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\"\"* It’s checkout time at the Supreme Court, and courtroom correspondent Mark Walsh is ready to reveal what’s in his shopping cart. [SCOTUSblog<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Being cited by the Supreme Court is usually something to boast about — but not always, as Adam Feldman notes in this thoughtful analysis of how much oral arguments matter. [Empirical SCOTUS<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Will Baude breaks down the Court’s intriguing debate over stare decisis in South Dakota v. Wayfair<\/a><\/em>. [PrawfsBlawg<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Joel Cohen looks at why the federal judiciary gets better treatment from the press than the other two branches of government — and whether the differential is justified. [The Hill<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Orin Kerr identifies an interesting issue: if a police officer uses Google Translate to try and request consent to search from a non-English speaker in that person’s own language, is the consent valid if Google Translate botched the translation? [Volokh Conspiracy \/ Reason<\/a>]<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

* There’s a long and bipartisan tradition of… the federal government spying on reporters, as Charles Glasser explains. [Daily Caller<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Speaking of the media, Jean O’Grady points out a helpful new resource from CQ for consumers of news, along with tips for how to tell whether or not a story is “fake news.” [Dewey B Strategic<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* If reforms come to university boardrooms, let’s hope they include law schools as well. [ProfessorBainbridge<\/a> via Instapundit<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* An interesting new use of voice-activated technology, courtesy of Wolters Kluwer: getting insights into federal tax law. [Artificial Lawyer<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* If you’ll be in New York on Tuesday, July 17, raise your glass with fellow young lawyers, summer associates, and law students, at the UJA’s Summer Law Happy Hour. [UJA Federation of New York<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\n

\"DBLDavid Lat<\/a> is editor at large and founding editor of Above the Law, as well as the author of Supreme Ambitions: A Novel<\/a><\/em>. He previously worked as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey; a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. You can connect with David on Twitter (@DavidLat)<\/a>, LinkedIn<\/a>, and Facebook<\/a>, and you can reach him by email at dlat@abovethelaw.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

* It’s checkout time at the Supreme Court, and courtroom correspondent Mark Walsh is ready to reveal what’s in his shopping cart. [SCOTUSblog<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Being cited by the Supreme Court is usually something to boast about — but not always, as Adam Feldman notes in this thoughtful analysis of how much oral arguments matter. [Empirical SCOTUS<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Will Baude breaks down the Court’s intriguing debate over stare decisis in South Dakota v. Wayfair<\/a><\/em>. [PrawfsBlawg<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Joel Cohen looks at why the federal judiciary gets better treatment from the press than the other two branches of government — and whether the differential is justified. [The Hill<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Orin Kerr identifies an interesting issue: if a police officer uses Google Translate to try and request consent to search from a non-English speaker in that person’s own language, is the consent valid if Google Translate botched the translation? [Volokh Conspiracy \/ Reason<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* There’s a long and bipartisan tradition of… the federal government spying on reporters, as Charles Glasser explains. [Daily Caller<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Speaking of the media, Jean O’Grady points out a helpful new resource from CQ for consumers of news, along with tips for how to tell whether or not a story is “fake news.” [Dewey B Strategic<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* If reforms come to university boardrooms, let’s hope they include law schools as well. [ProfessorBainbridge<\/a> via Instapundit<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* An interesting new use of voice-activated technology, courtesy of Wolters Kluwer: getting insights into federal tax law. [Artificial Lawyer<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* If you’ll be in New York on Tuesday, July 17, raise your glass with fellow young lawyers, summer associates, and law students, at the UJA’s Summer Law Happy Hour. 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