A Judge Approved Blue Cross Blue Shield’s $2.8B Settlement. Why Some Providers Are Opting Out.
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How Appealing Weekly Roundup
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. “With Louisiana Essentially Flipping Sides in Callais Case Before Supreme Court and Arguing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is Unconstitutional, […]
Federal Court Protecting Mail-In Ballots
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which federal circuit court recently ruled that a state law requiring election officials toss mail-in ballots if they contain missing or incorrect dates was unconstitutional? Hint: The judges found the law violated voters’ 1st and 14th Amendment rights. See the answer on the […]
Alina Habba Breaks New Jersey Court System
Alina Habba cares deeply about the rule of law. She just cares about her career more. Yesterday, the New York Times ran a three-byline piece detailing the chaos in New Jersey thanks to President Trump’s insistence that his personal lawyer serve as the top prosecutor in the Garden State. The shenanigans have been extensive, but […]
Harvey Goes To Law School — See Also
Harvey AI Partners With Law Schools: Notre Dame, UCLA, NYU and Stanford are early adopters. Here’s Your 1L Primer: Prepare yourself for success! Did You Hear About The Bar Scores?: Things are looking up! We’re In The Authenticity Checking Phase Of It All: Trump admin is equivocating being anti-Trump with being anti-American. The post Harvey […]
Morning Docket: 08.29.25
* Trump takes a chainsaw to a bunch of federal unions. [Bloomberg Law] * Bar exam scores are sky high. [Reuters] * More petty Trumpian retribution: Kamala Harris’s Secret Service detail nixed. [Huffington Post] * The legal fight over the abortion pill is ramping up in disturbing ways. [Slate] * Trump’s approval rating is down, […]
Trump Admin Goes Full McCarthy, Will Decide Whether Migrants Are Pro-USA Enough To Stay Here
This was pretty much inevitable. While the Trump’s band of bigots struggled mightily to expel brown people from this country, the rest of his sycophants are doing everything they can to prevent non-white foreigners from entering the country. It’s counterproductive, especially when the end goal is at least 3,000 ICE arrests per day. If you don’t let enough […]
7 Essential Skills Every 1L Must Develop ASAP
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The morning read for Friday, August 29
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: James E. Ferguson II, Rights Lawyer Who Defended Busing, Dies at 82 (Sam Roberts, The New York Times) Lisa Cook files federal lawsuit to fight Trump firing her from Fed (Bart Jansen, USA […]
The Supreme Court and flag burning: an explainer
President Donald Trump wants to prosecute flag burning, but can he make that happen without violating Supreme Court precedent? Trump contends it’s possible in an Aug. 25 executive order that instructs the attorney general to consider litigation that would “clarify the scope of the First Amendment exceptions in this area.” Specifically, Trump’s order puts a […]