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“Border Wall Case May Send Rare Constitutional Test to High Court; Groups see nondelegation doctrine as means to block border wall; Recent Supreme Court opinions suggest justices could wade in”: Taylor Mills of Bloomberg Law has this report. howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2025/07/21/#22…

“Hewitt v. United States: The Linguistics and Analysis Are Dubious. The Result Is Right. An earlier version of § 924(c) reform legislation suggests a flawed majority opinion.” Jonathan J. Wroblewski has this post at the “Sentencing Matters Substack.” howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2025/07/21/#22…

“Chief Justice Roberts Hides in Plain Sight as His Supreme Court Splits at the Seams; The head of the federal judiciary did not write a dissent or a concurrence in the entirety of the high court’s term”: A.R. Hoffman of The New York Sun has this report. howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2025/07/22/#22…

“SCOTUS Enables Government Destruction”: You can access the new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube. howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2025/07/22/#22…

Showdown in New Jersey Over Top Federal Prosecutor nytimes.com/2025/07/22/nyr…

“Trump’s WSJ Lawsuit Raises a New Constitutional Question; The president is wielding lawsuits as both sword and shield”: Ankush Khardori has this essay online at Politico Magazine. howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2025/07/22/#22…

“Could This Supreme Court Restrain Trump Even if It Wanted?” Law professor Lawrence Lessig has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate. howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2025/07/22/#22…

“Even If Harvard Wins This Court Case, the Trump Fight Won’t Go Away; Legal analysts say the school presents a strong case but the president is already threatening to appeal”: Jess Bravin and Sara Randazzo of The Wall Street Journal have this report. howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2025/07/21/#22…

3. Confirmation of Cristian M. Stevens to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. 2:15PM: 4. Motion to proceed to Executive Session for the consideration of Emil J. Bove III to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit

“The Return of J. Rufus Wallingford and the Next Financial Crisis; Will the expansion of ‘alternative investments’ lead to the next financial crisis?” George Liebmann has this essay online at The American Spectator. howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2025/07/21/#22…

“Pirro to Get Do-Over US Attorney Vote After Procedure Dispute”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report. howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2025/07/21/#22…

“Conviction Reversed in Etan Patz Case That Put Focus on Missing Children; Pedro Hernandez, a former bodega stock clerk, had confessed years after the 1979 crime to luring Etan Patz, 6, into a basement in SoHo; The case shook New York City”: Hurubie Meko howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2025/07/21/#22…

“Judges in Maryland Want DOJ Suit Over Deportation Stays Tossed”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report. howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2025/07/21/#22…

“Big Law Firms Bowed to Trump. A Corps of ‘Little Guys’ Jumped in to Fight Him. Solo practitioners, former government litigators and small law offices stepped up to help challenge the Trump administration’s agenda in court after the White House sought to howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2025/07/21/#22…

“Leah Litman on Trump’s Supreme Court”: You can access the new episode of The New Yorker’s “The Political Scene” podcast via this link. And the new episode of “The Intercept Briefing” podcast is titled “Executive Lawlessness: Leah Litman on the Supreme howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2025/07/20/#22…

“How to Build A Police State (With The Supreme Court’s Blessing): The Roberts Court seemed skeptical of Trump’s immigration tactics at first. What changed?” You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link. howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2025/07/20/#22…

“After a Chaotic Start, a U.S. Attorney’s Time May Be Running Out; Alina Habba, President Trump’s choice to run the U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey, has pursued investigations against Democrats; Her tenure has damaged morale inside the office”: Jonah howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2025/07/20/#22…

“Judicial Notice (07.20.25): Not-So-Wonderful Secrets; The firing of a prominent prosecutor, Trump’s Epstein-related defamation lawsuit, the launch of Dunn Isaacson Rhee, and the latest hires at Paul Hastings.” David Lat has this post at his “Original howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2025/07/20/#22…

“Trump’s birthright citizenship order remains blocked as lawsuits march on after Supreme Court ruling”: Michael Casey of The Associated Press has this report. howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2025/07/19/#22…

“Trump DOJ wants Supreme Court to bring down hammer on gun rules”: Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report. howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2025/07/19/#22…