Texas

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.06.22

* Attempts to hold the Uvalde Police Department accountable may prove difficult. You'd think we'd be better about the quis custodiet ipsos custodes problem after 2,000 years or so. [New York Times] * Esquire of the Caribbean: Top firms want to parlay with Camille Vasquez after her big Johnny Depp win. [New York Post] * The right to repair could be coming to Albany, NY! This is big! [Gothamist] * A company's right to (not) speak still remains murky due to Texas lawmakers. [Washington Post] * The Court is set up to hear a gerrymandering case. Decision could be in by the end of 2023. Let's enjoy voting until then. [New York Times]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.26.22

* Back the children: The number of children that have been shot to death at school is higher than the amount of officers that have been killed in the line of duty. [AS] * Oklahoma just banned abortion at fertilization. We're like two steps off criminalizing miscarriages at this point, aren't we? [CNN] * NY judge maintains law that allows gun manufacturers to be sued if and when they endanger public safety. [CNN] * Advertisers REALLY don't like Texas's social media law. [Adweek] * If Roe is overturned, the right to choose will be set back 173 years in Wisconsin. [Madison]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.24.22

* Could these abortion bans be just the thing needed to spur environmentalism with teeth? [Daily Beast] * The 11th Circuit just found the Florida law that prevents social media sites from moderating political speech to be unconstitutional. [Yahoo!] * Harvard just uhh... sued the government for discriminating against one of its students? Am I reading this right? [The Crimson] * Colorado just made it a little easier to be a parent. [Chieftain] * We don't like your kind around here: Inventions originating from artificial intelligence are butting up against patent law in interesting ways. [Nature]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.19.22

* Hopefully, Texas's "Big Companies Don't Need Freedom Of Speech" law will go to the Supreme Court. [The Hill] * Gov. Murphy wants officers to be licensed to protect. [Bronx News] * The Due Process clause was invoked to suspend a law that would make abortions illegal if an opinion like Dobbs overrules Roe. [MSNBC] * Biden bumps baby bumpers to save sleeping babes. Say that 5 times fast. [NPR] * You're not the only one checking your emails. Hopefully, other states will make it so your job has to tell you when they snoop around. [INC]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.10.22

* Young Thug got hit with a RICO charge for renting a car used to kill someone. Gunna is somehow involved too. I swear this isn't just a Crim Law final question from a cool professor. Guess this means no Barter 9. [Daily Beast] * Dispensaries are making so much cash it endangers their employees. If only weed were legal federally. [Politico] * Politics post-Alito: Looks like the "neutral" arm of the government has caused some political spillover. [CNN] * Texas is arguing social media platforms are public squares and shouldn't allow for viewpoint discrimination as such. This is definitely gonna benefit Nazis. [Houston Public Media] * Law students just unlocked a cool new resume builder: The Copyright Claims Board. [The Reg Review]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.29.22

* Laws matter: life lost after school neglects to follow anti-bullying protocol. [WBEZ] * The EU's laws will be impacting American free speech, eh? Talk about long-arm statutes. [The Hill] * Oklahoma just passed their version of Texas's Roe sidestep. Over/under for them banning condoms too in two weeks? [CNN] * Marjorie Taylor Greene is maintaining the Shaggy defense for her Section 3 trial. [NBC News] * People are upset that the Texas bill disincentivizing the use of clean energy isn't enough to keep them using fossil fuels. Sorry, not sorry. [NPR]

By Chris Williams