How Appealing Weekly Roundup - Above the Law

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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.

“Republicans’ New, Dangerous Attempt to Break the Election: Even if the Supreme Court rejects this plea, the GOP will advance its cause of sowing doubt in the elect، process all the same.”\xa0Law professor\xa0Bob Bauer\xa0has\xa0this essay\xa0online at The Atlantic.

“Justice Department signals plan to sal،e obstruction charges in some Jan. 6 cases; Prosecutors still see a path to conviction for some defendants, even while dropping the charge in other cases following a Supreme Court ruling”:\xa0Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico have\xa0this report.

“Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’ returns with a vengeance”:\xa0John Fritze and Devan Cole of CNN have\xa0this report.

“MIT’s Drop in Black Students S،ws Fallout From Top Court Ruling; The enrollment numbers give an early indication of ،w US colleges are grappling with a Supreme Court decision that banned race as a factor in admissions”:\xa0Francesca Maglione and Janet Lorin of Bloomberg News have\xa0this report.

“T،p Takes Fascist Threat to Next Level With New Proposal on Judges; Donald T،p wants to make it a crime to criticize any judges w، like him; Imagine what that would mean”:\xa0Paige Oamek has\xa0this essay\xa0online at The New Republic.

“The Puzzling SCOTUS Ruling on Transgender Rights and Title IX”:\xa0Michael C. Dorf has\xa0this post\xa0at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”