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
Asks
Supreme
Court
to
Revive
Ban
on
Transgender
Troops;
Lower
courts
had
blocked
the
policy,
saying
it
was
not
supported
by
evidence
and
violated
equal
protection
principles”: Adam
Liptak
of
The
New
York
Times
has this
report.
“The
lawyers
pushing
back
on
Trump’s
campaign
to
corral
big
law
firms:
Big
law
firms
stayed
silent
or
cut
deals
as
Trump
sanctioned
some
firms;
An
increasingly
vocal
array
of
lawyers
are
challenging
his
moves.” Mark
Berman
of
The
Washington
Post
has this
report.
“The
Supreme
Court’s
‘Selective
Proceduralism’
Would
Suffocate
the
Constitution;
The
law
allows
for
extraordinary
interventions
under
extraordinary
circumstances,
such
as
when
human
beings
face
the
possibility
of
lifetime
incarceration
without
due
process”: Adam
Serwer
of
The
Atlantic
has this
essay.
“What
the
Supreme
Court
has
already
said
about
banishment;
It
called
leaving
people
stateless
a
punishment
worse
than
torture”: Law
professor
John
D.
Bessler
has this
essay online
at
The
Washington
Post.
“The
Supreme
Court
Has
No
Army;
The
judiciary
has
some
tools
to
enforce
presidential
compliance,
but
their
effectiveness
depends
ultimately
on
the
vigilance
of
the
American
people”: Law
professor Thomas
P.
Schmidt has this
essay online
at
The
Atlantic.
“Federal
judges
block
NC
Supreme
Court
election
‘cure’
process
—
for
now”: Kyle
Ingram
of
The
News
&
Observer
of
Raleigh,
North
Carolina
has this
report.