Election Law
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Government
Flipping The Parties To Think About Issues
A few thought experiments to help us think about the upcoming election. -
Government
Trump Demands Election Case Dismissal Because Joe Biden Is Subliminally Messaging Special Counsel
Smoke signals? Semaphore? Could be ESP! - Sponsored
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.08.23
* Alabama’s open defiance of the Supreme Court’s election law ruling sets up a potential return trip to DC, with Republicans hoping they can flip Brett Kavanaugh this time. A new leak — which we’ll also never get to the bottom of — suggests Kavanaugh’s original vote was the product of lengthy negotiations with John Roberts. Is Roberts leaking this to shame Kavanaugh into remaining consistent… or is Alito leaking this to call Kavanaugh a cuck for respecting the Voting Rights Act? Both good guesses! [CNN]
* Speaking of Kavanaugh, he says that being a judge is like being an umpire. Though for colleagues like Thomas and Alito it seems to be more like being an NBA referee. Specifically Tim Donaghy. [Law360]
* Data privacy is a massive battleground for future legal tussles, but law schools are more interested in maintaining courses on who controls a whale carcass under admiralty law to bother teaching about data. [Legaltech News]
* Judge Pauline Newman releases her medical tests as the Federal Circuit continues its unconstitutional power grab to force her off the bench. Again, the judiciary should have term limits, but until it does this is a matter for the legislative branch. [Bloomberg Law News]
* In “dog bites man” news, Peter Navarro convicted on contempt of Congress charges. [Reuters]
* Eversheds lawyer apparently punched a banker for using a slur. This is toward the top of the lengthy list of reasons to punch bankers. [Roll on Friday]
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Election Law
How Baude And Paulsen Opened Pandora's Box: Is Trump Eligible For The Presidency?
It's hard to say where we go from here. -
Courts
Georgia Defendants Unleash Volley Of Bonkers Motions In Election Interference Indictment
Points for creativity, and may god have mercy on your bar license. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.11.23
* Supreme Court steps in to block opioid settlement that would’ve immunized the Sacklers. Looks like someone needs to start buying some luxury vacations for Clarence! [CNN]
* FEC looking into campaign deepfakes. Not to offer Donald Trump free advice, but he might want to embrace AI and argue that all those election calls were just malicious AI phonies. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Law firm closing up shop after nearly a century in business. [Law.com]
* Ed Blum is taking his effort to stamp out diversity from the classroom to the boardroom, going after a venture capital firm that invests in Black-owned businesses. [Reuters]
* University of California drawing back from Lewis Brisbois over the email scandal. Though those guys aren’t there anymore so this is more of a “how did you let this happen?” penalty. [Law360]
* Caltech and Apple have settled lawsuit over Wifi. With that kind of money, maybe they can join the Big Ten too. [9to5Mac]
* Is an LLM worth putting off a Biglaw job? [LegalCheek]
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Law Schools
Notre Dame Law Professor Has Trouble With Difficult Concept Of Counting To 2
This isn't actually difficult. -
Courts
Supreme Court Decisions Only Matter To Republicans When They Go Their Way
Yup. It's Alabama again. - Sponsored
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Government
Michigan AG Suggests Orange Jumpsuits For State's Cosplay Electors
It's a fine line between dress-up and impersonation. But forgery is a little less murky. -
Government
So Long As We're Buying Votes, Why Not Buy Them Effectively?
Here are a couple of ideas that are quite bold, but might not seem quite so shady. -
Government
Court Tosses Florida Voter Registration Restriction. Yeah, Another One.
Is there anything DeSanctimonious loves more than getting his ass kicked in court? -
Courts
Shorter John Roberts: 'State Legislatures Don't Control Elections... John Roberts Controls Elections'
Dr. Votingrights or: How John Roberts Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Deciding Election Law Cases. -
Courts
John Roberts Decides Voting Rights Already Weak Enough For Him In Latest Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court didn't so much affirm voting rights as it affirmed that John Roberts gets to decide who has voting rights.
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Government
Alan Dershowitz Demands Time To Write Law Review Article Explaining Why He Can't Be Sanctioned
Blame the clerk, that'll really impress the judge. -
Government
Mike Lindell Demands Recount Of Unanimous Arbitration Verdict In 'Prove Mike Wrong' Election Contest
Was it Chinese Bluetooth thermostats? Italian space lasers? Mules? -
Government
Court Rules That 'Ready For Ron' PAC Is Not Ready For Prime Time
No, a mailing list isn't "protected speech." Shut up. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.28.23
* Much like everyone else, law firms have no interest in paying Twitter. [LegalCheek]
* Lawyers think the profession has gotten less civil, but that’s just what those degenerate scumbags would say. [ABA Journal]
* A nice guide to the lawyers working with Jack Smith on Trump’s classified documents case. [ABC News]
* No sooner did we note in this here column that New York would rewrite the rules to make criminal defense work even harder than NYC’s prosecutors reversed their push for the change. They don’t have a vote, but it’s taken a lot of the effort. [NY Times]
* Eleventh Circuit issues 2-1 opinion that suppressing the rights of Black voters is acceptable, but only if you’re coy enough. [Reuters]
* DC Circuit won’t break up Meta’s Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions. If only they could undo the whole “Meta” part of Facebook. [Law360]
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Government
MAGA Lawyer Cleta Mitchell Will Prevent Vote Fraud By Keeping Those Pesky Kids Away From The Polls
Has anyone ever hated their own children as much as today's GOP? -
Courts
Stiffed, Sued, Deposed, And Maybe Crime-Frauded: The Rudy Giuliani Story
Ah, well, at least he got a podcast out of it. -
Government
FL State Senator Trolls With Bill To Outlaw Democrats
Has anyone tried putting Florida in a bag of rice for a couple days?