* Contract waiver… it’s the real thing. [Corporate Counsel]
* Vivek Ramaswamy continues to run for president for some unknown reason and just released his Supreme Court shortlist focused on the most unqualified and tantrum prone judges on the Federalist Society bench. Demeaning the bench is now a feature and not a bug. [Washington Post]
* Illinois Supreme Court upholds bail reform, rejecting bizarre argument that “only allowing rich defendants out of jail” was a constitutional issue. [CNN]
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* Accomplished public interest lawyer confirmed to the Sixth Circuit. It used to be all it took to get on the Sixth Circuit was an anti-gay blogging profile. [Reuters]
* Judge Pauline Newman appeared on a podcast to discuss the efforts to sideline her. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Ben Crump enters the Northwestern football hazing scandal to represent a number of the players. The more you dig into this case the more you realize why this football team wanted to unionize so badly. [USA Today]
* Beware the legally binding emoji. [Legaltech News]