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.
Handling
of
Pretti
investigation
has
some
prosecutors
on
verge
of
quitting;
Federal
prosecutors
in
Minneapolis,
frustrated
by
the
response
to
the
shootings
of
Renée
Good
and
Alex
Pretti,
have
suggested
they
could
resign
en
masse”: Perry
Stein
of
The
Washington
Post
has this
report.
“Ninth
Circuit
revives
challenge
to
Idaho
library
book
censorship
law;
The
court
found
the
law
likely
violates
the
First
Amendment
by
allowing
subjective,
age-based
censorship”: Monique
Merrill
of
Courthouse
News
Service
has this
report on a
ruling that
the U.S.
Court
of
Appeals
for
the
Ninth
Circuit issued
today.
“Tom
Goldstein
Saga
Could
Go
From
Courtroom
To
Big
Screen”: Rachel
Rippetoe
of
Law360
has this
report (subscription
required
for
full
access).
“Appeals
Court
Rules
in
Favor
of
Protections
for
Venezuelans;
The
Trump
administration
has
sought
to
end
Temporary
Protected
Status
for
more
than
a
million
people
from
troubled
nations;
About
600,000
are
from
Venezuela”: Jazmine
Ulloa
of
The
New
York
Times
has this
report.
“An
Ethicist
‘in
the
Scalia
Mold’:
The
Minnesota
Judge
Blasting
ICE;
Judge
Patrick
Schiltz,
an
appointee
of
George
W.
Bush,
became
an
unlikely
foil
for
his
criticism
of
the
Trump
administration’s
tactics
in
Minnesota.” Zach
Montague
of
The
New
York
Times
has this
report.
“The
Supreme
Court
Should
Take
Up
the
USAA
Case
to
Bring
Clarity
to
the
Esoteric
‘Abstract
Ideas’
Doctrine
of Alice”: Gene
Quinn
has this
post at
IPWatchdog.