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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.
“Two
Magicians
Warn
the
Supreme
Court
About
Junk
Science;
Penn
&
Teller
filed
a
Supreme
Court
brief
questioning
the
use
of
‘investigative
hypnosis’
in
a
death-penalty
case
in
Texas”: Adam
Liptak
has this
new
installment of
his
“The
Docket”
newsletter
online
today
at
The
New
York
Times.
“Trump-Appointed
Judges
Rebuke
Denial
of
Covid-19
Bias
Rehearing”: Quinn
Wilson
of
Bloomberg
Law
has this
report (subscription
required
for
full
access).
“I
Almost
Never
Predict
Supreme
Court
Outcomes.
Trump
Will
Lose
This
Case.” Linda
Greenhouse
has this
guest
essay online
at
The
New
York
Times.
“Key
Senator
Says
Any
AG
Pick
Who
Backed
Jan.
6
‘Dead
on
Arrival’”: Suzanne
Monyak
of
Bloomberg
Law
has this
report.
“Eighth
Circuit
swats
challenge
to
Minnesota
policy
embracing
trans
athletes;
A
circuit
judge
said
since
Trump’s
executive
orders
aren’t
yet
established
law,
they
can’t
be
relied
on
to
prove
the
likelihood
of
Title
IX
violations”: Ryan
Luetkemeyer
of
Courthouse
News
Service
has this
report.
“Process
to
Refund
Tariffs
to
Begin
Next
Week;
Trade
court
judge
says
government
confirmed
it
is
on
track
to
start
processing
claims
for
refunds
of
Trump’s
tariffs
invalidated
by
the
Supreme
Court”: Lydia
Wheeler
of
The
Wall
Street
Journal
has this
report.