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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.10.25

* Supreme Court keeps ban on Florida’s immigration law. Which seems like a win until you realize they’re just trying to stop a normal state from passing protections by holding the line on preemption. [Law360]

* Lawmakers declare EEOC attacks on Biglaw a “shakedown.” [Reuters]

* DOJ asks Texas to eliminate congressional seats held by Black and Latino Democrats. [Politico]

* It’s that fun time of the cycle where we learn how much partners make from the financial disclosure forms they’ve disclosed to become Trump officials. [National Law Journal]

* We’re watching in real time as the right-wing balance of power shifts from FedSoc to Vermeule. [Verfassungsblog]

* Biglaw wary of getting involved in the New York mayoral race after realizing every political instinct they have is wrong. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Kasowitz departures raise questions about the future. [American Lawyer]

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Don’t Call The Back-Down A Retreat!: The ABA President has an interesting characterization of their DEI efforts.

Justice Jackson Pens A Shadow Docket Dissent: Unlike the most of her colleagues, she thought about the law before she decided the government was “likely to succeed.”

On This Week’s Episode Of Thinking Like A Lawyer: A judge made a ruling based on a fake case!

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