{"id":138885,"date":"2025-12-12T17:24:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T01:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/12\/12\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-37\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T17:24:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T01:24:44","slug":"how-appealing-weekly-roundup-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/12\/12\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-37\/","title":{"rendered":"How Appealing Weekly Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ed. Note<\/strong><\/em>: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman\u2019s 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

\u201cAlabama Is Asking the Supreme Court For Some Leeway On \u2018Cruel and Unusual Punishment\u2019; In 2002, the Court decided that the Constitution does not allow executions of intellectually disabled people; But states are testing that holding\u2019s limits\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Madiba K. Dennie has\u00a0this essay<\/a>\u00a0online at Balls and Strikes.<\/p>\n

\u201cSouth Carolina man asks Fourth Circuit for new trial in trans woman\u2019s slaying; Daqua Ritter\u2019s case was the first time federal prosecutors brought a hate crime based on gender identity to trial\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Steve Garrison of Courthouse News Service has\u00a0this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHalligan\u2019s US attorney nomination appears dead on arrival in Senate; Both Democratic senators from Virginia signaled they would withhold blue slips for the controversial nominee, who served as the acting lead prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia until she was disqualified by a judge\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has\u00a0this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cRemember the Torture Memos? The Boat Strike Memos May Be Worse. The Trump administration needs to release the legal analysis underpinning its controversial military campaign.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Ankush Khardori has\u00a0this essay<\/a>\u00a0online at Politico Magazine.<\/p>\n

\u201cLaurence Tribe\u2019s \u2018security blanket\u2019 for Supreme Court advocacy\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Harvard Law School has posted\u00a0this video<\/a>\u00a0on YouTube.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re Trying to Find a Line the Supreme Court Won\u2019t Cross\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Emily Bazelon and David French have\u00a0this Conversation<\/a>\u00a0online at The New York Times Opinion.<\/p>\n

The post How Appealing Weekly Roundup<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Ed. Note<\/strong><\/em>: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman\u2019s 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

\u201cAlabama Is Asking the Supreme Court For Some Leeway On \u2018Cruel and Unusual Punishment\u2019; In 2002, the Court decided that the Constitution does not allow executions of intellectually disabled people; But states are testing that holding\u2019s limits\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Madiba K. Dennie has\u00a0this essay<\/a>\u00a0online at Balls and Strikes.<\/p>\n

\u201cSouth Carolina man asks Fourth Circuit for new trial in trans woman\u2019s slaying; Daqua Ritter\u2019s case was the first time federal prosecutors brought a hate crime based on gender identity to trial\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Steve Garrison of Courthouse News Service has\u00a0this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHalligan\u2019s US attorney nomination appears dead on arrival in Senate; Both Democratic senators from Virginia signaled they would withhold blue slips for the controversial nominee, who served as the acting lead prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia until she was disqualified by a judge\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has\u00a0this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cRemember the Torture Memos? The Boat Strike Memos May Be Worse. The Trump administration needs to release the legal analysis underpinning its controversial military campaign.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Ankush Khardori has\u00a0this essay<\/a>\u00a0online at Politico Magazine.<\/p>\n

\u201cLaurence Tribe\u2019s \u2018security blanket\u2019 for Supreme Court advocacy\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Harvard Law School has posted\u00a0this video<\/a>\u00a0on YouTube.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re Trying to Find a Line the Supreme Court Won\u2019t Cross\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Emily Bazelon and David French have\u00a0this Conversation<\/a>\u00a0online at The New York Times Opinion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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