Morning Docket: 06.17.22

* When there are 9... guards: Biden signs bill to protect SCOTUS members. [US News] * Cops in Michigan can now seize cash at airports because they feel like it. Who needs the 4th, really? [Forbes] * When asked if things will be okay, Justice Sotomayor responded with an MLK-flavored "eventually." Yeah, this isn't as comforting as I would have hoped. [HuffPost] * Officer who killed a person wielding a knife showed her priorities by immediately worrying that her gun would be taken from her. [NBC News]

Male Security Guard Standing At The Entrance

Move along, sir.

* When there are 9… guards: Biden signs bill to protect SCOTUS members. [US News]

* Cops in Michigan can now seize cash at airports because they feel like it. Who needs the 4th, really? [Forbes]

* When asked if things will be okay, Justice Sotomayor responded with an MLK-flavored “eventually.” Yeah, this isn’t as comforting as I would have hoped. [HuffPost]

* Officer who killed a person wielding a knife showed her priorities by immediately worrying that her gun would be taken from her. [NBC News]


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.