Above the Law

Morning Docket: 09.22.21

* A six-point memo detailing how to overthrow the 2020 election directed at Mike Pence was discovered and circulated. My hunch is that the first point was to walk up to Joe Biden and tell him “You’re Fired.” [Esquire]

* Principal’s contract is not renewed because he dared to suggest systemic racism is a thing. [The Daily Beast]

* Texas AG goes to court over right for people to deadname their employees. This is just a goofy employment law hypo, right? [LGBTQ Nation]

* Amazon doesn’t care if you smoke(d) weed and will be lobbying for its legalization. Will they change their slogan to “Toke hard, Have fun”? [CNBC]

* There has been a new addition to the X that Y’s itself list — a chair! Related, I am now keenly aware that I don’t remember the last time I’ve cleaned my chairs.  [The First News]

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. Before that, he wrote columns for an online magazine named The Muse Collaborative under the pen name Knehmo. He endured the great state of 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].

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