How Appealing



Tuesday, February 13, 2018

“Gov. Wolf rejects Pennsylvania Republicans’ map proposal, saying it remains a partisan gerrymander”: Jonathan Lai and Liz Navratil of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.

Posted at 8:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Iowa Supreme Court to hear challenge to 72-hour waiting period for abortions”: Stephen Gruber-Miller of The Des Moines Register has this report.

Posted at 8:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Military judge wants civilian attorneys arrested for quitting USS Cole case”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

Posted at 7:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“He’s been a Texas Supreme Court justice for a month. Now Jimmy Blacklock must become a candidate.” Emma Platoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

Posted at 7:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Suited up: Do voters have a right to wear political garb at the polling booth? A Minnesota law barring politics at the polls arrives at the Supreme Court.” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

Posted at 5:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“The judiciary must deal with #MeToo — and with what I know”: Nicole VanderDoes, chief counsel of the ABA Standing Committee on the American Judicial System, has this post today at the blog of the ABA Journal.

Posted at 5:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Pentagon wants to replace Guantanamo’s Top Secret prison. Price per prisoner: $4.6M.” Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

Posted at 5:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Movers and Shakers (Attorneys and Justices)”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

Posted at 4:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s 87 picks to be federal judges are 92% white with just one black and one Hispanic nominee”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Posted at 4:40 PM by Howard Bashman