Above the Law

Even This Supreme Court Wouldn’t Bail Out The Missouri GOP — See Also

Show Me State Got Shown: The U.S. Supreme Court yet again told Missouri Republicans that they need to stop trying to make their illegal map happen.

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So Rigged You Wouldn’t Even Notice: The DOJ claims Berkeley’s admissions impermissibly favor Black students even though the school only has a handful of Black students.

What Hatch Act?: Todd Blanche spoke about the Justice Department’s work at a Republican midterm rally last night, which is illegal but nobody cares anymore.

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Harvey Raises Another $550M At A $15.5B Valuation

Cofounder Winston Weinberg said the capital from this round is being invested ‘into our two most important resources: people and compute.’

Shein’s Hong Kong Listing Falters Amid Profitability Concerns

Shein has lost about $5 billion in market value since its Hong Kong IPO.

Morning Docket: 09.10.26

* Missouri lawmakers threaten to impeach state supreme court if they hold secretary of state in contempt for using redrawn maps that violate state constitution. [KCTV]

Meanwhile, the whole thing is back at the U.S. Supreme Court -- which already blessed the Missouri supreme court decision -- after Republican judges on the Eighth Circuit approved district judge's collateral attack on state decision. [One First]

* Todd Blanche speaks at Republican midterm rally in an obvious Hatch Act violation. But the administration says it was fine because it was cleared by the DOJ's ethics people... as a reminder, the DOJ fired its ethics people last year. [The Hill]

* Senator Roger Marshall relentlessly sued his patients as an OB/GYN up to the point where new mothers were led away from their children in handcuffs. But, you know, Republicans are about family. [NY Times]

* The Trump White House has been blatantly ripping off video game trademarks for the last couple weeks. Most sat back and took it, but Tetris threatened to actually enforce its legal rights and Trump instantly backed down. [BBC]

* A deep dive into the mail-in ballot fight at the Supreme Court. [Just Security]

* Convicted sex traffickers hired Alan Dershowitz to help pursue "executive clemency" according to financial documents, [NY Times]

* Producers of The Pitt ask court to shut down Michael Crichton estate's lawsuit over similarities to ER based on... well, Noah Wyle working in an hospital. [Courthouse News Service]

* Ohio AG sues the J. Peterman company. The fallout from the urban sombrero continues. [Cincinnati Inquirer]

* A small and solo response to bar association AI policies built for Biglaw. [ABA Journal]

Missouri Map Madness — See Also

Trump Judges Blow Off Justices: The U.S. Supreme Court refused to impose Missouri’s illegal gerrymander. Trump-appointed district judge decided to go ahead and do it anyway.

While We’re On That Topic…: Can you remember the civil procedure doctrine at issue in Missouri?

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Chambers Payday: Working for the court doesn’t mean waiting on that sweet Biglaw cash, ethics watchdog decides.

Missouri Gerrymander Case Flunks Remedial Law School

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