{"id":165866,"date":"2026-10-23T12:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T20:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/23\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-17\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T12:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T20:23:09","slug":"how-appealing-weekly-roundup-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/23\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-17\/","title":{"rendered":"How Appealing Weekly Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/GettyImages-509557490-620x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cChutzpah Department: After Federal District Court Failed to Act within Hours on DOJ \u2018Request\u2019 to Expedite TRO Hearing in California Ballot Case, DOJ Already Appealing to the Ninth Circuit.\u201d<\/strong> Rick Hasen has <a href=\"https:\/\/electionlawblog.org\/2026\/chutzpah-department-after-federal-district-court-failed-to-act-within-hours-on-doj-request-to-expedite-tro-hearing-in-california-ballot-case-doj-already-appealing-to-the-ninth-circuit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a> at his \u201cElection Law Blog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cThere Is No Right-Wing Culture War These Two Justices Won\u2019t Fight; Whenever a legal argument goes too far for the other conservative justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito are right there to encourage activists to try again soon\u201d:<\/strong> Jay Willis has <a href=\"https:\/\/ballsandstrikes.org\/scotus\/kingdom-v-trump-alito-thomas-conservative-cheerleaders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this essay<\/a> online at Balls and Strikes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cJan. 6 Rioters Pardoned for Assaulting Cops Now Want Taxpayer Money; Nearly 200 people granted clemency by Trump for Jan. 6 charges are suing for US compensation, including dozens convicted of attacking or impeding law enforcement\u201d:<\/strong> Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-10-22\/capitol-rioters-pardoned-by-trump-for-police-assaults-want-us-payouts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cA Conversation with Justice Elena Kagan\u201d:<\/strong> The Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition has posted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EHyOy9ZDm-k\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this video<\/a> on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201c\u2018Lawyer\u2019 Vs. \u2018Attorney\u2019: Is This A Thing? I combed through decades-old dictionaries and case law \u2014 and interviewed Bryan Garner, the longtime editor of Black\u2019s Law Dictionary \u2014 to find out.\u201d<\/strong> David Lat has <a href=\"https:\/\/davidlat.substack.com\/p\/katie-zacharia-lawyer-vs-attorney-distinction-definitions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a> at his \u201cOriginal Jurisdiction\u201d Substack site.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/10\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-191\/\" 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 decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/GettyImages-509557490-620x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cChutzpah Department: After Federal District Court Failed to Act within Hours on DOJ \u2018Request\u2019 to Expedite TRO Hearing in California Ballot Case, DOJ Already Appealing to the Ninth Circuit.\u201d<\/strong> Rick Hasen has <a href=\"https:\/\/electionlawblog.org\/2026\/chutzpah-department-after-federal-district-court-failed-to-act-within-hours-on-doj-request-to-expedite-tro-hearing-in-california-ballot-case-doj-already-appealing-to-the-ninth-circuit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a> at his \u201cElection Law Blog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cThere Is No Right-Wing Culture War These Two Justices Won\u2019t Fight; Whenever a legal argument goes too far for the other conservative justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito are right there to encourage activists to try again soon\u201d:<\/strong> Jay Willis has <a href=\"https:\/\/ballsandstrikes.org\/scotus\/kingdom-v-trump-alito-thomas-conservative-cheerleaders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this essay<\/a> online at Balls and Strikes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cJan. 6 Rioters Pardoned for Assaulting Cops Now Want Taxpayer Money; Nearly 200 people granted clemency by Trump for Jan. 6 charges are suing for US compensation, including dozens convicted of attacking or impeding law enforcement\u201d:<\/strong> Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-10-22\/capitol-rioters-pardoned-by-trump-for-police-assaults-want-us-payouts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cA Conversation with Justice Elena Kagan\u201d:<\/strong> The Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition has posted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EHyOy9ZDm-k\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this video<\/a> on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201c\u2018Lawyer\u2019 Vs. \u2018Attorney\u2019: Is This A Thing? I combed through decades-old dictionaries and case law \u2014 and interviewed Bryan Garner, the longtime editor of Black\u2019s Law Dictionary \u2014 to find out.\u201d<\/strong> David Lat has <a href=\"https:\/\/davidlat.substack.com\/p\/katie-zacharia-lawyer-vs-attorney-distinction-definitions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a> at his \u201cOriginal Jurisdiction\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. \u201cChutzpah Department: After Federal District Court Failed to Act within Hours on DOJ \u2018Request\u2019 to Expedite TRO Hearing in California Ballot Case, [&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":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165866","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=165866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165866\/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=165866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}