Appellate lawyer; author, How Appealing blog; appellate columnist, The Legal Intelligencer; described as "very esteemed appellate lawyer" by @pcntv commentator
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“Indiana maintains constitutionality of election law before Seventh Circuit; An Indiana University student and two state advocacy groups challenged Indiana’s voter ID law, which prohibits the use of student IDs at polling places”: Caitlyn Rosen of howappealing.abovethelaw.com…
“Trump administration can block immigration judges from closing deportation cases; The Supreme Court, in an unsigned opinion, cleared the way for the White House to restrict the Biden-era policy”: Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report. howappealing.abovethelaw.com…
“Judge in L.A. weighs feds’ request to block 20,000 California votes with skepticism”: Brittny Mejia and Kevin Rector of The Los Angeles Times have this report. howappealing.abovethelaw.com…
“Scalia Law Graduate Conor Woodfin JD ’20 Selected to Clerk for Justice Clarence Thomas, Marking Fifth Supreme Court Clerk in Seven Terms”: The Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University has issued this news release. howappealing.abovethelaw.com…
“Comey’s third criminal case: The dumbest yet? Here’s why the latest docket may have the shortest shelf life.” Adam Klasfeld has this post at his “All Rise News” Substack site. howappealing.abovethelaw.com…
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Looks like @ASGWoodward will be back in court Friday or Monday as Judge Reyes demands to know who is correct: Trump saying there's a definitive plan to close East Potomac golf course on Nov. 15, or DOJ, which has said there is no such plan.
“This Might Be the Trump DOJ’s Stupidest Legal Argument Yet: Trump’s lawyers are now rewriting federal statutes and hoping that judges won’t notice.” Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes. howappealing.abovethelaw.com…
“How Judge Reyes Became the Lorax: A case about a golf course turns into a tale about the rule of law.” Molly Roberts has this post at the “Lawfare” blog. howappealing.abovethelaw.com…
“West Virginia law shielding addresses of judges, officers is unconstitutional, court rules”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.
You can access today’s decision of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at howappealing.abovethelaw.com…
“Judge Temporarily Blocks Further Alterations at D.C.’s East Potomac Park; A federal judge stopped the Trump administration from cutting trees and prohibited other changes at the park where the president has sought to overhaul a golf course”: Zach Montague howappealing.abovethelaw.com…
“Bob Woodward Thought Jeff Bezos Had His Back. Now He Feels Disillusioned. Six takeaways from a new memoir by Mr. Woodward, the star Washington Post reporter, including his disappointment with the newspaper’s billionaire owner.” Peter Baker of The New York howappealing.abovethelaw.com…
Thanks to Chambers and Partners for including me it its Spotlight Guide 2027 in the category of Appellate Law for Philadelphia: At this link. howappealing.abovethelaw.com…
“The White House Will Fail to Overturn Any Elections”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion. howappealing.abovethelaw.com…
“Judge Mascott Flap Shows Financial Disclosures Reveal Too Little”: Cortez Collins and Gabe Roth of Fix the Court have this essay online at Bloomberg Law. howappealing.abovethelaw.com…
“Election Shenanigans”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube. howappealing.abovethelaw.com…
“DOJ’s Third Effort to Get Comey Is Another Loser; The statute of limitations has run”: Jack Goldsmith has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site. howappealing.abovethelaw.com…
Howard Bashman retweeted
Before publishing a tough book about Trump, Bob Woodward called Bezos to warn him. “Don’t worry, I have your back, Bob,” Bezos said. “I’ll always have your back.” Always turned out not to be as long as it used to be. Takeaways from Woodward's new memoir. nytimes.com/2026/10/26/us/po…
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Judge bars Trump admin from further tree-felling, closures, at golf course politi.co/4zbAsEz
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JUST IN: Judge Gleason in Alaska sounds deeply skeptical of DOJ's 11th hour lawsuit there to halt certification if Sen. Dan Sullivan loses.
She grants Dems' motion for expedited consideration and notes DOJ waited four months to sue over the ballot. s3.documentcloud.org/documen…
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Just in: Judge Ana Reyes blocked the Trump admin from cutting down or damaging trees on the East Potomac Park golf course while litigation continues.
The court "does not speak for the trees," she wrote, referencing the Lorax, "only for the rule of law." storage.courtlistener.com/re…
