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.
“Donna
Adelson
trial
live:
Attorneys
lay
out
their
theories
of
Dan
Markel
murder
case.” Elena
Barrera
of
The
Tallahassee
Democrat
has this
report.
“Gov.
Cox
didn’t
want
the
power
to
pick
Utah’s
chief
justice.
Lawmakers
might
make
him
do
it
anyway.
A
new
version
of
a
bill
Gov.
Spencer
Cox
vetoed
is
slated
to
be
considered
in
a
special
legislative
session
and
would
force
him
to
pick
a
Utah
Supreme
Court
chief
justice.” Robert
Gehrke
of
The
Salt
Lake
Tribune
has this
report.
Guns
or
weed?
Trump
administration
says
you
can’t
use
both.” Maureen
Groppe
of
USA
Today
has this
report.
“The
umpire
who
picked
a
side:
John
Roberts
and
the
death
of
rule
of
law
in
America;
The
chief
justice
of
the
US
has
painted
himself
as
a
modern
institutionalist
over
the
past
20
years;
Experts
say
he’s
emboldening
Trump’s
drive
toward
authoritarianism.” Ed
Pilkington
of
The
Guardian
has this
report.
“California
Supreme
Court
clears
way
for
Newsom’s
redistricting
plan”: Bob
Egelko
of
The
San
Francisco
Chronicle
has this
report.
“Judge
Halts
Texas
Law
Mandating
the
Ten
Commandments
in
School;
The
state
law
had
said
public
schools
would
have
to
display
the
Ten
Commandments
in
a
‘conspicuous’
location
in
every
classroom
in
Texas
by
Sept.
1”: Pooja
Salhotra
of
The
New
York
Times
has this
report.