Abortion
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Biglaw
Wait A Second, Why *Is* Sidley The Employer Targeted Over Abortion Travel Costs Policy?
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Courts
The Game To Impeach Justices Kavanaugh And Gorsuch Is Afoot
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Law Schools
Jonathan Turley Is Now Just Lying About Abortion Laws And He's Going To Get Someone Killed
Please don't take your medical advice from this guy.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.12.22
* So uhh… why isn’t this darn near $8 BILLION lawsuit getting more attention? [Puck]
* Employees sue Disney for thinking they’re “above the law.” That’s our job! [Fox]
* Practiced law for four days and had enough of it? You’re not the only one. [Bloomberg]
* Biden administration claims a 1986 law preempts state-made abortion laws in emergency cases. [BuzzFeed News]
* Be sure to check out the 23rd Annual Supreme Court Review. Dahlia Lithwick’s moderating a panel including Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, former SG Gregory G. Garre, SCOTUSBlog’s Amy Howe, and Phi Beta Kappa’s Frederick Lawrence. It’s Tuesday, July 12, from 12-1:30 ET and it’s free! [ADL.org]
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Courts
Pregnant Texas Woman Says Unborn Baby Is Second Passenger In Carpool Lane Ticket Dust-Up
A police officer reportedly told her that her unborn child 'doesn't count.' -
Biglaw
White Counsel At Biglaw Firm Spreads 'Inappropriate And Offensive' Theories About Abortion, Gets Suspended
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Biglaw
Texas Legislators Threaten Sidley Over Abortion Care Travel Costs
They're going after big (law) dogs. -
Courts
Brett Kavanaugh Flees, Restaurant Laments That You Can't Arbitrarily Strip Millions Of Americans Of Rights And Get A Decent Steak Anymore
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Technology
Google Deletes Abortion Location Data As Attack On Roe Completely Realigns The Privacy Debate
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s dismantling of Roe, U.S. tech companies didn’t much want to talk about their role in securing women’s data. And they didn’t want to talk much about it because they know that the privacy standards and oversight of the entire US snoopvertising economy, from adtech and telecom to app makers, media giants, and the internet of things — is […] -
Courts
Praying With Supreme Court Justices And Then Cited By A Supreme Court Justice. Hmmmmm....
File this under 'more evidence America is a theocracy.' -
Courts
Courtroom Prayer For '[God's] Truth, Not Our Own' Precedes Abortion Ban Hearing, Which... Went As Poorly As You Might Expect
Supreme Court's coordinated attack on rights has led us right here. -
Government
The Dobbs Ruling Just Made It Even Harder To Fight Cancer In States Like Missouri
It'll really hit the fan once lawmakers find out high fructose corn syrup consumption can lead to low infant birth weights. -
Biglaw
Thousands Of Biglaw Partners Issue Calls To Action In The Wake Of Dobbs
An army of Biglaw partners has assembled to offer pro bono assistance to those in need.
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Courts
Supreme Court's Awful Dobbs Decision About To Unleash More Terrible On Transgender People
It's going to get real bad, real quick. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.05.22
* While 10 isn’t old enough to adopt, Ohio definitely thinks it’s old enough to force you to have a kid. [Independent]
* America America’d on 4th of July. Because of the correlation of copycat killers and media coverage of mass shootings, here’s a completely unrelated Childish Gambino music video. [YouTube]
* Curb anything but the 2nd: SCOTUS doesn’t like when the right to protest personally impacts them. [Axios]
* Google plans to delete data that pins users to having visited abortion clinics. [The Next Web]
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Courts
Federalist Society Being Targeted For Their Role In Overturning Roe
FedSoc is responsible for this mess. -
Corporations Are An Unexpected Ally In Making Abortion Accessible. They're Also A Part Of The Problem.
'Large corporations are not your allies in the advancement of civil rights.' - Lee Hepner, American Economic Liberties Project -
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Courts
Back To A Shameful Past
Two generations of women who have grown up under the protection of Roe have that protection no longer. -
Biglaw
Why Aren't Biglaw Firms Publicly Denouncing The Dobbs Decision?
They may speak out ... eventually.