{"id":167336,"date":"2026-11-13T08:33:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T16:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/11\/13\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-20\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T08:33:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T16:33:59","slug":"how-appealing-weekly-roundup-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/11\/13\/how-appealing-weekly-roundup-20\/","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

\u201cHyde-Smith Blocked Colom\u2019s Path to the Bench. Now He\u2019s Replacing Her. Ms. Hyde-Smith, a Republican, blocked Scott Colom from consideration for a U.S. District Court vacancy in Mississippi. Mr. Colom will take her Senate seat in January.\u201d<\/strong> Emily Cochrane of The New York Times has this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWill the Supreme Court Thwart Congressional Investigations? Lawmakers must dodge rulings on immunity, standing and \u2018valid legislative purpose.\u2019\u201d<\/strong> Adam Liptak has this new installment<\/a> of his \u201cThe Docket\u201d newsletter online at The New York Times.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Diminished Justice Dept. Braces for Fresh Fights After Midterm Loss; The upheaval points to a broader dilemma spurred by the election: whether the department can carry out President Trump\u2019s priorities as career officials eye the exits and senior department officials resign.\u201d<\/strong> Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer of The New York Times have this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhite House faces unusual obstacle on confirming Trump judges: other Republicans.\u201d<\/strong> Seung Min Kim of The Associated Press has this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpaceX engineers can pursue sexual harassment claims in court, appeals panel rules\u201d:<\/strong> Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this 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

\u201cHyde-Smith Blocked Colom\u2019s Path to the Bench. Now He\u2019s Replacing Her. Ms. Hyde-Smith, a Republican, blocked Scott Colom from consideration for a U.S. District Court vacancy in Mississippi. Mr. Colom will take her Senate seat in January.\u201d<\/strong> Emily Cochrane of The New York Times has this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWill the Supreme Court Thwart Congressional Investigations? Lawmakers must dodge rulings on immunity, standing and \u2018valid legislative purpose.\u2019\u201d<\/strong> Adam Liptak has this new installment<\/a> of his \u201cThe Docket\u201d newsletter online at The New York Times.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Diminished Justice Dept. Braces for Fresh Fights After Midterm Loss; The upheaval points to a broader dilemma spurred by the election: whether the department can carry out President Trump\u2019s priorities as career officials eye the exits and senior department officials resign.\u201d<\/strong> Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer of The New York Times have this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhite House faces unusual obstacle on confirming Trump judges: other Republicans.\u201d<\/strong> Seung Min Kim of The Associated Press has this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpaceX engineers can pursue sexual harassment claims in court, appeals panel rules\u201d:<\/strong> Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this 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. \u201cHyde-Smith Blocked Colom\u2019s Path to the Bench. Now He\u2019s Replacing Her. Ms. Hyde-Smith, a Republican, blocked Scott Colom from consideration for a […]<\/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-167336","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\/167336","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=167336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167336\/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=167336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}