Morning Docket: 10.15.25

* Supreme Court refuses to bail out Alex Jones. [NPR] * Musk's effort to skim $56 billion off his meme stock's willing shareholders continues. [Reuters] * Pete Hegseth's personal lawyer -- who represented him through sexual assault accusation -- behind floundering effort to make media organizations promise to only print happy Defense Department news. [ed. note: Above the Law's sibling publication Breaking Defense has joined other media outlets in rejecting the policy] [Washington Post] * SCOTUS considers full return to Jim Crow era districting. [Bloomberg Law News] * Ballot measure seeks to remove state bar from judge discipline process. [Austin American Statesman] * Charting the AI-Privacy landscape. [Law.com] * What are the essential functions of the Supreme Court? [Dorf on Law]

By Above the Law on October 15, 2025 8:42 am

* Supreme Court refuses to bail out Alex Jones. [NPR]

* Musk’s effort to skim $56 billion off his meme stock’s willing shareholders continues. [Reuters]

* Pete Hegseth’s personal lawyer — who represented him through sexual assault accusation — behind floundering effort to make media organizations promise to only print happy Defense Department news. [ed. note: Above the Law’s sibling publication Breaking Defense has joined other media outlets in rejecting the policy] [Washington Post]

* SCOTUS considers full return to Jim Crow era districting. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Ballot measure seeks to remove state bar from judge discipline process. [Austin American Statesman]

* Charting the AI-Privacy landscape. [Law.com]

* What are the essential functions of the Supreme Court? [Dorf on Law]