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Non-Sequiturs: 09.02.15

* The GOP field is getting a heads up on what to expect at their next debate, but the real question is: how will this change JoePa's drinking game... [Politico] * Let Judge Matthew Sciarrino take you through the minutiae of how exactly Batman would testify in court. [Legal Geeks] * Good news: Missouri failed at gerrymandering. Better news: it's gotten the Taiwanese animation treatment. [Lowering the Bar] * Men's rights activists are using the legal system to derail women's networking events. [Yahoo] * Navigating employment contracts outside of the U.S. [JD Supra] * In the beginning of a startup, everyone is friends.... but it doesn't always end that way. [Concurring Opinions] * Former governor Jan Brewer threatens a lawsuit over the use of her picture. [Jezebel]

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.03.15

* According to this former Supreme Court clerk, Justice Scalia's judicial zingers are just like porn in that they're "titillating, but over time they coarsen the culture of which they are a part." (Plus, for what it's worth, the jurist's audience usually never gets a money shot.) [Washington Post] * Better late than never? The ABA dropped the hammer on law schools trying to game their employment stats with a new rule that'll force them to report school-funded jobs as part-time unless certain length and salary reqs are met. [WSJ Law Blog] * The largest of D.C.'s largest law firms grew even larger over the past year, and thanks to a merger, an outsider firm -- Morgan Lewis -- managed to infiltrate the capital's Big Four. Sorry, WilmerHale, but maybe 2016 will be your comeback year. [National Law Journal] * In other ABA news, the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar rejected a plea for academic credit for paid externships, because we apparently want to keep students as indebted as possible before they begin their professional legal careers. [ABA Journal] * A judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Richard Lee, a known conspiracy theorist, who sought the release of the Seattle police department's death-scene photographs from Nirvana star Kurt Cobain's suicide. Hey! Wait! He'll file a new complaint. [Seattle Times]

By Staci Zaretsky