Ed.
Note:
A
weekly
roundup
of
just
a
few
items
from
Howard
Bashman’s
How
Appealing
blog,
the
Web’s
first
blog
devoted
to
appellate
litigation.
Check
out
these
stories
and
more
at
How
Appealing.
“Pennsylvania
Supreme
Court
Issues
Scheduling
Order
So
That
Any
2024
Election-Related
Challenges
Can
Be
Decided
Quickly”: Rick
Hasen
has this
post at
his
“Election
Law
Blog.”
“Adnan
Syed’s
fate
in
hands
of
Maryland
Supreme
Court
as
clock
winds
down”: Tim
Prudente
of
The
Baltimore
Banner
has this
report.
“Scale
of
Trump’s
appeals
court
overhaul
unmatched
by
Biden,
even
as
Democrats
could
approve
more
total
judges”: Tierney
Sneed
of
CNN
has this
report.
“Justice
Sotomayor’s
side
hustle
during
a
hectic
term?
A
kids’
musical.
She
told
a
theater
crowd
in
Kansas
City,
Mo.,
that
she
believes
her
biggest
legacy
lies
outside
her
trailblazing
role
in
the
law.” Justin
Jouvenal
of
The
Washington
Post
has this
report.
“Sarah
Palin
Is
Granted
New
Libel
Trial
Against
The
New
York
Times;
A
federal
appeals
court
said
the
judge
overseeing
the
original
trial,
which
Ms.
Palin
lost,
had
wrongly
excluded
evidence
and
might
have
swayed
jurors
as
they
were
deliberating”: David
Enrich
of
The
New
York
Times
has this
report.
“The
president’s
crimes:
The
oldest
constitution
in
the
world
was
not
made
for
the
political
culture
of
modern
America;
The
Supreme
Court’s
decision
in
Trump
v
United
States
is
a
symptom
of
its
crisis.” Jonathan
Sumption
has this
article in
the
October
2024
issue
of
Prospect
Magazine.