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.
“Senate
Judiciary
Democrats
seek
probe
of
D.C.
U.S.
attorney
Ed
Martin;
Sen.
Dick
Durbin
alleges
the
Trump
loyalist
abused
power;
Martin
says
Durbin
‘weaponized’
D.C.’s
legal
disciplinary
system
against
Trump’s
lawyers”: Spencer
S.
Hsu
of
The
Washington
Post
has this
report.
“Judge
reduces
Adnan
Syed’s
sentence,
allowing
him
to
stay
out
of
prison;
The
judge
wrote
that
the
subject
of
the
‘Serial’
podcast
was
‘not
a
danger
to
the
public
and
that
the
interests
of
justice
will
be
better
served
by
a
reduced
sentence’”: Omari
Daniels
and
Dan
Morse
of
The
Washington
Post
have this
report.
“Justice
Amy
Coney
Barrett
ignites
anger
on
the
right
after
ruling
against
Trump;
Conservative
allies
of
President
Donald
Trump
called
Supreme
Court
Justice
Amy
Coney
Barrett
‘evil,’
a
‘closet
Democrat’
and
a
‘DEI
hire’”: Ann
E.
Marimow
of
The
Washington
Post
has this
report.
“Kim
Davis
loses.
Again.
Unanimously.
(But,
this
still
might
not
be
the
end.)
The
Sixth
Circuit
rejected
the
appeal
of
the
former
Kentucky
county
clerk
who
was
sued
after
she
refused
to
issue
marriage
licenses
to
same-sex
couples.” Chris
Geidner
has this
post at
his
Substack
site.
“Impeachment
Threats
to
Judges
Don’t
Meet
Historical
Standard”: Paul
Grimm
has this
essay online
at
Bloomberg
Law.
“Whistleblower
Chief
Trump
Fired
Ends
Fight
After
Court
Loss”: Zoe
Tillman
and
Erik
Larson
of
Bloomberg
News
have this
report.