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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.
“The
Gaping
Hole
in
Supreme
Court
Rules
for
Tracking
Links
Between
Litigants
and
Influence
Groups:
Parties
appearing
before
the
Supreme
Court
can
fund
the
groups
that
file
briefs
supporting
their
arguments
—
and
almost
never
have
to
disclose
it.” Shawn
Musgrave
of
The
Intercept
recently
had this
report.
“John
Roberts
isn’t
happy
with
previous
ruling
against
Trump
—
what
happens
now?” Joan
Biskupic
of
CNN
has this
news
analysis.
“A
SCOTUS
Firehose
in
Trump
v
United
States”: Michael
C.
Dorf
has this
post at
his
blog,
“Dorf
on
Law.”
“First
bigotry,
now
lies:
This
judge
pick
deserves
better.” The
Newark
(N.J.)
Star-Ledger
has
published this
editorial.
“The
Last
Thing
This
Supreme
Court
Could
Do
to
Shock
Us;
There
will
be
no
more
self-soothing
after
this”: Dahlia
Lithwick
and
Mark
Joseph
Stern
have this
Jurisprudence
essay online
at
Slate.
“The
Lawyer
Defending
Idaho’s
Abortion
Ban
Irritated
the
One
Justice
He
Needed
on
His
Side”: Dahlia
Lithwick
and
Mark
Joseph
Stern
have this
Jurisprudence
essay online
at
Slate.
“A
new
Supreme
Court
case
seeks
to
make
it
much
easier
for
criminals
to
buy
guns;
The
fight
over
‘ghost
guns’
is
back
before
the
justices”: Ian
Millhiser
has this
essay online
at
Vox.