{"id":161736,"date":"2026-08-28T15:08:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/28\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-9\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T15:08:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:08:21","slug":"how-appealing-weekly-roundup-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/28\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-9\/","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

\u201cKalshi Takes Hit as Appeals Court Says Sports Bets Aren\u2019t Swaps\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Gillian R. Brassil of Bloomberg Law has\u00a0this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cNinth Circuit rules California gun dealers must keep surveillance systems; Firearm dealers had described the surveillance system requirement as a government-mandated eavesdropping device\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Quinn Welsch of Courthouse News Service has\u00a0this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Boat Strikes Aren\u2019t Part of a War. They\u2019re Murder. By debating war powers and war crimes, Congress is missing the simpler, graver truth: The president is directing summary executions.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Sarah Elaine Harrison has\u00a0this post<\/a>\u00a0at the \u201cLawfare\u201d blog.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow the Anvil Was Nearly Dropped on \u2018Coyote vs. Acme\u2019; The live action-animation hybrid comedy fought a real-life studio battle to win its theatrical release\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Jason T. Bailey of The New York Times has\u00a0this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cSecrecy in Lawsuits Has \u2018Run Amok,\u2019 Scholars Say; Two recent studies say judges are not doing enough to protect the public interest in openness\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Adam Liptak has\u00a0this new installment<\/a>\u00a0of his \u201cThe Docket\u201d newsletter online at The New York Times.<\/p>\n

\u201cJudge releases man accused of driving guillotine to Supreme Court; \u2018He didn\u2019t even threaten anyone,\u2019 the judge said; The California man, who is charged with a misdemeanor, told police the guillotine was the \u2018real deal,\u2019 according to an arrest report\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Ben Conarck of The Washington Post has\u00a0this report<\/a>.<\/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

\u201cKalshi Takes Hit as Appeals Court Says Sports Bets Aren\u2019t Swaps\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Gillian R. Brassil of Bloomberg Law has\u00a0this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cNinth Circuit rules California gun dealers must keep surveillance systems; Firearm dealers had described the surveillance system requirement as a government-mandated eavesdropping device\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Quinn Welsch of Courthouse News Service has\u00a0this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Boat Strikes Aren\u2019t Part of a War. They\u2019re Murder. By debating war powers and war crimes, Congress is missing the simpler, graver truth: The president is directing summary executions.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Sarah Elaine Harrison has\u00a0this post<\/a>\u00a0at the \u201cLawfare\u201d blog.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow the Anvil Was Nearly Dropped on \u2018Coyote vs. Acme\u2019; The live action-animation hybrid comedy fought a real-life studio battle to win its theatrical release\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Jason T. Bailey of The New York Times has\u00a0this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cSecrecy in Lawsuits Has \u2018Run Amok,\u2019 Scholars Say; Two recent studies say judges are not doing enough to protect the public interest in openness\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Adam Liptak has\u00a0this new installment<\/a>\u00a0of his \u201cThe Docket\u201d newsletter online at The New York Times.<\/p>\n

\u201cJudge releases man accused of driving guillotine to Supreme Court; \u2018He didn\u2019t even threaten anyone,\u2019 the judge said; The California man, who is charged with a misdemeanor, told police the guillotine was the \u2018real deal,\u2019 according to an arrest report\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Ben Conarck of The Washington Post has\u00a0this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. \u201cKalshi Takes Hit as Appeals Court Says Sports Bets Aren\u2019t Swaps\u201d:\u00a0Gillian R. Brassil of Bloomberg Law has\u00a0this report. \u201cNinth Circuit rules California […]<\/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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"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","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161736","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=161736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161736\/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=161736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}