Lawyers Push SEC to Approve Grayscale Bitcoin ETF ‘Expeditiously’ - Lawyers representing crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments urged the Securiti... - https://news.bitcoin.com/lawyers-push-sec-to-approve-grayscale-bitcoin-etf-expeditiously/ #surveillancerequirements #securitiesregulator #cryptoassetmanager #exchangetradedfund #mungertolles&olson #investorinterests #productstructures #d.c.circuitcourt #disapprovalorder #competitiveharm #unanimousruling #bitcoinfutures #courtofappeals

One of America’s top #abortionrights lawyers was just confirmed as a federal judge. #JulieRikelman, the abortion rights movement’s top Supreme Court litigator, will serve on the US #CourtofAppeals for the #FirstCircuit. #courts #CivilLiberties #WomensHealth #Dobbs #RoevWade https://www.vox.com/2023/6/20/23760777/julie-rikelman-confirmed-first-circuit-abortion-dobbs-supreme-court

@jeffjarvis #ClarenceThomas has gotten the attention of late due to questionable ethics. But it’s high time #SamuelAlito received the scrutiny he deserves. Alito’s #dissent in the #mifepristone case has served up yet another example of his #intemperate, #partisan #rhetoric. #Alito and #Thomas would have allowed the #indefensible #ruling by a panel of the #CourtofAppeals for the #5th #Circuit to stand. #NoJustice NoPeace #SCOTUS #humanrights #civilliberties #healthcare #privacy #judicialtravesty

NY Governor Hochul's nominee for the chief judge of the Court of Appeals (the state's supreme court) could get a vote in the full state Senate, not just the judiciary committee, as a lawsuit by senate Republicans requests - but it'd probably guarantee his defeat, as 2 of his supporters are out of town.

This whole thing makes #GovHochul and the Repubs both look politically incompetent.

https://gothamist.com/news/lasalle-state-senate #NewYorkState #CourtOfAppeals #HectorLaSalle

The 3d Circuit #CourtOfAppeals has foiled #JohnsonAndJohnson's plan to use a bankruptcy scam called the #TexasTwoStep to escape paying 40,000 women, injured when the pharma giant sold them asbestos-tainted talcum powder to dust over their vulvas, leading to gruesome cancers:

https://www.wxxinews.org/2023-01-30/appeals-court-clears-the-way-for-more-lawsuits-over-johnsons-baby-powder

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/01/j-and-j-jk/#risible-gambit

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RT @NELA_NewYork@twitter.com

NELA/NY opposes the nomination of Justice LaSalle to the #CourtofAppeals. His record suggests he will join a conservative majority that has been undermining NY's workplace protections. We urge the State Senate to reject this nomination.

Full statement⬇️

#TheCourtNYDeserves

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NELA_NewYork/status/1608567250226933760

Could not be more disappointed by Hochul’s choice for chief judge. What an awful pick. #law #NewYorkPolitics #CourtOfAppeals
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/12/kathy-hochul-hector-lasalle-new-york-judicial-nomination.html

Me, waiting for Kathy Hochul to make her pick for the new Chief Judge: #NY #CourtOfAppeals #KathyHochul

"A federal appeals court debated whether #Trump can be forced to pay damages for his role in the #January6th riot to lawmakers and police officers injured by the mob.

While they struggled with the line between protected speechmaking and actionable incitement, all 3 judges on the DC #CourtOfAppeals indicated that a line exists and Trump may have crossed it"

One judge is a Trump appointee. #legal
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/12/07/trump-jan6-riot-lawsuit/