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Morning Docket: 06.25.18
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.25.18

* The Supreme Court is set to rule on six more cases this week, and one of them is President Trump's Muslim travel ban. Stay tuned, because we could find out a decision on this one later this morning. [Reuters]

* President Trump has called for the immediate deportation of undocumented immigrants with "no judges or court cases." Adios to due process, which was pretty cool while it lasted. [The Hill]

* Speaking of undocumented immigrants, Lawyers for Good Government has launched Project Corazon, a program led by Kirkland & Ellis, where attorneys will help reunite families that were separated at the border under President Trump's "zero tolerance" policy. [ABA Journal]

* Valparaiso Law might not be going anywhere after all. As it turns out, Middle Tennessee State University is in talks to inherit the struggling law school program. MTSU isn't buying the school or merging with it -- no, this is going to be considered a "gift." Mmmhmmm. [Chicago Tribune]

* Coming to a law firm near you is the Mansfield Rule 2.0, which aims to close the gap in leadership roles for LGTBQ+ attorneys in Biglaw. Fifty firms signed up for the original Mansfield Rule to promote the success of women, and 35 of those firms plus 11 new ones have joined to support LGTBQ+ attorneys. [American Lawyer]

Non-Sequiturs: 06.24.18
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 06.24.18

* It's checkout time at the Supreme Court, and courtroom correspondent Mark Walsh is ready to reveal what's in his shopping cart. [SCOTUSblog]

* Being cited by the Supreme Court is usually something to boast about -- but not always, as Adam Feldman notes in this thoughtful analysis of how much oral arguments matter. [Empirical SCOTUS]

* Will Baude breaks down the Court's intriguing debate over stare decisis in South Dakota v. Wayfair. [PrawfsBlawg]

* Joel Cohen looks at why the federal judiciary gets better treatment from the press than the other two branches of government -- and whether the differential is justified. [The Hill]

* Orin Kerr identifies an interesting issue: if a police officer uses Google Translate to try and request consent to search from a non-English speaker in that person's own language, is the consent valid if Google Translate botched the translation? [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason]

* There's a long and bipartisan tradition of... the federal government spying on reporters, as Charles Glasser explains. [Daily Caller]

* Speaking of the media, Jean O'Grady points out a helpful new resource from CQ for consumers of news, along with tips for how to tell whether or not a story is "fake news." [Dewey B Strategic]

* If reforms come to university boardrooms, let's hope they include law schools as well. [ProfessorBainbridge via Instapundit]

* An interesting new use of voice-activated technology, courtesy of Wolters Kluwer: getting insights into federal tax law. [Artificial Lawyer]

* If you'll be in New York on Tuesday, July 17, raise your glass with fellow young lawyers, summer associates, and law students, at the UJA's Summer Law Happy Hour. [UJA Federation of New York]

Somebody Stop This Woman — See Also
See Also

Somebody Stop This Woman -- See Also

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SPEAKING OF ROSEANNE: Her ex-husband, Tom Arnold, is somehow in charge of the Resistance now.

MORE FIRMS ARE RAISING SALARIES: I'm going to highlight Gibson Dunn because Kathryn Rubino found an awesome cat picture.

FOURTH AMENDMENT PORN: John Roberts sided with the liberals and brought the Fourth Amendment to a stunning climax.

LET'S REVISIT THE LAW SCHOOL RANKINGS: In this podcast, we discuss why the University of Chicago Law School is so good, and my previous explanation is shouted down, repeatedly.