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.
“Fed
Independence
Reaches
Its
Moment
of
Truth
as
Supreme
Court
Weighs
Cook’s
Fate;
High
court
to
decide
whether
Trump
can
remove
board
member,
which
former
officials
see
as
threat
to
central
bank
independence”: Nick
Timiraos
of
The
Wall
Street
Journal
has this
report.
“11th
Circuit
upholds
law
targeting
racial
violence
on
government
property;
The
ruling
affirmed
the
conviction
of
Jordan
Leahy
for
using
his
car
to
terrorize
a
Black
family
on
a
Florida
road”: Megan
Butler
of
Courthouse
News
Service
has this
report on a
ruling that
the U.S.
Court
of
Appeals
for
the
Eleventh
Circuit issued
today.
“Barrett
spurns
Supreme
Court
bias
claims
after
string
of
Trump
shadow
docket
wins;
Justice
Amy
Coney
Barrett
sat
for
an
extended
discussion
where
she
defended
the
high
court’s
rulings
and
her
jurisprudence”: Kelsey
Reichmann
of
Courthouse
News
Service
has this
report.
“Judges
Say
Justices
Need
to
Give
More
Emergency
Docket
Guidance”: Justin
Wise
of
Bloomberg
Law
has this
report.
“Bonus
179:
The
Stare
Decisis-Free
Docket;
The
Court’s
recent
treatment
of
Humphrey’s
Executor
may
only
encourage
lower-court
judges
to
do
exactly
what
Justices
Gorsuch
and
Kavanaugh
purported
to
rail
against
in
August:
not
follow
precedents.” Steve
Vladeck
has this
post at
his
“One
First”
Substack
site.
“The
Situation:
Choose
Your
Own
Adventure:
Lindsey
Halligan
Edition;
Any
way
you
play,
you
lose.” Benjamin
Wittes
and
Anna
Bower
have this
post online
at
the
“Lawfare”
blog.