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. Handling of Pretti investigation has some prosecutors on verge of quitting; Federal prosecutors in Minneapolis, frustrated by the response to the shootings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, have suggested they could resign en masse": Perry Stein of The Washington Post has this report."

""Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Protections for Venezuelans; The Trump administration has sought to end Temporary Protected Status for more than a million people from troubled nations; About 600,000 are from Venezuela": Jazmine Ulloa of The New York Times has this report. "An Ethicist 'in the Scalia Mold': The Minnesota Judge Blasting ICE; Judge Patrick Schiltz, an appointee of George W. Bush, became an unlikely foil for his criticism of the Trump administration's tactics in Minnesota.""

""Ninth Circuit revives challenge to Idaho library book censorship law; The court found the law likely violates the First Amendment by allowing subjective, age-based censorship" : Monique Merrill of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today. "Tom Goldstein Saga Could Go From Courtroom To Big Screen" : Rachel Rippetoe of Law360 has this report (subscription required for full access)."

Federal prosecutors in Minneapolis have suggested they could resign en masse over frustration with the response to the shootings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti. The Ninth Circuit revived a challenge to an Idaho library book censorship law, finding the law likely violates the First Amendment by permitting subjective, age-based censorship. Discussion surrounds Tom Goldstein and the potential for his saga to become a film. An appeals court ruled in favor of protections for Venezuelans facing termination of Temporary Protected Status. A Minnesota judge criticized ICE tactics, and calls arose for Supreme Court review of patent 'abstract ideas' doctrine clarity.

Read at Above the Law