Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.30.18

* Trump says he will end the Fourteenth Amendment by executive order. This is your Andrew Jackson-John Marshall moment right here. Thankfully, he probably knows he can't do this and is just ranting in a desperate bid to energize a racist base to turn out for the Midterms. That's actually what passes for "thankfully" these days. [CNN] * Milwaukee judge puts defense attorney in chains for defending his client. The American justice system of 2018 is cruising along swimmingly. [Journal-Sentinel] * GCs making a lot more money to tell outside counsel that they can't afford the bills. [Corporate Counsel] * ...Of course our client was planning to bomb people, but that was if Hillary Clinton had won, so, in a sense, Trump saved all these potential victims! [Huffington Post] * Judicial Conference hearing testimony today about reforming the judiciary to address sexual misconduct. This should be a powerful meeting that results in lackluster reform. [National Law Journal] * Florida prosecutors are challenging the constitutionality of the state's "Stand Your Ground" law for forcing them to try self-defense claims without a jury. Too bad we couldn't have had this challenge several years ago. [Miami Herald] * Cravath on the outside looking in when its long-time client embarked on its biggest software acquisition ever. [American Lawyer] * New York judge rules that daily fantasy games are gambling because this stupid battle will never end. [Law360]

* Trump says he will end the Fourteenth Amendment by executive order. This is your Andrew Jackson-John Marshall moment right here. Thankfully, he probably knows he can’t do this and is just ranting in a desperate bid to energize a racist base to turn out for the Midterms. That’s actually what passes for “thankfully” these days. [CNN]

* Milwaukee judge puts defense attorney in chains for defending his client. The American justice system of 2018 is cruising along swimmingly. [Journal-Sentinel]

* GCs making a lot more money to tell outside counsel that they can’t afford the bills. [Corporate Counsel]

* …Of course our client was planning to bomb people, but that was if Hillary Clinton had won, so, in a sense, Trump saved all these potential victims! [Huffington Post]

* Judicial Conference hearing testimony today about reforming the judiciary to address sexual misconduct. This should be a powerful meeting that results in lackluster reform. [National Law Journal]

* Florida prosecutors are challenging the constitutionality of the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law for forcing them to try self-defense claims without a jury. Too bad we couldn’t have had this challenge several years ago. [Miami Herald]

* Cravath on the outside looking in when its long-time client embarked on its biggest software acquisition ever. [American Lawyer]

* New York judge rules that daily fantasy games are gambling because this stupid battle will never end. [Law360]