{"id":154504,"date":"2026-06-12T15:48:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T23:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/06\/12\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-3\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T15:48:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T23:48:24","slug":"how-appealing-weekly-roundup-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/06\/12\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-3\/","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>\u201cAxed activist-investor takeover leaves Supreme Court at loggerheads over legislative intent; A disagreement over judicial interpretation led to riffs from the bench on judges\u2019 preferences supplanting the will of the people\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/axed-activist-investor-takeover-leaves-supreme-court-at-loggerheads-over-legislative-intent\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cFlorida Reinstates Trump Lawyer Chesebro Despite Guilty Plea\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Alex Ebert of Bloomberg Law has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/litigation\/florida-reinstates-trump-lawyer-chesebro-despite-guilty-plea\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cArkansas asks Eighth Circuit to revive law targeting librarians over \u2018harmful\u2019 books; The state argues the law protects children and regulates government speech, but librarians and booksellers claim it criminalizes availability and enables viewpoint discrimination\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Gabriel Tynes of Courthouse News Service has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/arkansas-asks-eighth-circuit-to-revive-law-targeting-librarians-over-harmful-books\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSolo dissents are uncommon. Justice Kagan just made her first. Justice Elena Kagan\u2019s first solo dissent came nearly 16 years after she joined the Supreme Court bench.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Law professors\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/law.ua.edu\/faculty_staff\/grant-christensen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grant Christensen<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/faculty\/home\/anne-mullins.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anne Mullins<\/a>\u00a0have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2026\/06\/11\/kagan-first-lone-dissent-havana-docks-v-royal-caribbean-cruises\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this essay<\/a>\u00a0online at The Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cPenn &amp; Teller call out \u2018flim-flam\u2019 in Supreme Court death penalty case; The master manipulators of perception said they have an obligation to expose the type of junk science they said was used to convict a man of murder\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Maureen Groppe of USA Today has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2026\/06\/11\/penn-teller-supreme-court-death-penalty-memory\/90463810007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/06\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-174\/\" 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>\u201cAxed activist-investor takeover leaves Supreme Court at loggerheads over legislative intent; A disagreement over judicial interpretation led to riffs from the bench on judges\u2019 preferences supplanting the will of the people\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/axed-activist-investor-takeover-leaves-supreme-court-at-loggerheads-over-legislative-intent\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cFlorida Reinstates Trump Lawyer Chesebro Despite Guilty Plea\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Alex Ebert of Bloomberg Law has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/litigation\/florida-reinstates-trump-lawyer-chesebro-despite-guilty-plea\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cArkansas asks Eighth Circuit to revive law targeting librarians over \u2018harmful\u2019 books; The state argues the law protects children and regulates government speech, but librarians and booksellers claim it criminalizes availability and enables viewpoint discrimination\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Gabriel Tynes of Courthouse News Service has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/arkansas-asks-eighth-circuit-to-revive-law-targeting-librarians-over-harmful-books\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSolo dissents are uncommon. Justice Kagan just made her first. Justice Elena Kagan\u2019s first solo dissent came nearly 16 years after she joined the Supreme Court bench.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Law professors\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/law.ua.edu\/faculty_staff\/grant-christensen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grant Christensen<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/faculty\/home\/anne-mullins.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anne Mullins<\/a>\u00a0have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2026\/06\/11\/kagan-first-lone-dissent-havana-docks-v-royal-caribbean-cruises\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this essay<\/a>\u00a0online at The Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cPenn &amp; Teller call out \u2018flim-flam\u2019 in Supreme Court death penalty case; The master manipulators of perception said they have an obligation to expose the type of junk science they said was used to convict a man of murder\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Maureen Groppe of USA Today has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2026\/06\/11\/penn-teller-supreme-court-death-penalty-memory\/90463810007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/06\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-174\/\" 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. 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