* Behold! The power of a single judge. A Brazilian state judge shuts down Brazil’s most popular chat app, WhatsApp, for 72 hours. [The Intercept]
* The 16 most… unique legal defenses in history. [Reeves Law Group]
* Do ponytails count as a professional hairstyle? [Corporette]

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* Former clerks of the late justice speak about Scalia’s legacy. [C-SPAN]
* Can the Urban Confessional Project actually help stressed-out lawyers? [Law and More]
* Germany is annulling the convictions of 50,000 men for homosexuality, saying the victims of this now obsolete law shouldn’t have to live with the stigma of conviction. [Wonkette]

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* Michael Ratner, noted civil rights attorney who challenged the government’s detention of prisoners without judicial review at Guantánamo Bay, RIP. [New York Times]