Above the Law

Morning Docket: 08.05.22

Six Feet!!

* Monkeypox is officially a public health emergency. Let’s mind our manners so this doesn’t go apeshit, capiche? [NBC News]

* DeSantis isn’t having any of that Constitutional Sheriff mess when it doesn’t fit his policy choices. What happened to discretion? [Wesh]

* Officers face disciplinary action for letting a white privilege card slide. This isn’t hyperbole. Even I can admit this is funny. [AP]

* I know you know law school is expensive, but most people just think that means tuition. The textbooks ain’t cheap neither. [Reddit]

* California’s Governor pulls a “Come to Death Row Records” to spite Georgia. [CBS 46]

Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.  He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.

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