Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Morning Docket: 04.15.22
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 04.15.22

    * When champagne brings pain: Man wins 450k suing his job because they threw him a birthday party. [WSOC TV]

    * Due to an anti-CRT law, Missouri teacher loses job after teaching a fictional work about Martin Luther King. I’m sure this is what he would have wanted. [Salon]

    * Of course Netflix is a video service provider, but are they legally? [Cleveland]

    * NY lawyer’s years of using his firm to fund his Big Tyme living could make for a radio hit. [Reuters]

    * It’s my money and I want to use it now: Law prevents discrimination against cash-users. [WCVB]

  • Morning Docket: 12.02.21
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 12.02.21

    * The first action under Tennessee’s anti-CRT law is accusing MLK of being un-American. Who would have dreamed of this? [Insider]

    * A clean conscience: Law that protects donors from civil and criminal liability finds it easier to donate female sanitary products. [AP News]

    * Yale student who claims they were blackballed ends up getting the prestigious scholarship anyway. [Yale Daily News]

    * For a lot of people, the current push against abortion rights doesn’t make sense. Here’s a look for how forcing birth will impact Mississippians trying to make cents. [NYT]

    * A thinner blue line: A new North Carolina law makes it so that police have to report their co-workers within 3 days if they see them using excessive force. Sounds like this should have been a duh rule, but I’m glad it’s a law now. [WITN]