Supreme Court

He may be leaving the Supreme Court Bar, but he won't be leaving the law entirely.

The current Supreme Court seems to not only take its cues from conservative lower court judges, but particularly from Trump’s nominees.

Sliding doors SCOTUS edition

Student debtors are hoping that she was able to convince the justices of the plan's legality.

This must be like Christmas for Con Law nerds.

At some points during oral arguments, everyone discussed fairness, which is the elephant in the courtroom.

Conservatives on the Supreme Court seem 'skeptical' about Biden's debt relief plan.

The decision may have gone the other way if Delaware just remembered to yell 'Dibs!' really loud.

* When the Trump administration used COVID as a rationale to unilaterally rewrite immigration laws, the Supreme Court thought that was fine. Today, the same justices will scream bloody murder at the idea of the Biden administration using the COVID economic slump to justify forgiving $20K worth of student loans the same way the government forgave millions in PPP loans. Because… reasons. [Reuters]

* Law firms get conservative on legal technology amid recession fears. I guess this means they aren’t trying to bring in tech to reduce attorney ranks. [Legaltech News]

* Rupert Murdoch acknowledges in testimony that Fox News lied about the election. Did these people even have in-house counsel in 2020? [Law360]

* Merrick Garland’s appearance on Capitol Hill tomorrow will very much suck for him. [Esquire]

* The ongoing Neil Gerrard scandal will go to court next week to find out just how much Dechert owes one of its former clients. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Florida court denies the habeas petition a pregnant detainee filed on behalf of her fetus. As always “Life Begins At Conception… Some Terms and Conditions Apply.” [The Guardian]

The Fifth Circuit's controversial decision will be reviewed.

Hoping for the sake of Georgetown's students that this is made out of bad faith and not rank stupidity.

It’s like the Spider-Man pointing meme, but legal!

The things the algorithm puts in your recommended videos can be baffling.

Clarence Thomas is getting a statue... allow your imagination to run wild.

The two issues in the case are whether the plaintiffs challenging the proposal have standing to file suit and whether the proposal violates separation of powers and exceeds executive authority.

* Elon Musk asks court to lift protections designed to keep him from committing more SEC violations. What could possibly go wrong? [CNBC]

* The Supreme Court may still want to blow up the internet, but they don’t seem like they want to do it over this case. [SCOTUSBlog]

* Delaware lowers bar passage score. Apparently global climate change has made hell freeze over. [Reuters]

* Hogan Lovells net income down 13 percent. Starting to see why they might be in the merger market. [American Lawyer]

* Put aside four days in the office… could we really operate on a four-day work week? Yes, reports obvious study. [Courthouse News Service]

* Law firms band together to oppose SEC request for the names of Covington clients targeted in cyberattack. [Law360]

[Certiorari Needed]

* The next Biglaw partner you talk to might be a criminal. Yeah, yeah, we get it, but this time we mean that literally. [Law360]

* Kim Kardashian has a new update on her legal studies. [LegalCheek]

* After full body shot it down, ABA Council votes again to end the mandatory admissions test requirement. Just like with the LSAT: if at first you don’t succeed… [Law.com]

* Supreme Court will hear argument on whether or not to blow up the internet. It’s an issue with a lot of nuance that will absolutely be decided by the majority deciding “the Framers didn’t have broadband access, so….” [Reuters]

* Schlitz is the beer that made Milwaukee famous, and now it’s the beer that makes judicial elections deeply problematic. [The Guardian]

* New York public interest attorneys plan strike after failing to get a favorable contract. Access to justice is only as good as the legal team it can recruit and sustain. [The City]

How does this timeframe compare with the Court’s historic opinion releases? 

* Fox doesn’t own the Discovery Network, but discovery now owns Fox News! See… it’s a Rule 26 joke. [Law360]

* A lawyer who represents themselves may have a fool for a client, but it’s possible that a lawyer hired to represent another lawyer over the handling of Trump’s classified documents case also has a fool for a client. [Reuters]

* There’s a lot of panic that the Supreme Court will fundamentally destroy the internet as we know it, just because they’ve already destroyed voting rights, reproductive rights, and the Second Amendment as we knew them. But everyone is forgetting that the Supreme Court needs to refill its Mana meter before it can obliterate another cornerstone of society. [CBS]

* NBA team hires Weil partner to head up in-house efforts. [Bloomberg]

* Another Republican governor pushing to get the data period-tracking apps into the hands of law enforcement because unlike periods, the fascism train is never late. [Washington Post]

* Jeremy Clarkson tells a lawyer with dyslexia to “learn to spell,” because Jeremy Clarkson is a dick. [Legal Cheek]