Morning Docket: 11.27.24

* Jane Rosenberg talks about Rudy Giuliani's outburst yesterday and her destined-to-be-iconic portrait of the former mayor. [CNN] * The effort to expand the federal judiciary to deal with court clog has struggled to get through Congress, but now that it could give Trump an opportunity to appoint more FedSoc kids straight off their clerkships, there's suddenly a lot more interest. [Bloomberg Law News] * Biglaw settles with partner over alleged age discrimination. [ABA Journal] * A breakdown of the recent Federalist Society convention beyond just the unhinged Judge Jones tirade. [Defector] * Government lawyers eyeing the exits. [Reuters] * Could Trump's selection of Linda McMahon for the Department of Education undermine higher education diversity initiatives? (Much like professional wrestling... we already know how this is going to end) [American Lawyer] * A decade ago, no one questioned the Fourteenth Amendment's citizenship language. Now prominent conservative voices are proposing loopholes to the ironclad language. This creeping acceptance opens the door to a lot of mischief. [Mother Jones]

By Above the Law

onNovember 27, 2024 at 9:19 AM

President Trump’s Newly Appointed Lawyer Rudy Giuliani Speaks At Conference On Iran

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* Jane Rosenberg talks about Rudy Giuliani’s outburst yesterday and her destined-to-be-iconic portrait of the former mayor. [

CNN]

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* The effort to expand the federal judiciary to deal with court clog has struggled to get through Congress, but now that it could give Trump an opportunity to appoint more FedSoc kids straight off their clerkships, there’s suddenly a lot more interest. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Biglaw settles with partner over alleged age discrimination. [ABA Journal]

* A breakdown of the recent Federalist Society convention beyond just the unhinged Judge Jones tirade. [Defector]

* Government lawyers eyeing the exits. [Reuters]

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* Could Trump’s selection of Linda McMahon for the Department of Education undermine higher education diversity initiatives? (Much like professional wrestling… we already know how this is going to end) [American Lawyer]

* A decade ago, no one questioned the Fourteenth Amendment’s citizenship language. Now prominent conservative voices are proposing loopholes to the ironclad language. This creeping acceptance opens the door to a lot of mischief. [Mother Jones]