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Morning Docket: 07.11.25

* Justice Jackson says “state of our democracy” keeps her up at night. Girl, same. [NY Times]

* Litigation finance survived the big tax bill. But threats still loom. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Judge blocks birthright citizenship order, taking advantage of Supreme Court class action workaround until they inevitably decide to there’s a problem with the class. [CBS]

* “Clarence Thomas leading SCOTUS charge to gut Voting Rights Act.” That’s not really fair to John Roberts who has really given it his all to gut voting rights. [CNN]

* Kellogg bought in $3.1B deal courtesy of Davis Polk and Kirkland. The new owner is the Ferrero Group so start your morning off with a big bowl of “Special F.” [Law360]

* Backlogged courts resisting AI. Why? It’s worked out so great everywhere else! [Law.com]

* “A judge has delighted barristers with his sketching skills….” [Roll on Friday]

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