Gitmo

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.30.21

* Loophole in Massachusetts law could leave Lyft and Uber drivers making $4.82 an hour. That would drive me crazy. [Business Insider] * Two narcotics officers arrested for dealing fentanyl and accepting bribes. I'm sure they did so in self-defense, somehow. [Whio] * Appeals court may be deciding if Guantanamo Bay detainees have due process rights. Prepare your Con Law outlines! [WaPo] * Seattle continues to test if voting coupons could be the answer to funny money driving politics. [The Nation]

By Chris Williams
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 12.29.15

* The legalese in user agreements is no joke. Fortunately there's a cartoon -- yup, you heard right, a cartoon -- to make sense of the iTunes agreement. [Slate] * Science says we should let go of our workplace grudges. I guess "science" never spent Christmas Eve redacting Excel spreadsheets so a production could be made by midnight. [Quartz] * The Tennessee judge who characterized the Supreme Court as wielding an "iron fist and limp wrist" over Obergefell... yeah, he got reprimanded. [Legal Profession Blog] * What the hell is going on at University of Louisville Law School. [Tax Prof Blog] * The bureaucratic bulls**t behind Obama's inability to close the doors on Gitmo. [Huffington Post] * The best (worst?) of the right-wing blogosphere. Be sure to take your blood pressure medication before you click. [Village Voice] * The crime of being young, black and free. [The Root] * Congrats to Texas's Tweeter Laureate, Justice Don Willett, on this latest positive press! [San Antonio Express-News]

By Kathryn Rubino
Bankruptcy

Non-Sequiturs: 01.22.13

* Two guys, one gun, three wounded. Definitely what the Founders intended. [KENS 5] * Here’s the affirmance of the dismissal of Greg Berry’s $77 million lawsuit against Kasowitz Benson. Fun times. [Appellate Division, First Department] * Ex-girlfriends are uniting to go after a revenge porn site. If this stupid site ruins Section 230 for everybody, I’m going to be pissed. [Jezebel] * Not that anybody should need the help, but here is another reason to hate lawyers. [She Negotiates / Forbes] * Honestly, I kind of forgot Gitmo was still open. What with all the talk of having a progressive president, I kind of assumed that this would have been a promise he kept and stuff. [How Appealing] * Speaking of things I’ve forgotten about, say hello to the 27th Amendment. [The Volokh Conspiracy] * It looks like the world has forgotten about Atari. [Bloomberg Law]

By Elie Mystal