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Note:
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roundup
of
just
a
few
items
from
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Bashman’s
How
Appealing
blog,
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first
blog
devoted
to
appellate
litigation.
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out
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stories
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How
Appealing.
“Arkansas
Supreme
Court
chief
justice
rejects
colleagues’
orders,
citing
constitutional
authority;
Chief
Justice
Karen
Baker
also
denounces
an
employment
agreement
between
five
justices
and
a
judicial
employee
she
attempted
to
fire
last
week”: Tess
Vrbin
of
Arkansas
Advocate
has this
report,
along
with
an
article
headlined
“Arkansas
Supreme
Court
chief
justice
digs
up
predecessor’s
2017
memo
in
dispute
with
colleagues;
Majority
of
justices
have
voided
some
of
Baker’s
actions
since
she
took
office
last
week;
former
chief
justice
Kemp
opposed
this,
but
his
statement
was
never
filed.”
“TikTok
Case
Before
Supreme
Court
Pits
National
Security
Against
Free
Speech;
The
court,
which
hears
arguments
on
Friday
in
a
challenge
to
a
law
banning
the
app,
has
issued
varying
rulings
when
those
two
interests
clashed”: Adam
Liptak
of
The
New
York
Times
has this
report.
“Federal
Court
Halts
Hearing
on
Eve
of
Guilty
Plea
by
Accused
9/11
Mastermind;
A
three-judge
appeals
panel
will
decide
whether
the
plea
deal
Khalid
Shaikh
Mohammed
reached
to
avoid
a
death-penalty
trial
remains
valid”: Carol
Rosenberg
of
The
New
York
Times
has this
report.
“How
the
Supreme
Court’s
TikTok
Ban
Decision
Could
Weaken
Free
Speech
Rights
For
Everyone:
If
the
government
can
shut
down
a
platform
by
uttering
the
magic
words
‘national
security,’
the
First
Amendment
might
as
well
not
exist
when
it
comes
to
online
speech.” G.S.
Hans
has this
essay online
at
Balls
and
Strikes.
“Breyer
Is
Back
Lobbing
Hypotheticals
at
First
Circuit
Return;
Stephen
Breyer
returns
to
robe
after
two
year
hiatus;
Demeanor
consistent
with
Supreme
Court
oral
arguments”: Allie
Reed
of
Bloomberg
Law
has this
report.
“Maine
tourist
town
goes
to
court
to
keep
out
tourists;
The
First
Circuit
can’t
seem
to
decide
if
sightseers
have
a
constitutional
right
to
travel
to
places
where
they’re
unwanted”: Thomas
F.
Harrison
of
Courthouse
News
Service
has this
report.