{"id":132285,"date":"2025-08-29T16:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T00:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/29\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-5\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T16:00:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T00:00:36","slug":"how-appealing-weekly-roundup-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/29\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-5\/","title":{"rendered":"How Appealing Weekly Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/GettyImages-509557490-620x413.jpg?resize=620%2C413&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><u><em><strong>Ed. Note<\/strong><\/em><\/u>: <em>A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/howappealing.abovethelaw.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"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>\u201cWith Louisiana Essentially Flipping Sides in Callais Case Before Supreme Court and Arguing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is Unconstitutional, Full Defense Shifts to Voting Rights Groups\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Rick Hasen has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/electionlawblog.org\/?p=151805\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a>\u00a0at his \u201cElection Law Blog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWhat *are* the legal questions at issue in Trump\u2019s purported removal of Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board?\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Marty Lederman has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/balkin.blogspot.com\/2025\/08\/what-are-legal-questions-at-issue-in.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a>\u00a0at the \u201cBalkinization\u201d blog.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cJudicial Backlash Grows Over \u2018Smear\u2019 Campaign by Trump Officials\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-08-28\/judicial-backlash-grows-over-smear-campaign-by-trump-officials\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cYelp reviews and Adelson TV talk: Inside what prosecutors say is Dan Markel murder \u2018code.\u2019\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Jeff Burlew and Elena Barrera of The Tallahassee Democrat have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/news\/local\/2025\/08\/28\/donna-adelson-trial-prosecutors-point-to-markel-murder-code-talk\/85855870007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAbrego Garcia Requests Asylum in the United States; The request is another possible path for the Salvadoran man, who has already been deported and returned by the Trump administration, to remain in the country\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Alan Feuer of The New York Times has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/27\/us\/politics\/abrego-garcia-asylum.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSupreme Court declines to revive Hunter Biden, computer repairman\u2019s dueling lawsuits\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Xerxes Wilson of The Delaware News Journal has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.delawareonline.com\/story\/news\/2025\/08\/27\/hunter-biden-defamation-lawsuit-remains-dismissed-with-delaware-supreme-court-ruling\/85835585007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/08\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-135\/\" 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<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/GettyImages-509557490-620x413.jpg?resize=620%2C413&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><u><em><strong>Ed. Note<\/strong><\/em><\/u>: <em>A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/howappealing.abovethelaw.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"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>\u201cWith Louisiana Essentially Flipping Sides in Callais Case Before Supreme Court and Arguing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is Unconstitutional, Full Defense Shifts to Voting Rights Groups\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Rick Hasen has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/electionlawblog.org\/?p=151805\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a>\u00a0at his \u201cElection Law Blog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWhat *are* the legal questions at issue in Trump\u2019s purported removal of Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board?\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Marty Lederman has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/balkin.blogspot.com\/2025\/08\/what-are-legal-questions-at-issue-in.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a>\u00a0at the \u201cBalkinization\u201d blog.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cJudicial Backlash Grows Over \u2018Smear\u2019 Campaign by Trump Officials\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-08-28\/judicial-backlash-grows-over-smear-campaign-by-trump-officials\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cYelp reviews and Adelson TV talk: Inside what prosecutors say is Dan Markel murder \u2018code.\u2019\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Jeff Burlew and Elena Barrera of The Tallahassee Democrat have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/news\/local\/2025\/08\/28\/donna-adelson-trial-prosecutors-point-to-markel-murder-code-talk\/85855870007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAbrego Garcia Requests Asylum in the United States; The request is another possible path for the Salvadoran man, who has already been deported and returned by the Trump administration, to remain in the country\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Alan Feuer of The New York Times has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/27\/us\/politics\/abrego-garcia-asylum.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSupreme Court declines to revive Hunter Biden, computer repairman\u2019s dueling lawsuits\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Xerxes Wilson of The Delaware News Journal has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.delawareonline.com\/story\/news\/2025\/08\/27\/hunter-biden-defamation-lawsuit-remains-dismissed-with-delaware-supreme-court-ruling\/85835585007\/\" 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. \u201cWith Louisiana Essentially Flipping Sides in Callais Case Before Supreme Court and Arguing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is Unconstitutional, [&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-132285","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\/132285","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=132285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132285\/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=132285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}