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Morning Docket: 02.23.26

* Law firms gear up to fight for tariff refunds. [Reuters]

* Albany Law student dead after what’s described as a terrorist attack on Hoover Dam. [Syracuse.com]

* Fake law firm and fake courts scammed immigrants. [Guardian]

* ABA takes steps to eliminate its law school diversity standard. Put aside the wisdom of the decision… how long does it take the ABA to vote? Because this has been a headline for at least a year. [Law.com]

* Florida AG gets $100K to teach a two-hour course as an adjunct. Presumably that’s standard compensation at the law school and not at all the naked plundering of public resources. [ABA Journal]

* Todd Blanche fires the legal U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia to clear the way for another illegal appointment. [Law360]

* Republicans dusting off the independent state legislature theory. [Democracy Docket]

* Joe joined the Dan Abrams Show to discuss attorney discipline for Trump administration lawyers. [The Dan Abrams Show]

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SCOTUS Justices Spend 170 Pages Airing Office Drama: Supreme Court nukes Trump’s tariffs and treat us to all their petty grievances. Except for Thomas who just wrote some ramblings about the powers of the crown.

Another Biglaw Firm Decides Two’s Company When It Comes To Partnership Tiers: Global giant unveils shiny nonequity track and tweaked lockstep, pushing the single-tier partnership model doomsday clock closer to midnight.

Trump Judge Admits The Constitutional House Is On Fire: If it’s not yet a “constitutional crisis,” it’s rounding third with a head of steam.

DOJ Plays ‘Name The Crime’ And Loses: Trump administration wanted to prosecute Democratic lawmakers but never bothered to figure out a single statute that got broken.

No Facts, Pound The Law. No Law, Pound The Table. No Table, Pound The… Uh Oh: Texas prosecutors argue that a defendant masturbating during testimony wasn’t “inappropriate” if the judge and jury didn’t notice.

Another Am Law 100 Firm Discovers AI Is Not A Lawyer: Major firm accused of filing a hallucination-laced brief. When will this end?

Pentagon Decide Its Lawyers Need To Be Dumber: Defense Department tells future military lawyers that they can no longer attend the best law schools in the country.

Deposition Advice Of The Year Goes To “I’ll F—ing Kill You”: Brevity is the soul of wit and depostion responses.

Judge Declares Mistrial Over Shirt: Lawyer’s civil rights celebration shirt causes judge to cry bias.

Law Professor Arrested On 50 Counts Of Child Sexual Abuse Material: Barry University law professor and interim associate dean arrested in Florida; prosecutors say hundreds of thousands of images were found.

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FBI Lied To Seize Georgia Voting Records — See Also

FBI Omitted Crucial Facts To Get What They Wanted: They didn’t let truth get in the way of revenge.

SCOTUS Justices Swing Over How Wrong They Are: Related, Trump’s tariffs were unconstitutional.

Are You Taking The Piss?: Report says judge who allegedly urinated himself during traffic stop had a BAC over 3x the legal limit.

Sometimes A Death Threat Is Just A Good Attorney-Client Relationship: Les Wexner’s lawyer gets caught on a hot mic.

Penn Law Students Taught How To Deal With ICE: Knowing your rights is a big first step!

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