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Morning Docket: 07.30.21

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* To those about to rock, we’ll arrest you! Woman arrested in jewel heist conspiracy swapped stones for diamonds. [CNN]

* Trump reportedly called officers… a thing he grabs, for doing their job during the failed insurrection. [Business Insider]

* Internal CDC document compares spreadability of Delta COVID variant to chickenpox. Can we stop treating medicine like a Federalism issue? [Reuters]

* Three teachers awarded $185M from Monsanto suit over chemical exposure. Go Torts! [The Guardian]

* Reclaiming the sacred: Red Road to D.C. activists push for Native American inclusion in lawmaking. [The Hill]

Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. Before that, he wrote columns for an online magazine named The Muse Collaborative under the pen name Knehmo. He endured the great state of Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected].

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