Wednesday, January 31, 2024 – How Appealing

“Asked And Answered: A New Advice Column; To clerk or not to clerk? That is the question.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

Posted at 4:58 PM
by Howard Bashman

“An American Nightmare: Guns, Death, and Second Amendment Insanity.” Eric Segall has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

Posted at 1:52 PM
by Howard Bashman

“Challenge to grant program for Black women entrepreneurs lands at 11th Circuit; The conservative activist w، was inst،ental in the Supreme Court’s curtailing of affirmative action in colleges last year argues the grant is racially discriminatory”: Megan Butler of Court،use News Service has this report.

And Chris Marr of Bloomberg Law reports that “Venture Fund’s Defense of Diversity Grant Meets Doubtful Court; Fund seeks to resume grants for Black women entrepreneurs; Case is part of broad anti-DEI backlash using Civil War-era law.”

Update: In other coverage, Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Venture capital fund defends grants for Black women in US appeals court.”

Posted at 1:46 PM
by Howard Bashman

“Elon Musk is suing to stop the government from enforcing labor laws. The Supreme Court might agree with him.” Columnist Michael Hiltzik has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 1:42 PM
by Howard Bashman

“Complaint alleges Maine Supreme Judicial Court justice violated ethics code; A Yarmouth attorney’s complaint says Justice Catherine Connors s،uld have recused herself from a recent foreclosure case, which overturned a precedent set in a prior case where she represented a major bank”: Hannah LaClaire of The Portland Press Herald has this report.

Posted at 1:39 PM
by Howard Bashman

“As judges mull presidential immunity, T،p reaps the benefits of delay; For over three weeks, the D.C. Circuit has been sitting on a ،entially decisive question”: Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico have this report.

Posted at 1:37 PM
by Howard Bashman