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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.
“Justice
Neil
Gorsuch
Is
a
Committed
Defender
of
Tribal
Rights;
In
soaring
opinions
steeped
in
history,
Justice
Gorsuch
has
demonstrated
a
distinctive
dedication
to
Native
American
rights”: Adam
Liptak
of
The
New
York
Times
has this
report.
“Judge
in
Trump
Documents
Case
Has
Scant
Criminal
Trial
Experience;
Judge
Aileen
M.
Cannon,
under
scrutiny
for
past
rulings
favoring
the
former
president,
has
presided
over
only
a
few
criminal
cases
that
went
to
trial”: Michael
S.
Schmidt
and
Charlie
Savage
of
The
New
York
Times
have this
report.
“The
Highest
Cites
in
the
Land”: Adam
Feldman
has this
post at
his
“Empirical
SCOTUS”
blog.
“This
Obscure
Judicial
Agency
Could
Tighten
Ethics
for
Justices”: U.S.
Senator Sheldon
Whitehouse (D-RI)
has this
essay online
at
Bloomberg
Law.
“Former
Supreme
Court
Justice
David
Souter
is
hoping
to
be
a
role
model
for
students
at
Concord
High”: Columnist
Ray
Duckler
of
The
Concord
(N.H.)
Monitor
has this
essay.
“Supreme
Court
Justice
Russell
Brown
retires
early,
ending
probe
into
alleged
drunk
and
obnoxious
behaviour;
Brown’s
sudden
retirement
was
announced
by
the
Canadian
Judicial
Council,
which
was
investigating
a
complaint
filed
by
an
American
man”: Tonda
MacCharles
of
The
Toronto
Star
has this
report.