Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.30.21

* Loophole in Massachusetts law could leave Lyft and Uber drivers making $4.82 an hour. That would drive me crazy. [Business Insider] * Two narcotics officers arrested for dealing fentanyl and accepting bribes. I'm sure they did so in self-defense, somehow. [Whio] * Appeals court may be deciding if Guantanamo Bay detainees have due process rights. Prepare your Con Law outlines! [WaPo] * Seattle continues to test if voting coupons could be the answer to funny money driving politics. [The Nation]

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* Loophole in Massachusetts law could leave Lyft and Uber drivers making $4.82 an hour. That would drive me crazy. [Business Insider]

* Two narcotics officers arrested for dealing fentanyl and accepting bribes. I’m sure they did so in self-defense, somehow. [Whio]

* Appeals court may be deciding if Guantanamo Bay detainees have due process rights. Prepare your Con Law outlines! [WaPo]

* Seattle continues to test if voting coupons could be the answer to funny money driving politics. [The Nation]


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].