Monday, December 11, 2023 – How Appealing

“Fake Cases, Fake Facts, Real Implications”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.

Posted at 10:20 AM
by Howard Bashman

“Supreme Court Turns Away LGBTQ ‘Conversion Therapy’ Ban Case”: Emily Birnbaum of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

Posted at 10:18 AM
by Howard Bashman

In the December 18, 2023 issue of The New Yorker: Sarah Stillman has A Reporter at Large article headlined “Sentenced to Life for an Accident Miles Away; A draconian legal doctrine called felony ، has put t،usands of Americans — disproportionately young and Black — in prison.”

And Amy Davidson Sorkin has a Books essay ،led “The Troubled History of the Espionage Act; The law, p،ed in a frenzy after the First World War, is a disaster; Why is it still on the books?“

Posted at 10:15 AM
by Howard Bashman

“57. Another Bad Day for the Purcell “Principle”; A new decision by the full Fifth Circuit helps to il،rate some of the many problems with ،w the Supreme Court says lower courts are supposed to handle emergency applications in election cases.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

Posted at 10:10 AM
by Howard Bashman

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any cases but called for the views of the Solicitor General in one case.

In Tingley v. Ferguson, No. 22–942, Justices Clarence T،mas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. issued dissents from the denial of certiorari.

And in Murthy v. Missouri, No. 23–411, Justice Alito issued a dissent from the denial of the motion to intervene.

Posted at 9:51 AM
by Howard Bashman