Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.13.26

* Lindsey Graham died over the weekend, removing a key Trump ally from the Judiciary Committee in advance of Todd Blanche's already controversial nomination hearings. [PBS] * Civil rights coalition calls for Senate to reject Blanche. [Ms] * Audit reveals the broken California alternative bar exam process. [ABA Journal] * Judges embark on whistlestop tour to explain the increasing threats against the judiciary. [Washington Post] * DOJ opens investigation into UAW president. If only a working person could invest in Trump's crypto business to get out of it. [WSJ] * Rightful FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter eviscerates Yale over settlement plans. [Yale Daily News] * Apple sues OpenAI claiming trade secret theft. [Law360] * After convincing the Supreme Court to rip up immigration law, the Trump administration went ahead and extended work permits for Haitian refugees upon realizing the economic chaos deportation would cause. [Reuters]

By Above the Law on July 13, 2026 9:25 am

* Lindsey Graham died over the weekend, removing a key Trump ally from the Judiciary Committee in advance of Todd Blanche’s already controversial nomination hearings. [PBS]

* Civil rights coalition calls for Senate to reject Blanche. [Ms]

* Audit reveals the broken California alternative bar exam process. [ABA Journal]

* Judges embark on whistlestop tour to explain the increasing threats against the judiciary. [Washington Post]

* DOJ opens investigation into UAW president. If only a working person could invest in Trump’s crypto business to get out of it. [WSJ]

* Rightful FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter eviscerates Yale over settlement plans. [Yale Daily News]

* Apple sues OpenAI claiming trade secret theft. [Law360]

* After convincing the Supreme Court to rip up immigration law, the Trump administration went ahead and extended work permits for Haitian refugees upon realizing the economic chaos deportation would cause. [Reuters]