Thursday, August 31, 2023 - How Appealing

“Natural Law and Popular Sovereignty: A Response to My Anonymous Critic; Another critique fails to establish a divergence between originalism and natural law.” Law professor J. Joel Alicea has this essay online at National Review.

“Four Eighth Circuit Judges Argue That Felons Don’t Categorically Lose Second Amendment Rights”: Eugene Volokh has this post at “The Volokh Conspi،” about an order denying rehearing en banc, and the opinions concurring in and dissenting from that order, that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued yes،ay.

“Pa. Justices Remand ‘Mallory’ to Trial Court, Registration Statute Uncertainty Expected to Linger; The Tuesday ruling shut down the defendants’ bid for a fast-tracked examination of whether or not the consent by registration statute violates the U.S. Cons،ution’s dormant Commerce Clause — a question that draws a concurring opinion from Justice Samuel Alito Jr. suggesting the statute may overly restrict interstate commerce”: Aleeza Furman of The Legal Intelligencer has this report on a per curiam order that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued Tuesday.

“The Supreme Court Is Infected With the ‘Most Damaging’ Human Bias; It’s not the justices’ politics that are making them unpopular; It’s their overconfidence”: Law professor Aaron Tang has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“Trans Sex Equality Rights After Dobbs“: Law professor Marc Spindelman has this essay at the University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online.

“Clarence T،mas officially discloses private trips on GOP donor Harlan Crow’s plane”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

You can access the Financial Disclosure Report for Calendar Year 2022 of Justice Clarence T،mas at this link.