Howard Bashman

“Judicial Notice (05.25.26): Day Of Reckoning; A verdict in Musk v. Altman, a deeper dive into John Quinn and Quinn Emanuel, Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund,’ and more litigators leaving Paul Weiss.” David Lat has this post at his “Original #232600" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2026/05/25/#23…

“Artificial Intelligence Floods Court Dockets with Home-Brewed Lawsuits; For years, courts have welcomed cases brought by self-represented litigants; Now those plaintiffs have A.I., and their filings are consuming more and more bandwidth”: Mattathias #232599" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2026/05/25/#23…

“Were the Constitution’s Authors a Little Too Optimistic? The nation’s founding document has a blind spot. Trump is making it visible.” Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this Ideas essay. #232598" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2026/05/25/#23…

“Ninja Court Packing”: You can access the new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link. #232597" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2026/05/25/#23…

“229. A Tale of Two High-Profile Immigration Cases: Developments on Friday in the cases of Mahmoud Khalil and Kilmar Abrego Garcia underscore both the role courts can play in checking immigration abuses and the limits those courts can often confront.” #232596" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2026/05/25/#23…

“The ‘greatest threat’ to rule of law in decades. That’s how lawyers, judges see Trump.” Columnist Mark Z. Barabak has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times. #232595" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2026/05/25/#23…

“How Trump Created a Slush Fund for His Allies; The President may have committed the rare offense that turns Republican lawmakers against him”: Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The New Yorker. Also online at The New Yorker, John Cassidy has an essay #232594" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2026/05/25/#23…

“How this age of extreme gerrymandering is transforming American politics; Politicians, no longer content to leave elections to chance, are working to choose their voters as often as every two years”: Patrick Marley and Olivia George of The Washington Post #232593" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2026/05/25/#23…

“Trump’s Slush Fund Is Even Worse Than You Thought; A former Jack Smith prosecutor and a veteran corruption reporter map the vectors for lawlessness that many have missed”: You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link. #232592" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2026/05/25/#23…

“Trump’s Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Grift”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube. #232591" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2026/05/25/#23…

How this age of extreme gerrymandering is transforming American politics — via @patrickdmarley @oliviacgeorge wapo.st/4dQQ4UG

“The East Wing Hole-In-The-Ground; How long could the East Wing of the White House remain a crater?” Arthur Delaney of HuffPost has this report. #232590" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2026/05/24/#23…

In 1958, Justice John Marshall Harlan II pitches in a baseball game between law clerks and lawyers at Covington & Burling.

“Bayer’s proposed Roundup settlement violates Constitution, new legal filing claims”: Carey Gillam of The New Lede has this report. #232589" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2026/05/24/#23…

“With Big Decisions Ahead, the Supreme Court Collides With a Testy Trump; President Trump has alternated between bullying the justices and cozying up to them as the court prepares to announce major decisions that will determine the fate of the key aspects #232588" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2026/05/24/#23…

Becky Hill became a big figure in a small town when the Murdaugh murder trial descended on Walterboro, S.C. Now, she’s been “drug through the mud.” on.wsj.com/4nJAWwC

With a recent appellate ruling, the versatile and frankly elastic terrorism charge may be hanging by a thread. courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit-h…

So there's a LAW that says you can't build on federal land in DC without approval from Congress. Congress is telling Trump NO. He needs a judge to say the law doesn't mean what it says or else the East Wing's gonna be a hole in the ground for a while! huffpost.com/entry/white-ho…

First pitch, @CleGuardians at @Phillies.

Plaintiff lawyers discover Amchem - when somebody else has negotiated themselves $650 million in fees. thenewlede.org/2026/05/bayers…