Sam Alito
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Remember That New Supreme Court Ethics Code? Sam Alito Doesn't.
Alito recused himself and refused to identify the reason... just like always. -
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Sam Alito Hates Everyone He Works With So Much He's Letting It Slip Subconsciously
The Supreme Court doesn't seem to be his happy place.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.06.23
* If Senator Whitehouse thinks John Roberts will take action after Sam Alito straight up admitted to breaching ethics rules, then he doesn’t know John Roberts! [Law360]
* Oregon Supreme Court voting on whether to become the first state in the modern era to offer a full apprenticeship path to the bar. [Reuters]
* GPT-4 wins a lawyering contest featuring various AI options, but still isn’t as good as humans. Kinda supercharges why states might want to find licensing pathways that don’t involve an algorithm gaming a test, huh? [New Scientist]
* Nationwide says it is not on your side if you’re accused of aiding in an abduction. [Law.com]
* John Eastman has failed to get out of his disciplinary proceeding on Fifth Amendment grounds. That was the obvious outcome, but if John Eastman accepted the obvious dictates of the law he wouldn’t be in this mess in the first place. [Bloomberg Law News]
* An interview with super agent Leigh Steinberg. [ABA Journal]
* CiteRight and Jurisage to merge as Canadian legal tech providers eye expansion. [Law.com International]
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Federal Judge Absolutely NAILS Supreme Court's Ethics Dumpster Fire
If you read one thing about the Supreme Court all day, read this. Or actually read the article this is piece is about. You know what? Read two things. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.29.23
* While Sam Alito rewrote laws to help oil and gas exploit more land, his wife was… making land deals with oil and gas companies. But I guess that’s okay because his wife’s money isn’t “adjacent” to him because the couple is not physically “continuously connected.” [The Intercept]
* Law professor who feels persecuted because law schools hire other professors to teach classes about racism is going after a law school for having a “students of color” outreach program. By the end of the week, he’s probably going to have the Supreme Court’s backing on that one. [NY Post]
* So many of the problems facing Ron DeSantis could be solved by taking 10 minutes to read the Constitution. [CBS News]
* California’s ban on using public funds to travel to states with pro-bigotry laws on the books has hurt Black academics who can’t travel to conferences in those states. Which was the obvious outcome. Unless California plans to put resources behind bidding on and hosting all of these national conferences, the policy is always going to turn out this way. [Los Angeles Times]
* The FTC plans to file a sweeping antitrust suit against Amazon in a few weeks. It took a lot longer to deliver than a Prime package, but it’s worth the wait. [Bloomberg Law News]
* UK law firms worried that ChatGPT might be writing job applications. Oh no! How will firms survive once AI learns to write “I think my greatest weakness is that I care too much about the work.” [Law.com International]
* “Privacy Suit Says AI Could ‘Decide To Eliminate The Species.'” Or worse: cover letters. [Law360]
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Podcasts
Justice Alito Doth Protest Too Much
Talking about Supreme Court scandals, marijuana rights, and the top law schools out there. -
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Sam Alito Defenders Explain How Private Air Travel & $1000 Wine Are JUST LIKE Free Cookies And Plastic Easter Eggs
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Sam Alito Laments It's Getting So You Can't Take All-Expense Paid Luxury Vacations Funded By Billionaires Anymore
Sam Alito tried to get ahead of a ProPublica expose and it didn't work. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.21.23
* Sam Alito… COME ON DOWN! You’re the next contestant on “ProPublica is absolutely going to find all your past judicial ethics issues.” It’s becoming a popular show this year. [ProPublica]
* Trump’s documents trial set for August 14… before all the whining motions begins. [Law360]
* Fund manager explains that the legal industry is in trouble because all of his rich buddies are using ChatGPT to write all their contracts. Oh, this is going to be very funny! [Yahoo Finance]
* John Eastman’s disbarment proceedings went about as well as you’d expect. [Washington Post]
* Interesting analysis of how the nature of the student impacts the success of online legal education. [Law.com]
* Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care struck down. [Reuters]
* America needs to embrace failure a little more. It would certainly help if corporations were more open to investing in the future instead of overreacting in the present to trim enough expense to save a penny before the end of the quarter. [O’Dwyer’s]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.31.23
* When the Supreme Court tried to deflect the heat from Clarence Thomas taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts, the justices signed an ethics pinky swear. Alito breached it within the month. [Slate]
* Corporate legal departments are hiring smaller law firms to save money. I swear we wrote this exact same story… the last time there was a whiff of rate hikes only to have everything return to normal in a year. [Corporate Counsel]
* Sam Bankman-Fried preparing to blame Fenwick & West for everything. [Fortune]
* Texas lawmakers unveil new anti-ESG laws to limit insurance carriers from considering environmental issues. You know… the environmental issues they’re being asked to pay for. I’d like to limit life insurers from considering my career as a crocodile wrestler too, but c’est la vie. [Bloomberg Law News]
* The family at the center of the opioid crisis can successfully shield themselves from liability because that’s what corporations do! [Courthouse News Service]
* NLRB goes after non-compete agreements and it’s honestly a little shocking that they haven’t always been going after non-compete agreements. [Law360]
* Chris Christie announcing a presidential run next week. Over/under on the number of times he mentions that he was a prosecutor in his kickoff speech? I’m setting the line at 9. [CNN]
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Abortion Clinic Initiative Named In Honor Of Samuel Alito's Mom
The Satanic Temple enters the 'your momma' joke hall of fame. -
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Everything You Need To Know About The Supreme Court Leak Report But The Justices Were Afraid To Ask
If you know what to look for, this report says a whole lot.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Asks Simplest, Most Damning Question As Supreme Court Entertains Canceling Democratic Elections
This should be game over for this legally bankrupt theory. -
Podcasts
Sam Alito Successfully Deploys The Shaggy Defense
But they caught me with some contemporaneous third-party emails? -
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After VERY THOROUGH 10-Second Investigation, Supreme Court Declares Justice Alito Didn't Commit Ethical Breach
Letter responding to Hobby Lobby allegations sheds some light on Dobbs leak. -
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Samuel Alito's Coldheartedness On Display In Oral Argument
Willing to keep an innocent man in jail? Sounds wildly cold. -
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Justice Alito Eviscerates Voting Rights Act With Masterclass Of Sophistry
Want to completely rewrite a statute? Here you go! -
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Clarence Thomas Snapchatting 'F*** The First Amendment' To All His Friends
Cheerleader wins case against school for off-campus speech. Thomas files lonely dissent.