{"id":141990,"date":"2026-01-16T14:45:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T22:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/16\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-41\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T14:45:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T22:45:34","slug":"how-appealing-weekly-roundup-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/16\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-41\/","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>\u201cDid a Supreme Court Loss Embolden Trump on the Insurrection Act? In refusing to let the president deploy National Guard troops in Illinois under an obscure law, the justices may have made him more apt to invoke greater powers.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Adam Liptak of The New York Times has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/15\/us\/politics\/supreme-court-trump-insurrection-act.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this news analysis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cConservatives On X Are Pretty Sure Amy Coney Barrett Is Woke Now; The author of the perhaps the most aggressively anti-trans Supreme Court opinion in recent memory is getting branded as an ideological traitor who ignores \u2018biological truth\u2019\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Jay Willis has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ballsandstrikes.substack.com\/p\/conservatives-on-x-are-pretty-sure\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a>\u00a0at his \u201cBalls &amp; Strikes\u201d Substack site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c7 Predictions For The Legal World In 2026: SCOTUS retirements, $10 million in profits per partner, Trump v. Biglaw, Kirkland v. Wachtell \u2014 whatever it ends up being, the year ahead won\u2019t be boring.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0David Lat has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/davidlat.substack.com\/p\/7-predictions-for-the-legal-industry-or-profession-in-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a>\u00a0at his \u201cOriginal Jurisdiction\u201d Substack site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSupreme Court allows Illinois congressman to challenge mail-in balloting; The high court\u2019s 7-2 ruling dealt with the narrow question of whether Republican congressman Michael Bost and others had standing to sue\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Justin Jouvenal and Patrick Marley of The Washington Post have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/01\/14\/illinois-mail-in-ballots-bost-supreme-court-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cNewsom Says California Will Not Extradite Abortion Provider to Louisiana; The case, escalating the interstate battle over abortion, is the second time Louisiana has criminally charged out-of-state doctors with sending abortion pills to Louisiana residents\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Pam Belluck of The New York Times has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/14\/us\/california-louisiana-extradite-abortion-doctor.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cRenee Good\u2019s Family Should Be Able to Sue the Officer Who Killed Her\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Law professors\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.berkeley.edu\/our-faculty\/faculty-profiles\/erwin-chemerinsky\/#tab_profile\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Erwin Chemerinsky<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/its.law.nyu.edu\/facultyprofiles\/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile.biography&amp;personid=20165\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Burt Neuborne<\/a>\u00a0have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/14\/opinion\/renee-good-civil-rights-constitution.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this guest essay<\/a>\u00a0online at The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/01\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-153\/\" 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>\u201cDid a Supreme Court Loss Embolden Trump on the Insurrection Act? In refusing to let the president deploy National Guard troops in Illinois under an obscure law, the justices may have made him more apt to invoke greater powers.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Adam Liptak of The New York Times has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/15\/us\/politics\/supreme-court-trump-insurrection-act.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this news analysis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cConservatives On X Are Pretty Sure Amy Coney Barrett Is Woke Now; The author of the perhaps the most aggressively anti-trans Supreme Court opinion in recent memory is getting branded as an ideological traitor who ignores \u2018biological truth\u2019\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Jay Willis has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ballsandstrikes.substack.com\/p\/conservatives-on-x-are-pretty-sure\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a>\u00a0at his \u201cBalls &amp; Strikes\u201d Substack site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c7 Predictions For The Legal World In 2026: SCOTUS retirements, $10 million in profits per partner, Trump v. Biglaw, Kirkland v. Wachtell \u2014 whatever it ends up being, the year ahead won\u2019t be boring.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0David Lat has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/davidlat.substack.com\/p\/7-predictions-for-the-legal-industry-or-profession-in-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a>\u00a0at his \u201cOriginal Jurisdiction\u201d Substack site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSupreme Court allows Illinois congressman to challenge mail-in balloting; The high court\u2019s 7-2 ruling dealt with the narrow question of whether Republican congressman Michael Bost and others had standing to sue\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Justin Jouvenal and Patrick Marley of The Washington Post have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/01\/14\/illinois-mail-in-ballots-bost-supreme-court-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cNewsom Says California Will Not Extradite Abortion Provider to Louisiana; The case, escalating the interstate battle over abortion, is the second time Louisiana has criminally charged out-of-state doctors with sending abortion pills to Louisiana residents\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Pam Belluck of The New York Times has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/14\/us\/california-louisiana-extradite-abortion-doctor.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cRenee Good\u2019s Family Should Be Able to Sue the Officer Who Killed Her\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Law professors\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.berkeley.edu\/our-faculty\/faculty-profiles\/erwin-chemerinsky\/#tab_profile\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Erwin Chemerinsky<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/its.law.nyu.edu\/facultyprofiles\/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile.biography&amp;personid=20165\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Burt Neuborne<\/a>\u00a0have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/14\/opinion\/renee-good-civil-rights-constitution.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this guest essay<\/a>\u00a0online at The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/01\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-153\/\" 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","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. \u201cDid a Supreme Court Loss Embolden Trump on the Insurrection Act? 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