{"id":141322,"date":"2026-01-09T08:33:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T16:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/09\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-40\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T08:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T16:33:30","slug":"how-appealing-weekly-roundup-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/09\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-40\/","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><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>\u201cSupreme Court asked to block California law against outing trans students; A Catholic legal group contends the state law violates parents\u2019 religious rights\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Josh Gerstein of Politico has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/01\/08\/california-law-transgender-students-supreme-court-00717924\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHere Are Trump\u2019s Options If the Supreme Court Says His Tariffs Are Illegal\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Isabel Gottlieb of Bloomberg News has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-01-08\/supreme-court-tariffs-case-trump-s-options-if-ieepa-levies-upheld-as-illegal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Supreme Court made a mess out of gun laws\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Law professor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/law.ucla.edu\/faculty\/faculty-profiles\/adam-winkler\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Winkler<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/story\/2026-01-08\/california-open-carry-gun-ban-supreme-court-history\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this essay<\/a>\u00a0online at The Los Angeles Times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Supreme Court Was Ripe for Another Ideological Food Fight. Then Something Else Happened.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Robyn Nicole Sanders has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2026\/01\/supreme-court-religion-first-amendment-kagan.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this Jurisprudence essay<\/a>\u00a0online at Slate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Supreme Court may leave alone the Voting Rights Act just long enough to keep the GOP from House control in 2026; Republicans\u2019 hopes that a Supreme Court redistricting ruling will boost them in 2026 are fading as election deadlines close in\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Samuel Benson and Andrew Howard of Politico have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/01\/08\/scotus-gop-2026-redistricting-midterms-00715400\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Growing Power of the President; And the Immense Power of Grand Narratives\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Cass Sunstein has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/casssunstein.substack.com\/p\/the-growing-power-of-the-president\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a>\u00a0at his Substack site.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/01\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-152\/\" 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><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>\u201cSupreme Court asked to block California law against outing trans students; A Catholic legal group contends the state law violates parents\u2019 religious rights\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Josh Gerstein of Politico has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/01\/08\/california-law-transgender-students-supreme-court-00717924\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHere Are Trump\u2019s Options If the Supreme Court Says His Tariffs Are Illegal\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Isabel Gottlieb of Bloomberg News has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-01-08\/supreme-court-tariffs-case-trump-s-options-if-ieepa-levies-upheld-as-illegal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Supreme Court made a mess out of gun laws\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Law professor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/law.ucla.edu\/faculty\/faculty-profiles\/adam-winkler\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Winkler<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/story\/2026-01-08\/california-open-carry-gun-ban-supreme-court-history\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this essay<\/a>\u00a0online at The Los Angeles Times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Supreme Court Was Ripe for Another Ideological Food Fight. Then Something Else Happened.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Robyn Nicole Sanders has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2026\/01\/supreme-court-religion-first-amendment-kagan.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this Jurisprudence essay<\/a>\u00a0online at Slate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Supreme Court may leave alone the Voting Rights Act just long enough to keep the GOP from House control in 2026; Republicans\u2019 hopes that a Supreme Court redistricting ruling will boost them in 2026 are fading as election deadlines close in\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Samuel Benson and Andrew Howard of Politico have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/01\/08\/scotus-gop-2026-redistricting-midterms-00715400\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Growing Power of the President; And the Immense Power of Grand Narratives\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Cass Sunstein has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/casssunstein.substack.com\/p\/the-growing-power-of-the-president\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a>\u00a0at his Substack site.<\/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. \u201cSupreme Court asked to block California law against outing trans students; A Catholic legal group contends the state law violates parents\u2019 religious [&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-141322","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\/141322","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=141322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141322\/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=141322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}