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Appellate Advocacy Blog Weekly Roundup October 25

By Daniel Real

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Each week, the Appellate Advocacy Blog Weekly Roundup presents a few tidbits of news and Twitter posts from the past week concerning appellate advocacy. As always, if you see something during the week that you think we should be sure to include, feel free to send Dan Real a quick email atDReal@Creighton.edu or a message on Twitter (@Daniel_L_Real). 

US Supreme Court Opinions and News:

This week, President Trump nominated his fifth candidate for the federal bench who has been rated as “not qualified” by the American Bar Association. Slate addressed the number of such nominees, the political divide in approving such nominees, and what it all means for the future of the independent judiciary.  Article HERE.

This week, the Supreme Court issued an order allowing government officials to move forward with lawsuits accusing oil and gas companies of climate change.

    • Supreme Court order HERE.
    • New York Times article HERE.
    • Bloomberg article HERE.

Justice Elena Kagan spoke on a variety of topics at Colorado-Boulder law school.  Article about her talk HERE.

Federal Appellate Court Opinions and News:

This week, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in a case in which a historian has attempted to examine records from a grand jury investigation in the 1940’s in Georgia concerning the lynching of four African Americans.  The case poses questions of whether federal courts have authority to release grand jury materials.  More HERE.

AppellateTwitter Job Postings:

The Florida First District Court of Appeals is hiring for law clerk positions and a central staff attorney position.  More HERE.

Illinois Supreme Court Justice Garman is hiring for a junior law clerk position.  More HERE.