Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.23.22

* Redditor asks if it's okay to show up to their summer gig a different race than what they indicated on their application. Nobody really reads the fine print... right? [Reddit] * Arkansas's governor just signed off on one hell of a "welp, too bad" with this anti-abortion law. [The Guardian] * A change to Tennessee's school zone brings some hope to adults left behind. [Axios] * Biglaw has been quite hush-hush about the Alito leak. No need to capitalize on current events with all these billables I guess. [Law.com] * Totally not a coup supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks the real racism is blaming white supremacy for mass shootings. [Huff Post]

Diversity works The Supreme Court Hears Hears Affirmative Action Case Regarding Admissions To Texas University

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* Redditor asks if it’s okay to show up to their summer gig a different race than what they indicated on their application. Nobody really reads the fine print… right? [Reddit]

* Arkansas’s governor just signed off on one hell of a “welp, too bad” with this anti-abortion law. [The Guardian]

* A change to Tennessee’s school zone brings some hope to adults left behind. [Axios]

* Biglaw has been quite hush-hush about the Alito leak. No need to capitalize on current events with all these billables I guess. [Law.com]

* Totally not a coup supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks the real racism is blaming white supremacy for mass shootings. [Huff Post]


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