Morning Docket: 05.25.22

* Yesterday's elementary school mass shooting has the president and others pushing for gun law reform. [VOA News] * If the senseless deaths of children isn't enough to spur gun reform, maybe these tweets from Khloe Kardashian will. [Yahoo!] * Should last week's mass murderer be charged under the anti-lynching law it took Congress 120 years to pass? Survey says yes. [Bloomberg Law] * No Civil War protections for 2021 insurrectionists. Boo hoo. [CNN] * A rose by any other name requires six months of residency. [WSPA]

Assault weapons ban* Yesterday’s elementary school mass shooting has the president and others pushing for gun law reform. [VOA News]

* If the senseless deaths of children isn’t enough to spur gun reform, maybe these tweets from Khloe Kardashian will. [Yahoo!]

* Should last week’s mass murderer be charged under the anti-lynching law it took Congress 120 years to pass? Survey says yes. [Bloomberg Law]

* No Civil War protections for 2021 insurrectionists. Boo hoo. [CNN]

* A rose by any other name requires six months of residency. [WSPA]


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