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.
“Alina
Habba
Is
Named
Acting
U.S.
Attorney
in
New
Jersey;
Ms.
Habba’s
tenure
as
interim
U.S.
attorney
was
slated
to
end
this
week,
but
the
Trump
administration’s
appointment
will
allow
her
to
remain
the
top
law
enforcement
official
in
the
state”: Tracey
Tully
and
Jonah
E.
Bromwich
of
The
New
York
Times
have this
report.
“Chief
Justice
Roberts
Hides
in
Plain
Sight
as
His
Supreme
Court
Splits
at
the
Seams;
The
head
of
the
federal
judiciary
did
not
write
a
dissent
or
a
concurrence
in
the
entirety
of
the
high
court’s
term”: A.R.
Hoffman
of
The
New
York
Sun
has this
report.
“Could
This
Supreme
Court
Restrain
Trump
Even
if
It
Wanted?” Law
professor Lawrence
Lessig has this
Jurisprudence
essay online
at
Slate.
“Even
If
Harvard
Wins
This
Court
Case,
the
Trump
Fight
Won’t
Go
Away;
Legal
analysts
say
the
school
presents
a
strong
case
but
the
president
is
already
threatening
to
appeal”: Jess
Bravin
and
Sara
Randazzo
of
The
Wall
Street
Journal
have this
report.
“Border
Wall
Case
May
Send
Rare
Constitutional
Test
to
High
Court;
Groups
see
nondelegation
doctrine
as
means
to
block
border
wall;
Recent
Supreme
Court
opinions
suggest
justices
could
wade
in”: Taylor
Mills
of
Bloomberg
Law
has this
report.
“Judges
in
Maryland
Want
DOJ
Suit
Over
Deportation
Stays
Tossed”: Jacqueline
Thomsen
of
Bloomberg
Law
has this
report.
“Big
Law
Firms
Bowed
to
Trump.
A
Corps
of
‘Little
Guys’
Jumped
in
to
Fight
Him.
Solo
practitioners,
former
government
litigators
and
small
law
offices
stepped
up
to
help
challenge
the
Trump
administration’s
agenda
in
court
after
the
White
House
sought
to
punish
many
big
firms.” Elizabeth
Williamson
of
The
New
York
Times
has this
report.