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Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 09.29.17

* The ACLU is ready to fight a Louisiana school district after they told student athletes they must stand for the national anthem or they'll get kicked off the team. [Huffington Post] * New York landlords that harass rent stabilized tenants beware -- AG Eric Schneiderman has his eye on you. [Cityland] * The Supreme Court's role in building Hugh Hefner's naked empire. [Law and More] * Starting a new Biglaw job? Tips to keep your finances in order. [Corporette] * Will lowering California's bar cut score do more harm than good? [Lawyerist] * The party behind Brexit has a new logo that looks a little like they cribbed it from a law school. [LegalCheek]

By Above the Law
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 08.11.17

* SNL's take on the Mooch. [Huffington Post] * Outside of the T14, the news for law schools isn't good. [TaxProf Blog] * Ethics, smethics. The one thing the Trump presidency is good at is making money -- for Trump. [Business Insider] * Penn Law is bucking the GRE trend. [Daily Pennsylvanian] * You aren't being paranoid, they're coming after your civil rights. [The Slot] * Advice for providing legal representation to iGen. [Law and More] * A look at the procedure involved in Sarah Palin's defamation case. [PrawfsBlawg] * Who is next on Trump's Twitter frenemy list? [Salon]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 07.13.17

* The TRUE story behind what it's like to be a lawyer in Trumpland. [McSweeney's] * Even Marc Kasowitz is shocked -- SHOCKED! -- over the reality. [Politico] * Your daily reminder that you really should give money to the ACLU. [The Slot] * Playing the "What Coulda Been" game with Chris Christie's career. [Law and More] * Dems are gunning for Jared Kushner's security clearance. [Huffington Post] * Being versatile increases your value as an M&A lawyer, as Forrest Alogna and William Savitt explain. [American Bar Association] * It's like he has no idea how the law or politics or... anything works. [CNBC] * Above the Law turns 11 next month, and David Lat explains to Karl Florida of Thomson Reuters how it all began. [Legal Current]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 05.15.17

* On the one hand, Trump men seem to have an unhealthy relationship with their daughters. On the other hand, celebrating your daughter's sexuality is a thing that's kind of progressive. [BBC] * Neil Gorsuch will likely recuse himself from this burping case if it comes to the Supreme Court. Which is too bad, because his 10th Circuit dissent in the underlying case seems exactly right. [NPR] * It's always fun when Uber loses in court. [Forbes] * The ACLU is going to fight Donald Trump every day. [ACLU] * I have an opinion on masturbation as speech... I'm just going to keep it to myself. [Popehat] * All those U.S. Senators who confirmed Jeff Sessions should be forced to answer for his actions now. [The Root] * "Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador" -- Headline, Washington Post. I mean, of course he did. Nobody is surprised. Nobody will stop him. [Washington Post]

By Elie Mystal
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.24.17

* In the wake of the surprise announcement that Whittier Law School will be closing, the administrations at other schools may feel as though they've finally been granted permission to do the same thing. According to Professor Paul Campos, we may see as many as ten more law school close within the next five years. But which ones? [Big Law Business] * "Their indifference to us as a student body is unacceptable." Angry Whittier Law students gathered last week to protest their school's impending closure, demanding answers from the board of trustees as to why the powers that be decided to throw in the towel on their education. We'll have more on this later today. [Whittier Daily News] * Two Harvard researchers have found a second parchment manuscript copy of the Declaration of Independence in a records office in England. The only other parchment copy is housed in the National Archives, in Washington, D.C. They speculate that the copy was originally commissioned by James Wilson, who helped draft the Constitution and served as one of the first Supreme Court justices. Awesome find! [Boston Globe] * The number of transfer students may have dropped from 1,979 to 1,749 between 2015 and 2016, but it's still a great market for first-year students who are interested in switching schools. After all, high-achieving 1Ls can "easily move to a higher-ranked school, or stay put and get bigger tuition discounts." So, which law schools accepted the greatest number of transfers? We'll delve into the details later today. [ABA Journal] * Charges were dropped against two Maryland teens who were accused of committing a hate crime after allegedly lighting a Trump campaign sign on fire "with discrimination or malice toward a particular group, or someone's belief." David Rocah of the Maryland ACLU said the charges were "beyond absurd" and reflected "a profound misunderstanding of what the Maryland hate-crime statute says." [Baltimore Sun]

By Staci Zaretsky
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 04.19.17

* An interesting look at the life and career of Gloria Allred -- who has litigated groundbreaking civil rights cases as well as TMZ fodder. [Coverage Opinions] * Lawyer Jose Baez intends to investigate the death of his client Aaron Hernandez, who was found dead in his prison cell after apparently hanging himself. [Deadspin] * Footnote of the day (gavel bang: Raffi Melkonian aka @RMFifth Circuit). [Twitter] * Professor Jonathan Adler still has doubts about the Emoluments Clause lawsuit against President Trump (although it's much stronger now, thanks to some additional plaintiffs). [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post] * Professor Glenn Reynolds has some doubts about diversity (although I suspect he strongly supports intellectual diversity). [Instapundit] * Professor Ann Althouse has her doubts about... Democrats (even though she has voted for more Democrats than Republicans over the years). [Althouse] * And Professor Eugene Volokh has his doubts about the constitutionality of this order. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post] * In honor of national haiku poetry day, here are some verses from Dean Dan Rodriguez of Northwestern Law. [PrawfsBlawg] * Congrats to the ACLU of Massachusetts, the national ACLU, the state public defender’s office, and Fick & Marx LLP on a huge and historic win! [ACLU]

By David Lat