Above the Law

"Self-care? Are you kidding? I have to work as much as humanly possible."

Like America in the 1850s, right now many of us are still hoping that the lawyers will sort it out.

There’s nothing Sen. Elizabeth Warren loves more than tearing into some corporate executive unlucky enough to have been dragged into a Senate hearing.

Legal technology columnist Bob Ambrogi identifies some highlights from this week's big conference.

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Freed from the restraints of law reviews and granted the immediacy of the internet, he let loose.

In-house columnist Mark Herrmann talks about what doesn't work when trying to pitch him.

This is how we make lifetime appointments now.

* Uber is the new Chick-Fil-A. [New York Daily News]

* Trump administration now says the Muslim ban doesn't apply to green card holders. It'd be funny to watch them defining the parameters of their bigotry if it wasn't so horrifying. [New York Times]

* There should be a special place in hell for immigration officials who try to swindle immigrants out of their legal rights. [Policy.Mic]

* The ACLU received $24 million in donations this weekend, from 356,306 people. Where the rest of you at? [Washington Post]

* Google has created a $4 million "crisis fund" to help fight Trump's Muslim ban. [USA Today]

* I keep calling Trump's Muslim ban a "Muslim ban" because it's a goddamn Muslim ban. But if administration officials would like me to call it "Trump's ban on Muslims he doesn't do business with," I'm open to it. [Independent]

* I wanted to something unrelated to our country's despicable behavior. All I came up with is getting baked in Maine. [Portland Press Herald]