Above the Law

* Okay, let's get this straight: Roy Moore's Jewish lawyer isn't Richard Jaffe, the one who voted for Doug Jones; no, Roy Moore's Jewish lawyer is Martin Wishnatsky, the one who "has accepted Christ" as his savior. [Washington Post]

* In our last Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch, we focused a bit on the fact that rumored retiree Justice Anthony Kennedy hired a full set of clerks for OT 2018, but in case you missed it, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg already has a full set of clerks for OT 2019. The Notorious one isn't going anywhere anytime soon. [Newsweek]

* Lawyers for the Department of Justice who are attempting to defend the Trump administration's rescission of the DACA program have asked Judge William Alsup, who is handling the case, to ignore our "very stable genius" president's recent tweets regarding the immigration policy. [The Recorder]

* Evan Greebel, pharma bro Martin Shkreli's ex-lawyer, is facing hard prison time for conspiracy, but one of the juror's who convicted him is having second thoughts. The former Biglaw partner better hope that Judge Kiyo Matsumoto decides to reopen his case. [Big Law Business]

* In what may have been some sort of a Christmas miracle, the legal sector witnessed a very slight uptick in jobs in December. Beggars can't be choosers, so a gain of 600 jobs is better than nothing at all. Employment in the profession is still nowhere near where it once was before the recession. [American Lawyer]

* Lewis Donelson, cofounder of Baker Donelson, RIP. [Memphis Business Journal]

TAYLOR SWIFT'S COPYRIGHT LAWYER: Seems to be much better at understanding his role in protecting the Swift brand than that guy from Venable. Staci has the story.

MORE EVIDENCE THAT TRUMP OBSTRUCTED JUSTICE: Even though we all know that Trump obstructed justice, we apparently need additional evidence of his attempts, because some of us live in a world where there will eventually be enough evidence to make Republicans in Congress acknowledge that Trump obstructed justice. I'm exasperated.

APPARENTLY, YOU DON'T NEED TO BE A GUNNER TO WIND UP ON THE SUPREME COURT: Sixth Circuit Judge Raymond Kethledge is on a lot of short lists as a potential Trump pick to be on the Court, but apparently he wasn't one of "those people" in law school. Lat has the story.

ADD MOTEL 6 TO YOUR LIST OF BUSINESS DECENT PEOPLE CAN NO LONGER FREQUENT: If you thought Motel 6 ratting out guests to ICE was an isolated incident, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is here to tell you that you are wrong.

TRUMP IS COMING UP WITH CATASTROPHIC CHANGES TO STUDENT LOANS: What's funny is that all of these proposed changes to student loan programs are, arguably, designed to stick it to "elites" who get off on "learning things" and being "educated." But, in reality, the Ivory Tower-type elites who look down on Trump as a crass interloper will be just fine. His changes will be most felt by economically challenged families. I look forward to the day when some Deplorable tells me that I "took their spot" at a university that Trump has made affordable to them anyway. Staci has a report.

* Attorney General Jeff Sessions is planning to challenge immigration judges over their authority to close cases without rendering decisions -- because in doing so, they're allowing immigrants to remain in this country without legal status of any kind. [ABA Journal]

* Has a new era in textualism arrived at the Supreme Court? An examination of the use textualism by justices and attorneys at the high court since 2013. [Empirical SCOTUS]

* According to a new survey, a "sizeable" amount of sexual harassment goes down at annual academic meetings. We hope this isn't the case at the 2018 meeting of the American Association of Law Schools, which is wrapping up tomorrow. [TaxProf Blog]

* Attorney Charles Harder may have brought Gawker to its knees, but Michael Wolff, the author of the book that the president wants banished, isn't afraid of him. [Law and More]

* Check out the 11 craziest crime stories from the year that was. Some of these are almost too hard to believe happened in real life. [Versus Texas]