2nd Amendment

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.21.22

* Irate Policing or Intellectual Property?: Cops play Disney songs on patrol to prevent the public from recording them. [CNN] * Special lasagna: Newly weds break in their relationship with criminality after dosing their special guests. [CNN] * Texas and Florida are looking to end tenure. If only this directly impacted a certain professor at Penn. [The Hill] * SCOTUS may give the ok for people to carry guns on NY trains. I still shudder thinking about Goetz. [Fast Company] * Its my money and I need cash now!: Seattle law clinic helps workers fight wage theft. [King 5]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.31.22

* GULC's Black Law Student Association wants Ilya Shapiro's teaching contract revoked. My only question is, how do you get fired on your day off? [Newsone] * Swiper, No Swiping! Jersey has new heavy penalties for porch thieves. [UPI] * Another gun rights case could be headed to the Supreme Court soon if these 25 states get their way. [The Center Square] * Is recording officer arrests speech? The legality of a law meant to prevent interference with Miami officer's arrests may be unconstitutional. [Miami Herald] * An Arizona senator wants to make the state more crypto-friendly by recognizing Bitcoin as legal tender. I'll give it two weeks before an employee who makes $1500 a week sues for receiving a paycheck below the federal minimum wage because  the crypto-market tanks after a spicy Elon tweet. [CryptoPotato]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.12.22

* SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED! Indiana is a step away from removing a common sense restriction on gun ownership. [Newsweek] * Florida is looking to pass a 15-week abortion ban. See what you started, Texas? [Politico] * Missouri police chiefs support a lawsuit that will take a shot at pinning down the meaning of an ambiguous gun law. [STL Today] * Decisions have been made. Market is open. Giddy is up. Who wants the Broncos?! [Denver Post] * A former officer sued the Seattle Police Department for firing him because he punched a woman handcuffed in the back of a police car. [Publicola]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 12.01.21

* In the only country where it is a regular event, the completely unforeseeable 28th school shooting of this year happened in Oxford, Michigan. [NY Times] *  Saying Dr. Fauci has Dr. Mengele vibes is decidedly not the best way to celebrate Hanukkah. I know free speech is important; I just wish news sources were more quiet about it from time to time. [Vanity Fair] * If  Roe v. Wade gets overturned, it's worth having a battle plan in mind. Here's a good start. [Scientific American] * Professor who goes on record saying "Hey! Sex discrimination is pretty good, actually!" proceeds to double down. Definitely won't be the basis for lawsuits if his female students just happen to have statistically significant lower grades than their male counterparts. [Daily Beast] * Nashville is banning booze on open air party vehicles. Where else are you supposed to drink after eating a goofy spicy chicken sandwich?! A bar?! [Tennessean]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.22.21

* On today's episode of  Strange Scholarships™: Sheriffs who pick and choose when to enforce the laws they are supposed to uphold. [The Daily Beast] * New York's "Nourish Bill" will encourage farmers to send their surplus produce to food banks. This is a kind of corn-y I can get behind! [WIVB] * Texas passes law that puts penalties on being too good of a Samaritan. [The Battalion] * If you've served your country and need another reason to not harm your partner(s) — be horrible and they may take your precious gun(s) away. [Military.com] * For any 0Ls who'd like some help wrapping their heads around the Rittenhouse verdict, here are a couple lawyers who might help make sense of self-defense doctrine. [NPR]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.05.21

* Facebook hit with antitrust lawsuit over its handling of competitor Phhhoto Inc. [Law360] * If the prospect of killing a parent isn't enough to stop you from drunk driving, hopefully future budgeting will. Take the Lyft home. [KMOV] * While there is some concern that strengthening the Second Amendment will directly lead to more deaths, SCOTUS doesn't appear to like the idea of not being able to bring the glock to the bar. [NPR] * Texas is really going for the whole controlling access to rights thing — next up is restricting voting! [WSJ]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.3.21

* Second Amendment folks care so much about their guns that they're backed into supporting women's autonomy... for now. [The Texas Tribune] * Now whip it! Whip it bad!: NY law aims to curb nitrous oxide use in young adults. [PoliticsNY] * Two prisoners who have served decades for violent crimes may be up for parole after Ohio passed this law. [Local 12] * "Why didn't they teach us this in high school?!" won't work as an excuse when it comes to money management anymore in Ohio. Maybe more people should talk openly about money? [Dayton Daily News] * Kentucky man basically commits to future bar association violations because he owns a building. [Courier-Journal] * UC Hastings thinking about a name change because of the whole genocide thing. Good on them! [U.S. News]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.02.21

* The Second Amendment's meaning might be changing come SCOTUS's ruling. [New York Times] * The President's legal team thinks no constitutional right is safe if SB8's enforcement mechanism remains in play. And they might be right. [Washington Post] * Did NY just prioritize fighting climate change over money?! Even though it might be too late, I gotta admit that's a good start. [Grist] * Hey, you! OL reading ATL for some reason! Get a job! Trust me. [U.S. News] * Oklahoma puts a cap on insulin co-pays. This really should be a nationwide thing — maybe them OK'ing this will lead to spillover. [KFOR]

By Chris Williams
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 08.15.17

* Unwilling to relinquish his 15 minutes of fame, Anthony Scaramucci goes for laughs with Stephen Colbert. [The Hollywood Reporter] * If, and admittedly that's a big if, Donald Trump gets impeached, Mike Pence will be ready. Just ask his personal PAC. [Huffington Post] * Check out these tax professor rankings. [TaxProf Blog] * Should the 1st Amendment trump the 2nd Amendment? It is first, after all. [Slate] * Someone has had it with free speech absolutism. [Richmond.com] * Are you ready to go off the grid? [Law and More] * No good will come from this lawsuit. [Salon] * This is what Trump should have said. [Dorf on Law]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 05.05.17

* What does Biglaw firm Cozen O'Connor share in common with Brooklyn hipsters? [Philadelphia Business Journal] * Glenn Reynolds offers concise commentary on Comey. [Instapundit] * "Kozinski, circuit judge, ruminating" -- yeah, you know you want to click.... [Volokh Conspiracy] * Professor Ann Althouse does not "like" punishing high school students for their Facebook activity. [Althouse] * And Professor Orly Lobel questions the use of noncompetes, especially in terms of low-wage workers and women. [New York Times via PrawfsBlawg] * How many Jewish justices have we had in Supreme Court history? [U.S. National Archives via How Appealing]

By David Lat
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.19.17

* The Seventh Circuit -- in an opinion by Judge Diane Sykes, a top-tier SCOTUS possibility under President Trump -- just struck down Chicago ordinances regulating shooting ranges as violative of Second Amendment rights. [ABC News] * Speaking of firearms, law professor Fredrick Vars has an excellent proposal for preventing gun suicides. [Washington Post] * Possible good news for legalizing sports betting in New Jersey: the U.S. Supreme Court wants to hear from the solicitor general on this issue (although we don't yet know who the solicitor general will be). [How Appealing] * But we think we know who the principal deputy solicitor general will be -- Noel Francisco, whose imminent departure from Jones Day is now public. [National Law Journal] * In other Justice Department news, what can we expect from Jeff Sessions's DOJ in terms of civil rights enforcement? [New York Times] * Are we seeing a "fragile recovery" in the number of people interested in law school? [ABA Journal] * If you share my curiosity about the future of Chief Judge Merrick Garland in the wake of his unsuccessful SCOTUS nomination, it seems that the distinguished jurist is back on the bench -- at least for now. [National Law Journal]

By David Lat
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.16.16

* Former Berkeley Law dean Sujit Choudhry is suing the school, claiming that Berkeley discriminated against him by punishing him more harshly for alleged sexual harassment compared to white professors. [Law.com] * The family of Sandra Bland settles its lawsuit over her death for $1.9 million. [New York Times] * The Sixth Circuit, sitting en banc (and rather splintered), rules that the mental-health ban on gun ownership could violate the Second Amendment. [How Appealing] * Congratulations to Miami corporate partner Ira Coleman, who will replace Peter John Sacripanti and Jeffrey E. Stone as chair of McDermott Will & Emery in January. [Big Law Business] * Ashurst remains in a tailspin, with five partners (including two office heads) leaving in the span of 24 hours. [Ashurst] * In other U.K. law firm news, Freshfields is replacing "Dear Sirs" with gender-neutral salutations in all communications and legal documents. [The Lawyer via Big Law Business] * More exciting news for Bancroft: recognition for its pro bono work, which partners pledge will continue after they move over to Kirkland. [Law360] * Paging parents who left Davis Polk to raise their kids: here's a program to bring you back into Biglaw. [Law.com via ABA Journal]

By David Lat