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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.
“As
TikTok
Runs
Out
of
Options,
This
Billionaire
Has
a
Plan
to
Save
It;
TikTok
hopes
Supreme
Court
will
halt
ban
at
final
hour;
McCourt
is
pitching
his
bid
to
Congress,
Trump’s
team”: Alexandra
S.
Levine
and
Kurt
Wagner
of
Bloomberg
News
have this
report.
“Booker
concedes
defeat
on
Mangi
nomination:
‘Shameful
for
America’;
Mangi’s
efforts
to
become
first
Muslim
on
circuit
court
ran
into
insurmountable
headwinds.” Joey
Fox
of
New
Jersey
Globe
has this
report.
“Judges
Who
Refuse
to
Retire
Under
Trump
Are
Not
‘Playing
Politics’;
Mitch
McConnell
says
that
Democratic-appointed
judges
rescinding
their
retirements
are
violating
the
judicial
code
of
conduct;
Curiously,
he
was
not
nearly
as
upset
when
Republican-appointed
judges
did
the
same
thing”: JP
Collins
recently
had this
essay online
at
Balls
and
Strikes.
“Justices
to
Hear
Case
on
South
Carolina’s
Bid
to
Defund
Planned
Parenthood;
The
issue
in
the
case
is
whether
Medicaid
beneficiaries
may
sue
under
a
law
that
lets
them
choose
care
from
any
provider
qualified
to
perform
the
required
services”: Adam
Liptak
of
The
New
York
Times
has this
report.
“The
Postal
Service
Says
It
Will
Keep
Mailing
Abortion
Pills
—
For
Now;
In
a
statement
to
NOTUS,
the
USPS
left
the
door
open
for
guidance
around
the
Comstock
Act
to
change,
but
it
plans
to
‘continue
to
act
consistent’
with
a
DOJ
memo
until
then”: Oriana
González
of
NOTUS
has this
report.