Morning Docket: 10.07.21
* Judge blocks enforcement of Texas's Roe work around. Time is gonna feel very Jeremy Bearimy (WARNING: This is a "The Good Place" spoiler) until SCOTUS just rules on this damned thing. [Reuters] * The people whose life spans will presumably overlap with the heavy consequences of global warming have a flavor of existential dread that's being called "eco-anxiety." Relatedly, law schools are already worried about the costs they will accrue for the Class of 2040 K-JD's puppy de-stress playdates. [The Guardian] * Man murders his brother and two others for administering COVID-19 vaccinations. I did not know the phrase "Liberty or Death" had an inclusive or. [WJLA] * Google was ordered to identify anyone who searched a sexual assault victim's name, address, and telephone number. The liberty people ought be concerned over this "keyword warrant," because that's a lot of people who would function as surveillance justifications. [Yahoo] * Colorado hospitals will no longer perform organ transplants on unvaccinated patients. Even as a pro-vaxxer this is a lawsuit waiting to happen. [CBS News]
Global warming is real. Here’s a cute Kitty. (Photo by Getty Images)
* Judge blocks enforcement of Texas’s Roe work around. Time is gonna feel very Jeremy Bearimy (WARNING: This is a “The Good Place” spoiler) until SCOTUS just rules on this damned thing. [Reuters]
* The people whose life spans will presumably overlap with the heavy consequences of global warming have a flavor of existential dread that’s being called “eco-anxiety.” Relatedly, law schools are already worried about the costs they will accrue for the Class of 2040 K-JD’s puppy de-stress playdates. [The Guardian]
* Man murders his brother and two others for administering COVID-19 vaccinations. I did not know the phrase “Liberty or Death” had an inclusive or. [WJLA]
* Google was ordered to identify anyone who searched a sexual assault victim’s name, address, and telephone number. The liberty people ought be concerned over this “keyword warrant,” because that’s a lot of people who would function as surveillance justifications. [Yahoo]
* Colorado hospitals will no longer perform organ transplants on unvaccinated patients. Even as a pro-vaxxer this is a lawsuit waiting to happen. [CBS News]
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 cwilliams@abovethelaw.com.
