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Morning Docket: 01.14.26

* Supreme Court heard challenges to laws targeting trans athletes and the argument went about as you’d expect. [Balls and Strikes]

* Senior federal prosecutors resign in response to the Justice Department’s efforts to paper over the murder of Renee Good. [CBS News]

* Tom Goldstein trial could feature celebrity witnesses. [Law360]

* School voids exam — that students already took — after similarities to past exams came out. [Legal Cheek]

* Supreme Court tariff decision looms large. Don’t plan on that $2000 rebate check that Trump promised and promptly forgot about. [Reuters]

* Judges ask defense attorneys to either challenge the new prosecutorial leadership team that the DOJ imposed or waive the challenge. You know, the government could resolve this if they just legally appointed someone to the job. [New Jersey Law Journal]

* Eli Manning announced as keynote speaker for Legalweek. Another job stolen from Danny DeVito. [ABA Journal]

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Morning Docket: 01.13.25

* Mark Kelly hires Arnold & Porter to sue Pete Hegseth and the Defense Department for threatening to illegally slash his pension. [The New Republic]

* Jerome Powell hires Williams & Connolly to deal with DOJ threats. [New York Times]

* It’s striking that critics of the Maduro capture cite specific text from the Constitution and international treaties, and the Deputy Attorney General cites “nuh uh.” [The Hill]

* Speaking of Maduro, the Maduro counsel kerfuffle takes another turn, with Judge Hellerstein rejecting Bruce Fein’s attempt to join the case based on claims that the deposed president’s friends wanted him to. [NY1]

* BBC seeks to dismiss Trump’s lawsuit. [Reuters]

* Supreme Court rubberstamps government dropping FIFA corruption case. [Law360]

* New book chronicles scandal that induced women into unnecessary and expensive surgeries to seek higher damages. [Law.com]

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