Kansas
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Government
State Worried That Talking About Race Harms Kids Brings Back Beating Children In School
'Giving teachers guns wasn’t enough, they’ll have belts too!' - Missouri parents, apparently -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.13.22
* I know that Nietzsche had some thoughts on the utility of truth and lies, but actively fighting history is just silly. [NBC News]
* No, Patrick, you cannot puff, puff, drive. [Oregon Live]
* Sports betting was legalized in Kansas. Finally, something to do for fun besides eat barbecue. [Kansas Reflector]
* Ding Dong Protest: Wonder who was behind the SCOTUS home meet and greets? [USA Today]
* The Louisiana bill that tried to classify abortions as homicides didn’t make it into law. Woop Woop! [Reuters]
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Government
I Know Lawyers Can't Do Math, But Cops Can't Either?
All that time spent carrying a gun would have been better spent carrying the one.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.18.22
* Love the way you lie: Court decides that Musk’s 2018 tweets about buying the country were phony. [CNBC]
* Property professors! New hypo just dropped! One man’s trash is another man’s…you know. [Insanememeshub]
* Not adding up: Math textbooks are now on the CRT ban chopping block. Too many of the numbers are Black or something? [Business Insider]
* Kansas officers are taking liberties with filing reports on seized property. Didn’t expect to see a takings issue in criminal procedure! [LawrenceKSTimes]
* Virginia law classifies the sexual abuse of animals as a felony. I’m definitely going to be clarifying the next time I hear the phrase “heavy petting”. [NBC 12]
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Family Law
Kansas Vital Statistics Denies Equal Treatment To Same-Sex Parents
Something like an amended birth certificate versus an original birth certificate may seem small, but without legitimate justification, these differences in treatment are uncalled for. -
Courts
Former AG Says Judge Routinely Uses 'B' And 'C' Words For Women... And That's Just The Tip Of The Iceberg
Kansas judge seems like a real delight. -
Education / Schools
If You Care About Kids, This Is A Pretty Important Lawsuit
Kansas faces an interesting new challenge to its effort to strip tenure from public school teachers. -
Family Law, Health Care / Medicine, Kids
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 10.27.16
* Groping allegations against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. [Huffington Post]
* The battle over the Kansas judiciary is getting intense. [Channel 6]
* Why do we fetishize former prosecutors? [Katz Justice]
* The delay of transgender worker protection under the Obama administration. [Buzzfeed]
* Advice for lawyers who want to be entrepreneurs. [Law and More]
* People are testy over Judge Posner’s biting words on the Supreme Court. [Forward]
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State Attorneys General
Who Should Get The Blame For The Now-Infamous Dred Scott Citation?
My theory is Westlaw... -
State Attorneys General, Women's Issues
You Don't See Dred Scott Cited Approvingly Everyday
Most folks don't cite embarrassing, racist precedent, but... -
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.04.16
* Remember how Villanova won the NCAA men’s basketball championship on a crazy buzzer beater? It didn’t hurt to have support from the man upstairs or at least from the priest on their bench. Father Rob Hagan is a criminal lawyer turned chaplain for the Villanova men’s basketball team. [Coverage Opinions]
* The Department of Justice has come to the completely obvious conclusion that North Carolina’s potty police bill violates the Civil Right Act, and now millions in federal school funding are in jeopardy. Just what the world needs, a decline in the education of the people that passed HB2. [Charlotte Observer]
* An interesting proposal says law schools and engineering programs should share curriculum. But I was assured there’d be no math… [Chronicle of Higher Education]
* The West Point debate team may have lost to a team from the Bard Prison Initiative, but they gained a lot in the process. [Washington Post]
* Yeah, bar exam results from everywhere have been bad, but these Kansas results are really bad. [Bar Exam Stats]
* An illuminating interview with author Anthony Papa, who was granted clemency after serving 12 years for a non-violent drug offense. [Keri Blakinger]
* How well do states do when they are in front of the Supreme Court, and which are the most successful? [Empirical SCOTUS]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 04.21.16
* Still wondering why we got rid of the comments? Here’s David Lat’s in-depth look at the issue. (Spoiler alert: it’s because they were terrible.) [Washington Post]
* Is this the reason more attorneys aren’t seeking help for the addiction issues they face? [Law and More]
* Kansas may be hurting after a disastrous series of tax cuts, but that hasn’t stopped the politicians there. [Slate]
* How Bill Clinton’s crime bill shaped twenty years of activism. [Pacific Standard Magazine]
* Yes, it has become painfully clear that the New York electoral system is in need of reform. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]
* You think you know Harriet Tubman, but really, you have no idea. [Wonkblog]
* David Lat chats with Mirriam Seddiq, host of the “Not Guilty No Way” podcast, about legal blogging, perceptions of women lawyers, and his former boss, Chris Christie. [Not Guilty No Way via Soundcloud]
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Biglaw, Deaths, Partner Issues
Biglaw Partner Found Dead After Police Search
Unfortunate things like this happen far too often in the legal profession. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.18.15
* You knew it was inevitable. The St. Louis Cardinals have lawyered up and are conducting their own internal investigation into allegations employees hacked Houston Astros databases. [Am Law Daily]
* Real quick before you tweet that out — New York has updated its ethical guidelines regarding social media. Are you familiar with the best practices? [New York Law Journal]
* Norway has said goodbye to the old boys network — at least when it comes to women’s representation on corporate boards. The top down approach that was successful in Norway may not be politically palatable in the United States, but it certainly provides food for thought. [American Lawyer]
* Recently released documents (thank you FOIA) reveal a years-long legal battle between the federal government and UnitedHealth Group over Medicare overbilling. [NPR]
* If it walks like a tax hike and swims like a tax hike and quacks like a tax hike, it’s probably a tax hike — no matter what double talk Governor Sam Brownback tries to sell you. Seriously, what is the matter with Kansas? [Talking Points Memo]
* Nine people are dead after a gunman attacked a historic black church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. Among the dead is State Senator Clementa Pinckney. The gunman is still at large. Our heart goes out to the families of the victims. [New York Times]
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Politics
State Supreme Court May Lose Funding For Doing Its Job
Kansas judiciary may lose $$$ if they issue a decision the governor doesn't like... -
Antonin Scalia, Bar Exams, Biglaw, Clarence Thomas, Gay Marriage, Insider Trading, Law Firm Mergers, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Small Law Firms, Supreme Court, Video games
Morning Docket: 11.13.14
* Look, ma, no Justice Kennedy! Over the dissent of Justices Scalia and Thomas, the Supreme Court quickly lifted its earlier stay on allowing same-sex marriages to go forward in Kansas. [USA Today]
* Sources say were it not for Bingham McCutchen’s malpractice settlement with the former owner of the Dodgers, Morgan Lewis would’ve walked away from the potential merger deal. #blessed [Am Law Daily]
* Mathew Martoma, the would-be lawyer who was expelled from Harvard Law for faking his transcripts, was denied his bid for bail pending appeal on an insider trading conviction. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start: The ex-general counsel to Occulus VR started his own firm and angel investment company to address the needs of video game companies. [Gamasutra]
* New York is holding off on adopting the Uniform Bar Exam, at least for a little while longer, mostly because “the[re] is just not enough turnaround time to do it for July ’15.” Hooray? [New York Law Journal]
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Attorney Misconduct, Crime, Judicial Divas, Legal Ethics, Reader Polls, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Lawyers Of The Day: Additional Allegations Of Attorney (And Judicial) Misconduct
Which of these three disgraced lawyers should be our Lawyer of the Day? -
Biglaw, Crime, Football, Murder, O.J. Simpson, Sports
Law and Order Foxborough: Cue Music, Lights Up On The Ropes & Gray Bike Messenger
What did Ropes & Gray say to Aaron Hernandez?