Jon Lovitz
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.27.20
* Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO of Theranos, is now representing herself after he lawyers quit for lack of payment. [Fox Business]
* President Trump’s impeachment lawyers began their defense over the weekend, and the impeachment trial is scheduled to resume today. [Washington Post]
* Jon Lovitz played Alan Dershowitz on SNL this past weekend. Seems like SNL could find someone who looks a little more like Dershowitz… [Daily Beast]
* A gamer has lost a lawsuit claiming human rights abuses for being muted on a popular online game. [Vice]
* The Supreme Court of Canada just heard a case about whether corporations have protections against cruel and unusual punishment. Can’t wait for that argument to be made in the States. [The Conversation]
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Barack Obama, Books, California, Non-Sequiturs, Prisons, Private Equity, Violence, Wall Street, Women's Issues
Non-Sequiturs: 04.24.12
* California is cutting prisons. That’s step one. Step two is to shuttle all the prisoners to Los Angeles. Step three involves a series of earthquakes… [McClatchy] * Private equity billionaire Stephen Schwarzman isn’t into 50 Shades of Grey (affiliate link). But David Lat apparently is. I dunno, if you are going to bother with that kind of stuff, you might as well hit Brazzers and get it over with. [Dealbreaker] * I’m all for making sure that the Violence Against Women reauthorization prevents violence against women, not annoyances against women, or criticism against women. [The Volokh Conspiracy] * Speaking of violence against women, I never blame the victim, but dating gun-toting dumbasses rarely helps matters. [Legal Blog Watch] * @chrisdanzig: Stop bullying Obama @realjonlovitz. Leave him alone. Leave Obama alone! [Huffington Post] * What do Vladimir Putin and former Dewey partner John Altorelli allegedly share in common? [New York Post]