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First Fulton County RICO Hearing Stays Mostly On The Rails
Ken Cheseboro and Sidney Powell are going to trial together, and they're not happy about it. -
Crime
Tired: Trump Indictment Criminalizes Free Speech! Wired: Cop City Indictment Criminalizes Free Speech!
Anarchism... communism... something something. -
Courts
6 Months Later, Still No Discipline For Federal Judge Who Handcuffed Crying 13-Year-Old Girl
This open-and-shut case continues to stymie the Ninth Circuit. -
Government
Mark Meadows's Removal Petition Looks Strong. His Motion To Dismiss ... Not So Much.
Win the battle, lose the war. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.01.23
* Clarence Thomas brings on Elliot Berke to represent him in his ethical quagmire, marking the first sign Thomas is starting to take his scandals seriously. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Mitch McConnell froze again. Cornell Law professor Michael Dorf examines the constitutional gaps for dealing with the issue. [Dorf on Law]
* DOJ moves to stop upcoming Titanic expedition because… obviously. [CNN]
* Lawyer tried to sub in a fake client during an arraignment. Gotta admit, that’s a new one! [ABA Journal]
* Judge in Sam Bankman-Fried case wants all postponement requests filed immediately because he’s tired of vague claims about what might happen in the future based on nothing, which if you think about it is how this case got here in the first place. [Fortune]
* Not a great week for the Proud Boys. [Reuters]
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Kraken Lawyer Sidney Powell Demands To Be Tried Separately From Election Stealing Hooligans In GA RICO Case
Ah, the old "new phone, who dis" defense. Works every time! -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.31.23
* Ron DeSantis rammed through massive tort reform in December to the delight of Florida residents who barely understand torts. They’re about to find out what it all means when insurance companies refuse to pay up for Idalia. [Mother Jones]
* Remember the Second Amendment exists to protect your right to hide guns in your belly fat. [People]
* NY AG says Trump overinflated his net worth by upwards of $2.2 billion in a shock to absolutely no one. [CNN]
* Texas GOP’s “Death Star” legislation, designed to give the state legislature the power to strike down local laws and ordinances destroyed like all Death Stars because of tiny, yet fatal, flaw. In this case it’s because it’s entirely unconstitutional. Wow… that’s much bigger than the womp rats I used to target in my T-16 back home. [Law360]
* Alex Murdaugh loses phone privileges. [NY Post]
* Squire Patton Boggs partner set to take break from violent, rough and tumble Biglaw world to referee Rugby World Cup. [LegalCheek]
* In new phase of Hollywood strike, workers have filed comments with the FTC asking it to probe industry consolidation. And while fair compensation is a great reason to break up Hollywood, at least someone has to be mad about WarnerBrosDiscovery doing… any of the things it’s done. [Bloomberg Law News]
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Courts
Now We'll Never Know What The 'Galaxy Bar Association' Had To Say In Donald Trump's Defense
Judge Chutkan is uninterested in hearing what the Galaxy's attorneys have to say. -
Crime
Donald Trump's Lawyer, Former Lawyer, Judge, And The Guy Who Stole Millions While Inside A Maximum Security Prison
If Donald Trump ends up in prison, he has a new role model.
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Government
Trump Gambit To Propose 2026 Trial Date For Elections Case Backfires Spectacularly
Springtime for ... FPOTUS. -
Law Schools
Turley Compares Ex Parte Calls Demanding Officials 'Find 11,780 Votes' To Filing Lawsuits In Court
Ski the slippery slopes with Jonathan Turley! -
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Courts
Fulton DA Slaps Back At Clark And Meadows Claims That Overturning Elections Was Their 'Job'
Smile for the camera, boys. -
Courts
Giuliani Turns Himself In, Prepares To Teach Those Young Whippersnappers A Few Things About RICO
John Gotti could not be reached for comment. -
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Government
Donald Trump Calls Off Press Conference, Will Present 'Irrefutable' Evidence Of Vote Fraud During Infrastructure Week
Include those fraud claims in a court filing. Dare ya.