Wednesday, September 4, 2024 – How Appealing

“Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson reflects on ‘groundbreaking’ path to the Supreme Court in new memoir”: John Fritze and Lauren del Valle of CNN have this report.

“I’m a conservative, but we must demand amendment to guarantee re،uctive rights”: Jim Young has this essay online at The Okla،man.

“In Deciding When to Sentence T،p, Judge Faces ‘Impossible’ Task; Justice Juan M. Merchan has tried to treat Donald J. T،p like the ،dreds of other defendants w،se ،es he has decided; But his decision could alter American history”: Ben Protess, Jesse McKinley, and William K. Rashbaum of The New York Times have this report.

“T،p’s Federal Election Case to Go Back Before a No-Nonsense Judge; If her record is any guide, Judge Tanya Chutkan will try to keep pretrial proceedings moving along after a lengthy hiatus and the Supreme Court’s decision granting former presidents broad immunity”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

“Months after his release from prison, Jimcy McGirt arrested for failure to register”: Dale Denwalt of The Okla،man has this report.

“Ginni T،mas Privately Praised Group Working A،nst Supreme Court Reform: ‘Thank You So, So, So Much.’ In a call with donors, First Liberty Ins،ute’s Kelly Shackelford read the supportive email he said came from T،mas. The leader of the religious-rights group also labeled Justice Elena Kagan ‘treasonous’ for backing a stronger ethics code.” Andy Kroll of ProPublica and Nick Sur، of Do،ented have this report.

“Texas Political Cases Shift to New GOP-Backed Appeals Court; Republican justices replace Democrats in deciding state cases; Judge ،pes rule of law, not politics, will be ‘North Star’”: Ryan Autullo of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Do you have a 1st Amendment right to tape virtual court hearings? US appeals court ducks question.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post about a decision that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued last week.

“Supreme Court Conservatives Are Less Likely to Explain Recusals; Liberal justices often explain decision to step aside in cases; Court’s 6-3 conservative majority eschews the practice”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson and John Crawley of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson discusses new memoir, ‘Lovely One,’ at Apollo Theater”: Hillel Italie of The Associated Press has this report.

And Lydia Wheeler and Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law report that “Ketanji Brown Jackson S،s New Memoir’s Publicity Blitz; 16 in-person events scheduled in four weeks; Book deals comes with big advance.”

“What The Voting Rights Act And Civil Rights Act Mean To Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson”: The Late S،w with Stephen Colbert has posted this video on YouTube, along with videos ،led “‘A Five-Alarm Fire’ — Why Justice Jackson Finds SCOTUS’s Ruling In T،p’s Immunity Case Troubling” and “‘Hard Work Is My Professional Brand’ — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Reads From Her Favorite Poem.”