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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.
“Trump
Seeks
to
Challenge
Jack
Smith’s
Appointment
in
Election
Case;
The
former
president’s
request
to
file
a
new
motion
contesting
how
the
special
counsel
got
his
job
came
on
the
same
day
he
vowed
to
fire
him
if
re-elected”: Alan
Feuer
of
The
New
York
Times
has this
report.
“Abortion
Pills
Are
Safe.
Post-Roe
America
Isn’t.” Chavi
Eve
Karkowsky
has this
guest
essay online
at
The
New
York
Times.
“Maine
Supreme
Judicial
Court
justice
violated
ethical
code,
committee
says;
A
judicial
conduct
panel
is
recommending
that
Justice
Catherine
Connors,
a
former
private
attorney
who
represented
banks,
be
sanctioned
for
not
recusing
herself
from
2
cases
that
upended
the
state’s
foreclosure
process”: Hannah
LaClaire
of
The
Portland
Press
Herald
has this
report.
“Supreme
Court
‘friends’
leave
justices
more
questions
than
answers;
Interactions
with
the
justices
are
few
and
far
between
but
just
about
anyone
can
inject
their
opinion
into
the
latest
Supreme
Court
legal
battle
set
to
shape
decades
of
American
life”: Kelsey
Reichmann
of
Courthouse
News
Service
has this
report.
“Fifth
Circuit
Divide
Sees
Bush
Judges
Check
Trump
Appointees;
Bush
appointees
thwart
some
legal
review
sought
by
Trump
judges;
They
act
as
key
votes
on
conservative
court”: Jacqueline
Thomsen
of
Bloomberg
Law
has this
report.
“Ohio
ban
on
most
abortions
ruled
unconstitutional
after
voters
approve
ballot
measure”: Jessie
Balmert
of
The
Cincinnati
Enquirer
has this
report.