Politics

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 03.08.17

* “You care day and night for your children, grandchildren and your family,” the Russian president said in his annual statement. “Even today, on International Women’s Day, you are still caught up in your routine, working tirelessly, always on time. We often ask ourselves, how do they manage it all?” -- Vladimir Putin honoring International Women's Day, or perhaps a very punctual dairy cow. It's hard to tell. [Quartz] * Real estate lawyer Joshua Stein, who thinks Trump shouldn't be forced to sell his businesses to hold office, instead thinks Trump should run his businesses like a prisoner while in office. [Wall Street Journal] * In what I'm sure is totally unrelated news to the prior link, China has provisionally approved 38 Trump trademarks. [The Guardian] * Researchers find strong evidence that racism helps Republicans win elections. When reached for comment, Trump supporters said that the researchers were the real racists because they studied racism instead of what makes America great like it was when there was more racism. [Washington Post] * Here's another article about how judges in Kansas are trying to force lawmakers to educate students equally. [The Atlantic] * The Constitutional Accountability Center has a new job opening. Maybe there are some people out there who showed up to work wearing red today who might be interested? [Constitutional Accountability Center]

By Elie Mystal
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.03.17

* Nixon Peabody's profits per partner are up. You know what that means... everyone's a winner at Nixon Peabody! [Am Law Daily] * Apparently House Republicans are drafting the Obamacare repeal in the Room of Requirement. [Slate] * Mike Pence faces some harsh criticism amid reports that as governor he used private email for state business and got hacked, but you're missing the real story of how this humanitarian really wanted to help that Nigerian prince. [Indianapolis Star] * "At best, unprofessional" isn't the ideal ceiling. [ABA Journal] * JP Morgan whistleblower wants a new judge. The key to this story is seeing Judge Sweet described as "snarky." [Law360] * Sitting down with the newest leaders in Biglaw. [Law.com] * A profile of one of 2017 Skadden Fellow Tarra Simmons from Seattle University Law, who spent 20 months in prison for drug offenses and plans to work on prisoner re-entry issues. * Gavin Grimm has drawn support from 53 companies who all know how to properly caption a filing. [National Law Journal]

By Joe Patrice
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 03.02.17

* Yay, Jeff Sessions has done the bare minimum necessary. [CNN] * What does Jeff Sessions think the standard is for lying under oath? [Slate] * Ho, ho, ho. This piece from 2007 by Neal Katyal about independent counsel regulations is particularly salient. [New York Times] * No matter what this Iowa Republican tells you, Sizzler (yes, the restaurant) does not run a real university. [Salon] * Florida's still cool with open carry law. Shocker. Correction: Florida Supreme Court upheld the BAN on open carry. I truly need more sleep, apologies. [Volokh Conspiracy] * Shhhhhh. It's gonna be a secret law. [Huffington Post] * Now the real question: who's next? [Law and More] * The judge from the Casey Anthony case has some theories... [Jezebel]

By Kathryn Rubino