How Appealing Weekly Roundup - Above the Law

"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 Supreme Court's Latest Shadow Docket Ruling Reeks of Vicious, Casual Transphobia; Once again, the six-justice conservative supermajority rides gallantly to the rescue of their very favorite president": Jay Willis has this post at his "Balls & Strikes" Substack site. "Trump's Tariffs May Not Please the Court; The government's claims in defense of the emergency border taxes don't stand 'major questions' scrutiny": The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial."

""A Fresh Way for the Supreme Court to Split": Emily Bazelon and David French have this conversation online at The New York Times. "Judge to Consider Moving Trump's Hush-Money Conviction to Federal Court; A federal judge must now determine whether President Trump's immunity for official acts means that his Manhattan criminal case belongs in federal court": Jonah E. Bromwich of The New York Times has this report."

""Texas ban on sexually explicit drag shows can be enforced, federal appeals court rules; The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling suggested not all drag shows are sexually explicit": Alex Nguyen of The Texas Tribune has this report. "Full Sixth Circuit says Ohio school pronoun policy likely violates First Amendment; A Columbus-area school district had previously banned students from using biological pronouns when referring to transgender classmates": Kevin Koeninger of Courthouse News Service has this report on a 10-to-7 en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today."

Multiple appellate and Supreme Court-related developments reflect ongoing legal contests over constitutional and administrative authority. A Supreme Court shadow-docket ruling prompted allegations of transphobia and highlighted ideological alignment among conservative justices. The government's defense of emergency border tariffs faced skepticism under the major questions doctrine. Commentary examined potential new fault lines within the high court. A judge must determine whether presidential immunity requires transferring a Manhattan hush-money prosecution to federal court. The Fifth Circuit upheld enforcement of a Texas ban on sexually explicit drag shows. The Sixth Circuit en banc found an Ohio school pronoun policy likely violates the First Amendment.

Read at Above the Law