{"id":148479,"date":"2026-04-10T06:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/04\/10\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-49\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:40:16","slug":"how-appealing-weekly-roundup-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/04\/10\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-49\/","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 Secrecy Includes Reasons for Recusal; Justices often don\u2019t disclose why they disqualify themselves from hearing cases; Their silence echoes the court\u2019s unexplained emergency orders\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Adam Liptak has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/09\/us\/the-docket-recusals-rap-battles.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this new installment<\/a>\u00a0of his \u201cThe Docket\u201d newsletter online at The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cU.S. Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor urges women to lead with passion\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Williesha Morris of Alabama Media Group has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2026\/04\/us-supreme-court-justice-sonia-sotomayor-urges-women-to-lead-with-passion.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThree ways the Supreme Court could upend the midterm elections; Multiple cases before the justices could remake rules on district boundaries, campaign finance and the eligibility of certain mail-in ballots\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Law professor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/law.ucla.edu\/faculty\/faculty-profiles\/richard-l-hasen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Richard L. Hasen<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/opinion\/supreme-court-midterm-elections-mail-in-votes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this essay<\/a>\u00a0online at MS Now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSupreme Court remade by Trump ushers in historic defeats for civil rights; The court is the first since at least the \u201950s to reject claims in a majority of cases involving women and minorities, an analysis conducted for The Post shows\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/04\/09\/supreme-court-conservative-trump-rulings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHow Trump Purged Immigration Judges to Speed Up Deportations; Judges are ordering an unprecedented number of people deported after coming under significant pressure from the administration to do so or risk losing their jobs\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Nicholas Nehamas, Allison McCann, Steven Rich, Jazmine Ulloa, and Hamed Aleaziz of The New York Times have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/09\/us\/politics\/trump-miller-immigration-judges-purge.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cBrett Kavanaugh\u2019s Colleagues Are Getting Awfully Tired of Brett Kavanaugh; Justice Sonia Sotomayor\u2019s comments about the Supreme Court\u2019s recent racial profiling case are just more evidence that Kavanaugh\u2019s colleagues kind of hate his guts\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Jay Willis has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ballsandstrikes.substack.com\/p\/brett-kavanaughs-colleagues-are-getting\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a>\u00a0at his \u201cBalls &amp; Strikes\u201d Substack site.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/04\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-165\/\" 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 Secrecy Includes Reasons for Recusal; Justices often don\u2019t disclose why they disqualify themselves from hearing cases; Their silence echoes the court\u2019s unexplained emergency orders\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Adam Liptak has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/09\/us\/the-docket-recusals-rap-battles.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this new installment<\/a>\u00a0of his \u201cThe Docket\u201d newsletter online at The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cU.S. Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor urges women to lead with passion\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Williesha Morris of Alabama Media Group has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2026\/04\/us-supreme-court-justice-sonia-sotomayor-urges-women-to-lead-with-passion.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThree ways the Supreme Court could upend the midterm elections; Multiple cases before the justices could remake rules on district boundaries, campaign finance and the eligibility of certain mail-in ballots\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Law professor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/law.ucla.edu\/faculty\/faculty-profiles\/richard-l-hasen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Richard L. Hasen<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/opinion\/supreme-court-midterm-elections-mail-in-votes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this essay<\/a>\u00a0online at MS Now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSupreme Court remade by Trump ushers in historic defeats for civil rights; The court is the first since at least the \u201950s to reject claims in a majority of cases involving women and minorities, an analysis conducted for The Post shows\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/04\/09\/supreme-court-conservative-trump-rulings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHow Trump Purged Immigration Judges to Speed Up Deportations; Judges are ordering an unprecedented number of people deported after coming under significant pressure from the administration to do so or risk losing their jobs\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Nicholas Nehamas, Allison McCann, Steven Rich, Jazmine Ulloa, and Hamed Aleaziz of The New York Times have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/09\/us\/politics\/trump-miller-immigration-judges-purge.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cBrett Kavanaugh\u2019s Colleagues Are Getting Awfully Tired of Brett Kavanaugh; Justice Sonia Sotomayor\u2019s comments about the Supreme Court\u2019s recent racial profiling case are just more evidence that Kavanaugh\u2019s colleagues kind of hate his guts\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Jay Willis has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ballsandstrikes.substack.com\/p\/brett-kavanaughs-colleagues-are-getting\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a>\u00a0at his \u201cBalls &amp; Strikes\u201d 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 Secrecy Includes Reasons for Recusal; Justices often don\u2019t disclose why they disqualify themselves from hearing cases; Their silence echoes 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-148479","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\/148479","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=148479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148479\/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=148479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}