2nd Amendment

* Facebook hit with antitrust lawsuit over its handling of competitor Phhhoto Inc. [Law360]

* If the prospect of killing a parent isn’t enough to stop you from drunk driving, hopefully future budgeting will. Take the Lyft home. [KMOV]

* While there is some concern that strengthening the Second Amendment will directly lead to more deaths, SCOTUS doesn’t appear to like the idea of not being able to bring the glock to the bar. [NPR]

* Texas is really going for the whole controlling access to rights thing — next up is restricting voting! [WSJ]

* Second Amendment folks care so much about their guns that they’re backed into supporting women’s autonomy… for now. [The Texas Tribune]

* Now whip it! Whip it bad!: NY law aims to curb nitrous oxide use in young adults. [PoliticsNY]

* Two prisoners who have served decades for violent crimes may be up for parole after Ohio passed this law. [Local 12]

* “Why didn’t they teach us this in high school?!” won’t work as an excuse when it comes to money management anymore in Ohio. Maybe more people should talk openly about money? [Dayton Daily News]

* Kentucky man basically commits to future bar association violations because he owns a building. [Courier-Journal]

* UC Hastings thinking about a name change because of the whole genocide thing. Good on them! [U.S. News]

* The Second Amendment’s meaning might be changing come SCOTUS’s ruling. [New York Times]

* The President’s legal team thinks no constitutional right is safe if SB8’s enforcement mechanism remains in play. And they might be right. [Washington Post]

* Did NY just prioritize fighting climate change over money?! Even though it might be too late, I gotta admit that’s a good start. [Grist]

* Hey, you! OL reading ATL for some reason! Get a job! Trust me. [U.S. News]

* Oklahoma puts a cap on insulin co-pays. This really should be a nationwide thing — maybe them OK’ing this will lead to spillover. [KFOR]

The 'weaponization' of free speech is no longer a metaphor.

* Unwilling to relinquish his 15 minutes of fame, Anthony Scaramucci goes for laughs with Stephen Colbert. [The Hollywood Reporter]

* If, and admittedly that’s a big if, Donald Trump gets impeached, Mike Pence will be ready. Just ask his personal PAC. [Huffington Post]

* Check out these tax professor rankings. [TaxProf Blog]

* Should the 1st Amendment trump the 2nd Amendment? It is first, after all. [Slate]

* Someone has had it with free speech absolutism. [Richmond.com]

* Are you ready to go off the grid? [Law and More]

* No good will come from this lawsuit. [Salon]

* This is what Trump should have said. [Dorf on Law]

If we're going to be originalist about the 2nd Amendment, let's go all the way.

* What does Biglaw firm Cozen O’Connor share in common with Brooklyn hipsters? [Philadelphia Business Journal]

* Glenn Reynolds offers concise commentary on Comey. [Instapundit]

* “Kozinski, circuit judge, ruminating” — yeah, you know you want to click…. [Volokh Conspiracy]

* Professor Ann Althouse does not “like” punishing high school students for their Facebook activity. [Althouse]

* And Professor Orly Lobel questions the use of noncompetes, especially in terms of low-wage workers and women. [New York Times via PrawfsBlawg]

* How many Jewish justices have we had in Supreme Court history? [U.S. National Archives via How Appealing]

* The Seventh Circuit — in an opinion by Judge Diane Sykes, a top-tier SCOTUS possibility under President Trump — just struck down Chicago ordinances regulating shooting ranges as violative of Second Amendment rights. [ABC News]

* Speaking of firearms, law professor Fredrick Vars has an excellent proposal for preventing gun suicides. [Washington Post]

* Possible good news for legalizing sports betting in New Jersey: the U.S. Supreme Court wants to hear from the solicitor general on this issue (although we don’t yet know who the solicitor general will be). [How Appealing]

* But we think we know who the principal deputy solicitor general will be — Noel Francisco, whose imminent departure from Jones Day is now public. [National Law Journal]

* In other Justice Department news, what can we expect from Jeff Sessions’s DOJ in terms of civil rights enforcement? [New York Times]

* Are we seeing a “fragile recovery” in the number of people interested in law school? [ABA Journal]

* If you share my curiosity about the future of Chief Judge Merrick Garland in the wake of his unsuccessful SCOTUS nomination, it seems that the distinguished jurist is back on the bench — at least for now. [National Law Journal]

* Former Berkeley Law dean Sujit Choudhry is suing the school, claiming that Berkeley discriminated against him by punishing him more harshly for alleged sexual harassment compared to white professors. [Law.com]

* The family of Sandra Bland settles its lawsuit over her death for $1.9 million. [New York Times]

* The Sixth Circuit, sitting en banc (and rather splintered), rules that the mental-health ban on gun ownership could violate the Second Amendment. [How Appealing]

* Congratulations to Miami corporate partner Ira Coleman, who will replace Peter John Sacripanti and Jeffrey E. Stone as chair of McDermott Will & Emery in January. [Big Law Business]

* Ashurst remains in a tailspin, with five partners (including two office heads) leaving in the span of 24 hours. [Ashurst]

* In other U.K. law firm news, Freshfields is replacing “Dear Sirs” with gender-neutral salutations in all communications and legal documents. [The Lawyer via Big Law Business]

* More exciting news for Bancroft: recognition for its pro bono work, which partners pledge will continue after they move over to Kirkland. [Law360]

* Paging parents who left Davis Polk to raise their kids: here’s a program to bring you back into Biglaw. [Law.com via ABA Journal]

According to columnist Kayleigh McEnany, President Donald Trump would appoint conservative textualists who would make for excellent Scalia replacements.

Clarence Thomas speaks!

* In the wake of yet another tragedy, how should the Second Amendment be balanced? [Slate]

* What are the legal ramifications of “crying porn”? Yup, apparently ‘crying porn” is now a thing. [Law and More]

* All the ways Evenwel v. Abbott could (further) gut the Voting Rights Act. [Talking Points Memo]

* What’s the problem with international labor monitoring? [Lawyers, Guns & Money]

* Texas Governor Greg Abbott is just being the absolute worst over the issue of Syrian refugees. [Wonkette]

* Would lawyers be okay with non-lawyers providing some legal advice? [2 Civility]

* Bill Cosby switching his representation to some Biglaw big dogs. Wonder if it will help… [Law and More]

* Understanding the historical underpinnings of gun rights. [Slate]

* Trend Alert: Billing rates are increasing — noticeably. [Business of Law Blog]

* Yahoo! is terminally uncool. [Dealbreaker]

* To run a successful practice, don’t think [only] like a lawyer. [CodeX]

* The Reconstruction Era will never really end. [The Atlantic]

* Lawsuit ahead for Rosie O’Donnell! The comedienne was sued by a former The View producer she was allegedly mean to. [Jezebel]

* The Amazing Schneiderman is at it again! This time he’s going after Martin Shkreli for antitrust violations. [Dealbreaker]

* So Justice Breyer heard a case about a company he holds stock in. The self-monitoring SCOTUS does for conflicts seems to be working out swimmingly. [Fix the Court]

* The IRS computers are still on Window XP. Good thing we don’t give them super sensitive information or anything. [TaxProf Blog]

* Looks like Clay County, Tennessee, schools will indeed stay open. Score one for litigation. [Slate]

* Sure to get Second Amendment enthusiasts fired up: let’s create a Mount Doom for guns! [Wonkette]

* $5 for some [possibly] unauthorized legal advice? Still sounds like a raw deal. [The Associate’s Mind]

* A judge limits the questions a doctor can ask patients — when they’re about guns, that is. [Harvard Law And Policy Review]

* Is it even possible to have non-lawyer friends? Don’t they all leave you once you’ve canceled plans for the 800th time? [Daily Lawyer Tips]

* Gun control advocates finally seem to have the monetary resources to take on the NRA. [New Yorker]

* This is how to deal with Biglaw induced rage. [Daily Lawyer Tips]

* A commentator’s take on the double standard pervading the cases against misleading law school advertising [The Legal Watchdog]

* Colorado and Arizona bar results are in, still more bad news. [Bar Exam Stats]

* That’s a no-go on copyrighting yoga poses. [Overlawyered]

* Let the countdown to the unsealing of Bill Cosby’s latest deposition begin! [Gawker]

* Reforming the world of debt collection. [Pacific Standard]

Justice Stevens tries to rewrite the Second Amendment and creates a Frankenstein's monster of constitutional vagueness.

This fact pattern probably won't be on the Oklahoma bar exam.

Why then is there not greater support for gun rights in urban communities where the need for self-protection is so great?

* If you’re looking for an easy résumé line, then consider joining the Supreme Court bar, an elite organization that doesn’t check to see if its members are still alive. All you need is three years of practice, two signatures, and $200. [Associated Press]

* Stanley Chesley, the master of disaster himself, was disbarred for his “shocking and reprehensible” conduct in a fen-phen case. His wife, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Dlott of the Southern District of Ohio, must be oh so pleased. [Courier-Journal]

* Howrey like dem apples now? Some of Howrey’s former partners, including ex-chairman Robert Ryuak, all lined up to make deals to delay lawsuits from firm’s bankruptcy trustee, Allan Diamond. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]

* This Biglaw firm’s future was just a little bit dimmer in 2012, with a 4.9 percent dip in profits per equity partner. This is unexpected from Milbank, a number 3 seed in our March Madness competition. [Am Law Daily]

* The NRA’s New York affiliate filed suit challenging the state’s new gun laws, claiming that ban on assault weapons violates the Second Amendment — because this is clearly what the founders intended. [Reuters]

* Raj Rajaratnam’s younger brother, Rengan Rajaratnam, was indicted yesterday in a federal insider-trading scheme tied to the Galleon case. You can’t fault the guy, he was just trying to keep it in the family. [Bloomberg]

* Sorry, Dean Boland, but you’re not going anywhere. A judge denied the attorney’s request to withdraw from Paul Ceglia’s Facebook case. He must be wishing there were a dislike button now. [Law 360 (sub. req.)]

* A Charleston School of Law student leader was arrested for stalking. I’m not sure how else Charleston Law students are supposed to get jobs. [Fitsnews] * I think this is a very poor reading of the history of the Second Amendment that is making the rounds. Sure, having weapons really helped slaveholders, but that’s not “the reason” the Second Amendment was ratified. The founders had better reasons… reasons that have nothing at all to do with the time we live in, but that’s a different story. [Truthout] * By the way, you saw that Obama nominated a black lawyer for something, right? Since the Republicans in Congress are so concerned about Obama’s record on diverse appointments, I’m sure Todd Jones will be confirmed super quickly. [Daily Beast] * Should pet owners be allowed to recover for “sentimental value”? A Texas case might answer that question. I’m looking forward to the companion case in Arkansas where pet owners try to recover from loss of consortium. [Adjunct Law Prof Blog] * I’d be shocked if this Manti Te’o thing doesn’t end up with somebody suing someone for something. [New York Daily News] * There’s going to be a law and robots conference at Stanford in April. Because we all know how much robots love law. [The Volokh Conspiracy]