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
Appellate
Court
Pick
Didn’t
Seek
Out
Delaware
Seat”: Tiana
Headley
of
Bloomberg
Law
has a
report that
begins,
“Jennifer
Mascott’s
consideration
for
a
federal
appeals
court
judgeship
in
a
state
where
she
has
few
ties
began
when
she
expressed
interest
in
serving
on
any
court
the
White
House
saw
fit.”
“Pro
Bono
or
Pro
Nono?
Law
Firms
Split
on
Fulfilling
Deals
With
Trump;
Some
firm
leaders
have
shrugged
off
deals
as
unenforceable,
while
at
least
one
has
taken
on
trade
work
for
the
administration
with
no
fanfare.” Erin
Mulvaney,
C.
Ryan
Barber,
and
Jess
Bravin
of
The
Wall
Street
Journal
have this
report.
“Ghislaine
Maxwell’s
Petition
to
the
Supreme
Court;
The
convicted
sex
offender
is
raising
an
important
legal
question
—
about
whether
an
agreement
by
one
federal
prosecutor
binds
his
colleagues
across
the
country.” Law
professor Jeannie
Suk
Gersen has this
essay online
at
The
New
Yorker.
“Law
Firms
That
Settled
With
Trump
Are
Asked
to
Help
on
Trade
Deals;
Boris
Epshteyn,
a
personal
lawyer
for
President
Trump,
connected
two
firms
—
Kirkland
&
Ellis
and
Skadden
Arps
—
to
the
Commerce
Department”: Michael
S.
Schmidt
and
Maggie
Haberman
of
The
New
York
Times
have this
report.
“Why
the
Supreme
Court
Shouldn’t
Make
Millions
From
Publishing
Books;
Maris
Kreizman
Wonders
Who
Will
Be
Left
to
Pass
Judgment
on
Book-Related
Cases”: Maris
Kreizman
has this
essay online
at
Literary
Hub.
“Judge
is
skeptical
of
DOJ
lawsuit
against
entire
Maryland
federal
bench;
The
Trump
administration
sued
every
U.S.
District
Court
judge
in
the
state,
alleging
that
they
have
improperly
hindered
efforts
to
rapidly
deport
migrants”: Salvador
Rizzo
of
The
Washington
Post
has this
report.