1st Amendment

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.29.22

* Long Arms: California's laws on protecting abortion info will likely have spillover effects across the us. [Axios] * Indiana judge blocked a law requiring post-abortion cremation and burial of fetal tissue. [Indy Star] * Teacher's virulently racist comments that could make Amy Wax blush faces consequences. I wonder how long it'll be until she's on the Tucker Carlson show? [Imgur] * Need damages for your damaged Cannondale? Here's a primer. [Forbes]

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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.25.22

* Bleak views out the Overton window: Politicians are about 2 steps from being openly hostile toward non-Christians. [Business Insider] * 1st Amendment; mum's the word: more Nazis waving SS flags in support of Republicans as candidates talk about freedom. [Huff Po] * Put your money where your politics are: Here's an updated list of companies addressing abortion access. [NPR] * Shoot, a copycat!: California passes the snitch on pregnant people and get 10k law, but for guns. [NYT] * Remember that time about 200 Republicans voted against sus-ing out white supremacists in police departments? Maybe they were trying to protect Mississippi. [CNN]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.19.22

* Hopefully, Texas's "Big Companies Don't Need Freedom Of Speech" law will go to the Supreme Court. [The Hill] * Gov. Murphy wants officers to be licensed to protect. [Bronx News] * The Due Process clause was invoked to suspend a law that would make abortions illegal if an opinion like Dobbs overrules Roe. [MSNBC] * Biden bumps baby bumpers to save sleeping babes. Say that 5 times fast. [NPR] * You're not the only one checking your emails. Hopefully, other states will make it so your job has to tell you when they snoop around. [INC]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.17.22

* Gov. DeSantis doesn't want protestors being big meanies outside of people's homes. Remember: You only have the right to protest if it doesn't like...inconvenience anyone. [AP] * In Texas, the right to free speech includes broadcasting murderous rampage. Yup, progress is totally linear. [Invenglobal] * Law firms like to see their employees faces so much, they're threatening to cut salaries for working from home. [Law.com] * Oregon's failure to provide public defenders has landed them in court. [AP] * Have you been considering Cuba? Might be a little easier to visit now. [Miami Herald]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.13.22

* I know that Nietzsche had some thoughts on the utility of truth and lies, but actively fighting history is just silly. [NBC News] * No, Patrick, you cannot puff, puff, drive. [Oregon Live] * Sports betting was legalized in Kansas. Finally, something to do for fun besides eat barbecue. [Kansas Reflector] * Ding Dong Protest: Wonder who was behind the SCOTUS home meet and greets? [USA Today] * The Louisiana bill that tried to classify abortions as homicides didn't make it into law. Woop Woop! [Reuters]