Morning Docket: 04.27.22

* Musk thinks censorship shouldn't go "beyond the law." Big talk for a guy facing a securities fraud case. [The Hill] * Just because: Man who passes bar after 20th attempt still can't practice law in Massachusetts.  [ABA Journal] * Adam and Eve, not Adam and Xe: Florida is like two steps away from legally mandating heterosexuality. [Tampa Bay Times] * You are a boy, Damon! Oklahoma's Gov. makes it illegal to put that your child is non-binary on their birth certificate. [CNN] * Law students spent part of their 3L year protecting their clients civil rights! Power to them — I just played OSRS. [UARK]

Elon Musk

Elon Musk (Photo by Diego Donamaria/Getty Images for SXSW)

* Musk thinks censorship shouldn’t go “beyond the law.” Big talk for a guy facing a securities fraud case. [The Hill]

* Just because: Man who passes bar after 20th attempt still can’t practice law in Massachusetts.  [ABA Journal]

* Adam and Eve, not Adam and Xe: Florida is like two steps away from legally mandating heterosexuality. [Tampa Bay Times]

* You are a boy, Damon! Oklahoma’s Gov. makes it illegal to put that your child is non-binary on their birth certificate. [CNN]

* Law students spent part of their 3L year protecting their clients civil rights! Power to them — I just played OSRS. [UARK]


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