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.
“What
Birthright
Citizenship
Gave
to
Me:
MAGA’s
effort
to
restrict
citizenship
rights
defies
the
Constitution
—
and
endangers
an
essential
part
of
America’s
greatness.” Law
professor Akhil
Reed
Amar has this
essay online
at
The
Wall
Street
Journal.
“For
Donald
Trump,
Everything
Is
an
Emergency;
He’s
exploiting
a
diabolical
problem
in
our
legal
system
to
expand
presidential
power”: Adam
B.
Kushner
of
The
New
York
Times
has this
report.
“Donna
Adelson
trial
live
updates:
Closing
arguments
before
jury
deliberates
for
a
verdict”: Elena
Barrera
of
The
Tallahassee
Democrat
has this
report.
“Supreme
Court
asked
to
hear
case
of
Alaska
taking
plane
from
man
for
transporting
beer;
State
had
seized
$95K
aircraft
over
three
cases
hidden
in
passenger’s
luggage”: Alex
Swoyer
of
The
Washington
Times
has this
report.
“Favorable
views
of
Supreme
Court
remain
near
historic
low”: Joseph
Copeland
of
Pew
Research
Center
has this
report.
“Ex-Solicitors
General
Parse
Recent
Emergency
Rulings’
Value”: Eric
Heisig
of
Bloomberg
Law
has this
report.
“Senate
Democrats
grill
Third
Circuit
nominee
Mascott
on
qualifications;
Jennifer
Mascott,
a
law
professor
and
White
House
counsel
nominated
to
an
appellate
vacancy
in
Delaware,
faced
sharp
questions
from
lawmakers
about
her
lack
of
legal
experience
in
the
First
State”: Benjamin
S.
Weiss
of
Courthouse
News
Service
has this
report.