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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.
“Biden
Team
Considers
Blanket
Pardons
Before
Trump’s
Promised
‘Retribution’;
White
House
officials
believe
President-elect
Donald
J.
Trump’s
selection
of
partisan
warriors
for
top
law
enforcement
jobs
indicates
that
he
will
pursue
revenge
against
his
perceived
enemies”: Peter
Baker
and
Erica
L.
Green
of
The
New
York
Times
have this
report.
“Don’t
Mistake
Neil
Gorsuch’s
Abrupt
Recusal
for
Actual
Ethics”: Mark
Joseph
Stern
has this
Jurisprudence
essay online
at
Slate.
“Act
10
could
take
center
stage
in
upcoming
state
Supreme
Court
election”: Laura
Schulte
of
The
Milwaukee
Journal
Sentinel
has this
report.
“SCOTUS
Clerk
Hiring
Watch:
Retirement
Clues?
Here’s
more
reason
to
think
that
Justices
Thomas
and
Alito
aren’t
stepping
down,
at
least
for
the
time
being.” David
Lat
has this
post at
his
“Original
Jurisdiction”
Substack
site.
“Inside
the
Supreme
Court
arguments
on
transgender
care”: Mark
Walsh
has this
View
from
the
Court
post at
“SCOTUSblog.”
“Theory
in
Practice:
At
the
Center
of
a
Supreme
Court
Case;
William
Baude’s
Interpretation
of
the
Fourteenth
Amendment
in
Trump
v.
Anderson
Made
Headlines
—
And
He
Stands
by
His
Argument.” Claire
L.
Parins
of
the
University
of
Chicago
Law
School
has this
report.