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
comes
close
to
the
red
line
of
openly
defying
judges,
experts
say;
Faced
with
judges’
orders
to
block
certain
initiatives,
the
Trump
administration
has
found
ways
to
tell
courts
it
still
has
the
authority
to
act”: Justin
Jouvenal,
Leo
Sands,
and
Ann
E.
Marimow
of
The
Washington
Post
have this
report.
“Judge
asks
if
‘unadulterated
animus’
is
driving
Trump’s
trans
troop
ban;
In
a
sometimes-fiery
hearing,
a
federal
judge
said
that
the
Trump
administration’s
assertion
that
troops’
pronouns
are
harming
military
readiness
is
‘frankly
ridiculous’”: Casey
Parks
of
The
Washington
Post
has this
report.
“Pivotal
Trial
Begins
in
Texas:
Will
Johnson
&
Johnson’s
Third
Talc
Bankruptcy
Survive?
U.S.
Bankruptcy
Judge
Christopher
Lopez
heard
opening
statements
on
Tuesday
in
a
two-week
trial
over
the
fate
of
Johnson
&
Johnson’s
third
talcum
powder
bankruptcy.” Amanda
Bronstad
has this
report online
at
Texas
Lawyer.
“Justice
Dept.
Official
Suggests
That
Aiding
Trump
Outweighs
Prosecutions;
Emil
Bove
III,
the
acting
deputy
attorney
general,
tried
to
persuade
a
judge
to
let
him
drop
a
corruption
case
against
Mayor
Eric
Adams;
He
said
the
mayor
was
crucial
to
the
president’s
agenda”: Jonah
E.
Bromwich,
Benjamin
Weiser,
Hurubie
Meko,
and
William
K.
Rashbaum
of
The
New
York
Times
have this
report.
“Missouri
Clinics
Resume
Abortions,
Following
Abortion
Rights
Referendum;
Abortion
opponents
had
tried
to
block,
or
severely
limit,
the
procedure,
against
the
will
of
voters
who
in
November
enshrined
abortion
rights
in
the
state
constitution”: Kate
Zernike
of
The
New
York
Times
has this
report.
“Lawyer
asks
federal
judge
to
recuse
himself
due
to
pronoun
policy
in
courtroom;
Judge
S.
Kato
Crews
is
one
of
six
judges
on
Colorado’s
US
District
Court
requiring
parties
to
use
others’
‘applicable
pronouns’
in
their
courtrooms”: Michael
Karlik
of
Colorado
Politics
has this
report.