Above the Law

Morning Docket: 01.22.26

* ICE instructed its agents that they don’t need warrants to bust into houses. These Crim Pro issue spotters are just getting lazy. [Civil Discourse]

* Meanwhile, Eighth Circuit lifts restriction against ICE pepper spraying random protesters. [The Guardian]

* Elizabeth Holmes looking for Trump to offer clemency. Maybe she should offer to cut him in on her next company. [Law360]

* The conservatives on the Supreme Court will quickly trade in their contrived, ahistorical “philosophy” to save their personal stock portfolios. [Balls and Strikes]

* Biglaw made big bucks off of lobbying. [National Law Journal]

* Judge blocks government from searching materials seized from Post reporter. [Washington Post]

* Law firm hosted its annual MLK Day oratory competition for fourth- and fifth-graders. [Foley & Lardner]

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