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* Does the future of transgender rights go through the Supreme Court? [Constitution Daily]

* There’s been a lot of chatter about it, but what do the rules say about the scenario of Donald Trump dropping out of the presidential race? [WSJ Law Blog]

* The Olympics is great fun for nationalism, but there is a dark side behind it, as Professor Ilya Somin explains. Here is one idea to do away with that. [Volokh Conspiracy]

* The latest on what went on behind closed doors at Fox during Roger Ailes’s reign. [Law and More]

* In-house lawyer Suleen Lee, general counsel to The Barre Code, gives new meaning to “character and fitness.” [Chicago Lawyer]

* Law professors in defense of the working legal standard in campus rape cases. [Huffington Post]

* Shearman & Sterling partner Richard Hsu interviews leading legal journalist Jeffrey Toobin, author of the new book American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst (affiliate link). [Hsu Untied]

* And Randy Maniloff of Coverage Opinions interviews legendary law professor Arthur Miller. [Law.com]

* Congrats to Orrick’s D.C. associates on more than doubling their contribution to Legal Aid’s Generous Associates Campaign this year! [Orrick]

* The 2016 election cycle has been a doozy, and we still have six months left. Rick Hasen, Tom Mann, and Norm Ornstein discuss going from political dysfunction to Trump. [Election Law Blog]

* Father Michael Reilly is being sued for cursing and using other offensive language in the course of his work at Saint Joseph’s by the Sea High School on Staten Island. [New York Daily News]

* Who files the most amicus briefs with the Supreme Court? A report by the numbers. [Empirical SCOTUS]

* Is it possible to get funding for a truly unique idea in real estate investment? [The Real Estate Philosopher]

* Deep thoughts on covering the legal industry with Above the Law’s editor-at-large, Elie Mystal. [Mimesis]

* What’s it like to be out at a Biglaw firm? [Big Law Business]

* The Supreme Court has approved a rule change to dramatically increase the government’s ability to hack into computers and phones worldwide. [Slate]

* At long last, the ABA has released the final version of its employment statistics for the law school class of 2015. Ten months after graduation, 59.2 percent of the class was employed in long-term, full-time jobs where bar passage was required, but there’s been a sharp decline in the number of those jobs since 2014. We’ll have more on this later. [WSJ Law Blog]

* Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called probate: Earlier this week, Judge Kevin Eide appointed Bremer Trust National Association as the special administrator of music icon Prince’s estate. Prince is said to have died without a will, but all of his presumptive heirs agreed to the appointment. [Big Law Business]

* “[I]n all 50 states, gay couples are allowed to adopt kids, as it should be.” Since Mississippi failed to timely appeal a ruling striking down its ban on same-sex adoption as unconstitutional, same-sex adoption is now permitted across America. Let’s celebrate all of the children who will soon be welcomed into good, loving homes. [BuzzFeed News]

* Australian law firm Slater & Gordon, the biggest firm Down Under and the world’s first law firm to be publicly traded, narrowly avoided going under after a $700 million loss thanks to a deal with its bankers. Beware, stock market bidders, because the firm still remains a “high-risk investment” due to its “uncertainty.” [Sydney Morning Herald]

* The University of Tulsa John Rogers Hall College of Law is deciding whether or not it should change its name to remove a founder who had ties to the Ku Klux Klan. Law school administrators have already recommended that Rogers’s name be removed, and after some discussion, trustees will vote on the proposal later today. [Associated Press]

* Has the death of Justice Scalia turned the Supreme Court more liberal? [Empirical SCOTUS]

* The best Supreme Court sketch featuring a sleeping Clarence Thomas you will see all year. [Slate]

* “We’re all just people. Trying to pee in peace.” A trans activist speaks out about North Carolina’s discriminatory bathroom law. [Buzzfeed]

* An update on the legal problems plaguing Uber. [Huffington Post]

* The diplomatic strategy involved in expanding intellectual property rights. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]

* Serving lattes instead of having a law library. [3 Geeks and a Law Blog]

* Legal showdown averted (for now): the feds were able to access the data on the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone without any help from Apple. [Washington Post]

* A Harvard Law School grad stands accused of a $95 million fraud scheme — yikes. We’ll have more on this later. [ABA Journal]

* Does a sentencing delay violate the Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial? Some on SCOTUS seem skeptical. [How Appealing]

* Georgia Governor Nathan Deal announces his intention to veto the Free Exercise Protection Act, which critics claimed would have protected discrimination as a form of religious liberty. [New York Times]

* Hillary Clinton takes Republicans to task for their handling of the current Supreme Court vacancy. [Wisconsin State Journal via How Appealing]

* Some thoughts from Professor Noah Feldman on the recent Seventh Circuit ruling about the use of form contracts on the internet (which nobody reads). [Bloomberg View]

* Save money (on taxes), live better: a federal judge strikes down a tax levied by Puerto Rico on mega-retailer Wal-Mart. [Reuters]

* The Bracewell law firm, now sans Giuliani, elects Gregory Bopp as its new managing partner. [Texas Lawyer]

* Daaaammmmn. Some serious shade as Greenberg Traurig CEO Richard Rosenbaum takes a swipe at Dentons. Video below the jump.

* Lamar Odom is still technically married to Khloe Kardashian, thereby giving his estranged wife authority when it comes to medical decisions. Good, because I think we were all hoping a man’s tragic health crisis could be fodder for May Sweeps. [Eonline]

* Linklaters is “internally crowdsourcing” to find a solution to provide a better work-life balance. Jesus. Bring on the necessary resources to cap any individual’s work week at 60 billable hours and move on. Anything less is just an invitation to rearrange deck chairs on the Titanic. [Law360]

* Looks like NPR’s hit podcast Serial is ready for a second season. [The Onion]

* Dewey think these deliberations will ever end? [The Am Law Daily]

* Ah, the life of in-house counsel: writing bitchy emails to customers telling them how stupid they are. [L.A. Times]

* Rand Paul explains how “liberty” works for gay people. [Gawker]

* Before joining a class action, make sure aren’t advertising your own criminal behavior to authorities. [Times-Picayune]

* And here’s that Greenberg Traurig-Dentons swipe. This strikes me as an ill-considered decision given that Dentons is known as a firm that doesn’t start fights, but sure as f**k ends them. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]