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The FBI is 'monitoring' the ongoing situation.
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Revoked Conflict Waiver Means Delays In Slain Law Professor Case
Another setback for the high profile case.
Courts
Bracing Yourself For The First Monday In October (AKA The Start Of The Supreme Court Term)?
The Supreme Court wasn't always a "fall thing."
Television
Amy Coney Barrett Encourages Open Democracy... That Is, If She Hasn't Already Impinged With Your Right To Vote
DEADLOCK premieres tonight on PBS.
Law Schools
Law School Con Law Class Shows Porn So You Know It When You See It
Radical concept, but maybe the students could figure out the law without having to experience the fact pattern first-hand.
Courts
Small Town Shocker: Sheriff Allegedly Marches Into Judge's Chambers And Shoots Him
The sheriff has been charged with murder.
Courts
Are The Supreme Court Justices’ Opinions Emotionally Charged And Does It Matter?
The justices clearly are emotional actors and so Supreme Court opinions are not even nearly devoid of emotional language. It is also clear that the justices’ relative use of emotional language varies quite a bit, both between cases and between justices.
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Morning Docket: 09.20.24
* Paul Weiss offers professional attire stipend to vacation scheme interns. It would be better if they'd hired Nina Garcia and the Twitter Workwear Guy as consultants but this is a start. [LegalCheek]
* For the Civil Procedure buffs, hot minimum contacts precedent just dropped. [Reuters]
* Law professor who admits to sleeping with 1Ls can't block the Title IX investigation. [Law360]
* Right as yesterday's crazy news day came to a close, newly filed court documents say Matt Gaetz took a high school junior to a coke-filled sex party. [Mediaite]
* Dentons being looked at in connection with South Africa corruption probe. [Roll on Friday]
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