Morning Docket: 08.03.22

* Affirmative action as a 1st Amendment issue? Let's see how this goes over. [Wa Po] * Yale Law decides to be #1 when it comes to helping students that could use some financial aid. [ABC News] * Wait, are they actually considering fetuses people for tax purposes? Gotta give it to Georgia! [Huff Po] * Georgia's heartbeat law also has some new implications for wrongful death suits. [11 Alive] * An Oklahoma school gets docked after a teacher reported it for having their colleagues sit through staff training on implicit bias. I expected the childishness to come from the kids. [Ed Week]

* Affirmative action as a 1st Amendment issue? Let’s see how this goes over. [WaPo]

* Yale Law decides to be #1 when it comes to helping students that could use some financial aid. [ABC News]

* Wait, are they actually considering fetuses people for tax purposes? Gotta give it to Georgia! [Huff Po]

* Georgia’s heartbeat law also has some new implications for wrongful death suits. [11 Alive]

* An Oklahoma school gets docked after a teacher reported it for having their colleagues sit through staff training on implicit bias. I expected the childishness to come from the kids. [Ed Week]


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