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* The First Amendment chalks up a much needed win: Southern District of New York Judge Jed Rakoff dismisses Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against the New York Times. [The Slot]
* Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is pushing the state forward on police reform, even without the assistance of the Department of Justice. [Washington Post]
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* Donald Trump Jr. is scheduling a date — a private date — with the Senate Judiciary Committee. Sounds like sexy times. [CNN]
* Even former clerks of Justice Antonin Scalia can be convinced of the social good of class actions. Vanderbilt Law professor Brian Fitzpatrick’s new article on class actions preventing corporate wrongdoing is creating quite the dustup in conservative circles. [Reuters]
* Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr is defending Pepe the Frog… against the alt-right groups that want to co-opt the cartoon for white supremacist purposes. [Law.com]
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* The assault on voting rights continues — a new Indiana law is purging voters from the rolls without notifying them or affording them an opportunity to respond. [Daily Beast]