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Unfortunately, Public Faith In Our Courts Deserves To Be This Low
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This President Missed An Important Supreme Court Milestone
But he still had an impact on SCOTUS.
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Supreme Court Decides It's Not 'Terrorism' To Let People Access State Law For Free
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SCOTUS Desperately Seeks Lifeline To Avoid Pissing Off Trump In Tax Cases
Help us Obi-Wan Francisco, you're our only hope! -
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.22.20
* A lawyer who got ejected from the Second Circuit last year is asking the Supreme Court to hear his case. Since the high court is conducting arguments by phone currently, maybe he’ll just get hung up on. [New York Law Journal]
* A lawyer who stole $128,000 from a mentally ill client has been suspended from practice. [Bloomberg Law]
* Missouri has become the first U.S. state to sue China over the COVID-19 pandemic. Not sure this is a distinction to be proud of. [U.S. News and World Report]
* A Texas judge has been forced to take down a rainbow flag after an attorney filed a complaint and compared the symbol to a swastika and Confederate flag. [Hill]
* Attorney General Barr has called stay-at-home orders “disturbingly close to house arrest” and the Justice Department might take actions against states that go too far. [NBC News]
* Lawyers are having a difficult time determining if COVID-19 is an act of God. Maybe they should subpoena the Almighty to get more clarity… [Bloomberg Law]
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Justice Alito Deeply Offended That People Might Think Jim Crow Was Racist
The Supreme Court justice got heated about the willingness of the majority to talk about race. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.14.20
* A judge is complaining that some attorneys are appearing shirtless and in bed for court conferences held via Zoom because of COVID-19. Of course, this is happening in Florida… [Local 10]
* Speaking of which, the Supreme Court will be conducting oral arguments by remote means next month. It seems that there will be no on-camera component to the arguments, so counsel might get away with participating in their underwear. [CNN]
* Check out this Texas lawyer who traded a suit for scrubs and volunteered to help COVID-19 patients at a New York hospital. [Dallas Morning News]
* A federal judge has ruled that ICE must allow detainees to have private phone calls with their attorneys during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Los Angeles Times]
* McDonald’s employees have filed a class-action lawsuit against the fast food chain alleging that the company has a systematic sexual harassment problem. [Business Insider]
* The North Carolina Attorney General is investigating someone for price gouging for offering to sell a roll of toilet paper for $100. Maybe it was just super premium toilet paper? [AP]
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Hit The Gym With Justice Ginsburg At 'RBG's Workout Corner'
She even shows off her punching bags -- Kavanaugh and Gorsuch. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.10.20
* Michael Cohen, President Trump’s incarcerated former lawyer, has been moved to a Special Housing Unit (“SHU”) after a confrontation with another prisoner. Fans of Orange is the New Black should know what that is. [Fox News]
* The Supreme Court is facing challenges about how to function during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. [New York Times]
* A Brooklyn judge allegedly balked at social distancing guidelines in his courtroom just two weeks before he died from COVID-19. [New York Daily News]
* Actors playing “Walking Dead” zombies at Universal Studios have sued the park claiming that Universal promotes an environment that encourages guests to fight and grope the actors. [Daily Beast]
* Doulingo, the popular language-learning company, has picked it’s new general counsel. Hope he knows that money is the universal language… [Corporate Counsel]
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When Is Trump Ordering A National Quarantine? Probably Never.
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From Clerk To Colleague: Supreme Court Edition
Well, they already knew each other pretty well. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.01.20
* Harley-Davidson has a new top lawyer — hopefully he gets a few Harleys thrown into his compensation package. [Bloomberg Law]
* Federal courts have begun to promote teleconferencing for certain criminal and civil matters due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. [Indiana Lawyer]
* The New York Attorney General is looking into privacy settings on the popular Zoom videoconferencing app that may make it vulnerable to hackers. [New York Times]
* Zoom is having a rough week, as the videoconferncing app is also being sued for allegedly sharing user data with Facebook. [CBS News]
* A federal appeals court has temporarily allowed Texas to prohibit nonessential abortions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. [Dallas Morning News]
* Upcoming oral arguments before the Supreme Court are in limbo because of concerns surrounding COVID-19. The justices should just conduct their business through videoconferencing apps like everyone else in the world at the moment. [CNN]
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You're Never Too Old To Be A Supreme Court Justice
Though your tenure on the Court may be brief. -
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States' Rights Revenge? 3 Key Takeaways From SCOTUS Ruling In Allen v. Cooper
Here are some thoughts about states running roughshod over copyright owners’ rights to their works. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.30.20
* New York Sports Clubs has been hit with a class-action lawsuit for charging membership fees while its gyms are shuttered because of COVID-19. Seems like most people would just be happy to have an excuse not to go to the gym… [Gothamist]
* A Brooklyn lawyer is suing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo over orders meant to curtail the spread of COVID-19. [New York Post]
* DACA beneficiaries have sent a letter to the Supreme Court imploring the justices to consider how around 27,000 DACA beneficiaries are healthcare workers that are needed to fight the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. [CNN]
* The NRA has filed a lawsuit against the governor of California over gun store restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Fox News]
* The lawyer at the center of an early cluster of COVID-19 cases in New York has been released from the hospital. [NBC News]
* The University of Arizona is facing a class-action lawsuit seeking refunds to students who have been forced into remote learning because of COVID-19. Guess if these students wanted to take online courses, they could have enrolled at the University of Phoenix… [Arizona Daily Star]
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Because Of Coronavirus, The Supreme Court Is Taking A Break From Tradition
Just another way life has changed under COVID-19.