Morning Docket: 05.09.22
* Goodbye: ABA recommends dropping the LSAT as an admissions requirement. But how will we know who is the next Learned Hand? [NYT] * Who cares about the 1st when you have a gun? Trump asked if it was okay to "Just shoot protestors" he didn't like while he was in office. [NPR] * Law school speed run sub 20: South Texas College of Law has just minted its youngest JD. Maybe they finally have the time to watch a few Elden Ring playthroughs. [KHOU] * About 60% of Americans think that abortion should be legal federally. That's larger than the percentage of people that approve of the SCOTUS. I wonder if they are related concepts? [The Hill] * Senate will vote on if Roe ought be codified into law on Wednesday. Time to see where our leader's allegiances lie. [Reuters]
No more Logic Games!
* Goodbye: ABA recommends dropping the LSAT as an admissions requirement. But how will we know who is the next Learned Hand? [NYT]
* Who cares about the 1st when you have a gun? Trump asked if it was okay to “Just shoot protestors” he didn’t like while he was in office. [NPR]
* Law school speed run sub 20: South Texas College of Law has just minted its youngest JD. Maybe they finally have the time to watch a few Elden Ring playthroughs. [KHOU]
* About 60% of Americans think that abortion should be legal federally. That’s larger than the percentage of people that approve of the SCOTUS. I wonder if they are related concepts? [The Hill]
* Senate will vote on if Roe ought be codified into law on Wednesday. Time to see where our leader’s allegiances lie. [Reuters]
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. He endured 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.
