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’s
first
judicial
nominee
Hermandorfer
moves
ahead
to
final
confirmation
vote
in
Senate;
The
president’s
pick
to
fill
a
Sixth
Circuit
vacancy
is
headed
to
a
final
ballot
as
the
first
judicial
nominee
in
years
not
to
have
been
formally
vetted
by
the
American
Bar
Association”: Benjamin
S.
Weis
of
Courthouse
News
Service
has this
report.
“Firings
without
explanation
create
culture
of
fear
at
Justice
Dept.,
FBI;
Widespread,
abrupt
terminations
have
left
Justice
Department
and
FBI
employees
wondering
if
they
will
be
next,
people
familiar
with
the
matter
say”: Perry
Stein
of
The
Washington
Post
has this
report.
“Justice
Dept.
Promised
to
Prosecute
Abrego
Garcia.
Now
It’s
Not
So
Clear.
In
the
case
of
Kilmar
Armando
Abrego
Garcia,
the
administration
appears
primarily
concerned
with
ensuring
that
a
man
it
has
described
as
a
‘dangerous
illegal
alien’
never
walks
free
on
U.S.
soil.” Alan
Feuer
and
Minho
Kim
of
The
New
York
Times
have this
news
analysis.
“Why
a
Devoted
Justice
Department
Lawyer
Became
a
Whistle-Blower;
In
the
first
Trump
Administration,
‘they
didn’t
say
“Fuck
you”
to
the
courts,’
Erez
Reuveni
said”: Ruth
Marcus
has this
essay online
at
The
New
Yorker.
“‘A
Period
Of
Great
Constitutional
Danger’:
Pam
Karlan;
A
longtime
Stanford
Law
professor
and
seasoned
Supreme
Court
advocate,
Professor
Karlan
has
strong
views
on
the
current
constitutional
moment.” David
Lat
has
posted
online this
new
installment of
his
“Original
Jurisdiction”
podcast.
“Far-right
lecturer
asks
Third
Circuit
to
restore
retaliation
claims
over
suspension;
The
New
Jersey
Institute
of
Technology
suspended
philosophy
professor
Jason
Jorjani
after
articles
surfaced
of
him
making
favorable
comments
about
Adolf
Hitler
and
eugenics”: Jackson
Healy
of
Courthouse
News
Service
has this
report.