Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.18.22

* Love the way you lie: Court decides that Musk’s 2018 tweets about buying the country were phony. [CNBC] * Property professors! New hypo just dropped! One man’s trash is another man’s…you know. [Insanememeshub] * Not adding up: Math textbooks are now on the CRT ban chopping block. Too many of the numbers are Black or something? [Business Insider] * Kansas officers are taking liberties with filing reports on seized property. Didn’t expect to see a takings issue in criminal procedure! [LawrenceKSTimes] * Virginia law classifies the sexual abuse of animals as a felony. I’m definitely going to be clarifying the next time I hear the phrase “heavy petting”. [NBC 12]

Elon Musk

Elon Musk (by Heisenberg Media)

* Love the way you lie: Court decides that Musk’s 2018 tweets about taking the company private were phony. [CNBC]

* Property professors! New hypo just dropped! One man’s trash is another man’s…you know. [Insanememeshub]

* Not adding up: Math textbooks are now on the CRT ban chopping block. Too many of the numbers are Black or something? [Business Insider]

* Kansas officers are taking liberties with filing reports on seized property. Didn’t expect to see a takings issue in criminal procedure! [LawrenceKSTimes]

* Virginia law classifies the sexual abuse of animals as a felony. I’m definitely going to be clarifying the next time I hear the phrase “heavy petting”. [NBC 12]

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