Morning Docket: 01.14.22
* SCOTUS blocked Biden's vaccine and testing requirement for large businesses. May liberty and funeral home owners rejoice. [CNN] * A Wisconsin judge recently ruled that absentee ballot drop boxes are not allowed under the state's law. As you make it to the polls, remember — six feet! [NPR] * ...So a few doctors, a paralegal, and some cops get paid $100m to walk into a bar. Oh my bad, I meant a jail cell. I get them mixed up sometimes. [NY Post] * Officers tried to jail a professor for showing other people what police misconduct looked like. Maybe they just wanted to be part of the video? [Reuters] * NJ governor Phil Murphy just signed a bill protecting abortion access. Woop Woop! [6ABC]
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* SCOTUS blocked Biden’s vaccine and testing requirement for large businesses. May liberty and funeral home owners rejoice. [CNN]
* A Wisconsin judge recently ruled that absentee ballot drop boxes are not allowed under the state’s law. As you make it to the polls, remember — six feet! [NPR]
* …So a few doctors, a paralegal, and some cops get paid $100m to walk into a bar. Oh my bad, I meant a jail cell. I get them mixed up sometimes. [NY Post]
* Officers tried to jail a professor for showing other people what police misconduct looked like. Maybe they just wanted to be part of the video? [Reuters]
* NJ governor Phil Murphy just signed a bill protecting abortion access. Woop Woop! [6ABC]
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