Morning Docket: 11.30.21
* Actor Jussie Smollet is about to go to trial for attempting to manipulate racial tensions to propel his career. He should have done it the right way, like Kyle Rittenhouse. [BBC] * Law school applications are down again. Maybe you didn't go to law school to become an accountant... [Reuters] * Folks are still salty about social media platforms and censorship. I think the free speech people haven't realized the whole corporate personhood thing means Twitter has 1st Amendment rights too. [The Bulwark] * Before it's made history, here's a quick historical review of how the right to abort in the U.S. came to be. [NPR] * Good news: You'll be hearing a lot about this thing called Omicron, which is a cool ass name. Bad news: it's a new COVID variant that will likely impact office returns and lead to more mask boo-hooing. [CNN]
Jussie Smollett (Photo by Chicago Police Department via Getty Images)
* Actor Jussie Smollet is about to go to trial for attempting to manipulate racial tensions to propel his career. He should have done it the right way, like Kyle Rittenhouse. [BBC]
* Law school applications are down again. Maybe you didn’t go to law school to become an accountant… [Reuters]
* Folks are still salty about social media platforms and censorship. I think the free speech people haven’t realized the whole corporate personhood thing means Twitter has 1st Amendment rights too. [The Bulwark]
* Before it’s made history, here’s a quick historical review of how the right to abort in the U.S. came to be. [NPR]
* Good news: You’ll be hearing a lot about this thing called Omicron, which is a cool ass name. Bad news: it’s a new COVID variant that will likely impact office returns and lead to more mask boo-hooing. [CNN]
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 and by tweet at @WritesForRent.
