Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.29.21

* Pelosi says that Biden doesn't have the power to cancel student loan debt. Cups of the rose... [New York Post] * LA opting to use zoning to address homelessness. Maybe one day we'll look at the data and just give them homes. C'est la vie. [CBS Local] * The Crow are suing the Bureau of Indian Affairs for excessive use of force during a traffic stop. Hoping for justice. [Native News Online] * Judge overrules prosecutor and finds probable cause to charge a cop with homicide. Maybe Judges are the backbone of the profession. [NBC News] * Despite being faced with Delta, these states cannot mandate face masks. [Forbes]

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* Pelosi says that Biden doesn’t have the power to cancel student loan debt. Cups of the rose… [New York Post]

* LA opting to use zoning to address homelessness. Maybe one day we’ll look at the data and just give them homes. C’est la vie. [CBS Local]

* The Crow are suing the Bureau of Indian Affairs for excessive use of force during a traffic stop. Hoping for justice. [Native News Online]

* Judge overrules prosecutor and finds probable cause to charge a cop with homicide. Maybe judges are the backbone of the profession. [NBC News]

* Despite being faced with Delta, these states cannot mandate face masks. [Forbes]


Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. Before that, he wrote columns for an online magazine named The Muse Collaborative under the pen name Knehmo. He endured the great state of Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected].