge-trump-trans-troops-ban-animus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cPivotal Trial Begins in Texas: Will Johnson &amp; Johnson\u2019s Third Talc Bankruptcy Survive? U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez heard opening statements on Tuesday in a two-week trial over the fate of Johnson &amp; Johnson\u2019s third talcum powder bankruptcy.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Amanda Bronstad has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DXpR1SOrZt\" rel=\"nofollow\">this report<\/a>\u00a0online at Texas Lawyer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cJustice Dept. Official Suggests That Aiding Trump Outweighs Prosecutions; Emil Bove III, the acting deputy attorney general, tried to persuade a judge to let him drop a corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams; He said the mayor was crucial to the president\u2019s agenda\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Jonah E. Bromwich, Benjamin Weiser, Hurubie Meko, and William K. Rashbaum of The New York Times have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/19\/nyregion\/eric-adams-nyc-mayor-case.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cMissouri Clinics Resume Abortions, Following Abortion Rights Referendum; Abortion opponents had tried to block, or severely limit, the procedure, against the will of voters who in November enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Kate Zernike of The New York Times has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/19\/us\/missouri-abortion.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cLawyer asks federal judge to recuse himself due to pronoun policy in courtroom; Judge S. Kato Crews is one of six judges on Colorado\u2019s US District Court requiring parties to use others\u2019 \u2018applicable pronouns\u2019 in their courtrooms\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Michael Karlik of Colorado Politics has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coloradopolitics.com\/courts\/lawyer-asks-federal-judge-to-recuse-himself-due-to-pronoun-policy-in-courtroom\/article_1f3d012a-eef2-11ef-a72f-5fdf92176a24.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman\u2019s How Appealing blog, the Web\u2019s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. \u201cTrump comes close to the red line of openly defying judges, experts say; Faced with judges\u2019 orders to block certain initiatives, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":50468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-509557490-1615jh.jpeg?fit=2121%2C1414&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}