Airlines

The NAACP literally issues a 'travel advisory' warning black people about American Airlines

'This is the Case of the Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat.'

Two law professors argue that passengers should be spending more money.

* Airbnb will allow the government to audit hosts in order to test for racial discrimination. [The Guardian]

* Texas cop shoots and kills an unarmed black 15-year-old. [The Root]

* There’s no video, but Popehat has a nice little tale about an airline and airport police completely failing. [Popehat]

* If this had happened to Ann Coulter, conservatives would be concerned. But since it only happened to left-leaning women in Kentucky… crickets. [ABC]

* The Supreme Court doesn’t want to touch California’s ban on gay conversion therapy. Banning gay conversion therapy is, of course, the only reason to be happy Donald Trump hasn’t been repealed and replaced by Mike Pence. [ABA Journal]

* In case you missed it, on Friday night I debated Jenner Block’s Lindsay Harrison about the Constitution, and Seema Iyer about sex offenders. Check out the webcast here. [WNYC Studios]

* Richard Posner and Jed Rakoff face off over the death penalty. [Slate]

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Elie Mystal is an editor of Above the Law and the Legal Editor for More Perfect. He can be reached @ElieNYC on Twitter, or at [email protected]. He will resist.

It's official, do not drag non-violent people off of planes.

What can employers learn from the recent American and United Airlines controversies?

Remember when airlines tried to make it easier for parents to fly instead of fighting them?

Overbooking happens all the time, so this is trivia you can use.

There is an answer to why flying is the worst: the lawyers.

United is about to get dragged... through the courts.

Advising a client may lead them to the legal path, but not necessarily without ramifications.

* Lawyer remembers when young people were encouraged to fly instead of becoming the veal in the airlines’ effort to treat us all like cattle. [Travels With Darley]

* Starbucks iced drinks too icy? Sue. [CNN]

* Attention Class of 2016: you may be excited because you’re about to graduate and start your real life, but here is what you need to survive law firm life. [Law and More]

* Eastern District of New York Judge Brian M. Cogan is upping the pressure on the government to unseal documents being sought by the press in the case of Felix Sater that they believe may illuminate business dealings between Donald Trump and the mob-connected figure. [Wise Law]

* Know your Miranda rights before you get in a sticky situation and need them. [St. Louis Tribune]

* There are lots of stats that can be aggregated by looking at this Term’s oral arguments at the Supreme Court, like which justice spoke the most and what does that tell us about the Court’s liberal justices? [Empirical SCOTUS]

* The gentrification of Brooklyn can be summed up pretty easily. [Redline]

* If you need a reminder as to why it is essential to fight for access to abortions and reproductive freedom generally, read this. [Slate]

* Is Madonna using the “fair use” doctrine to avoid paying artists whose work she uses? [DIY Photography]

* Bigger isn’t always better: how Cooley Law School is hurting legal educational standards. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]

* Want a surefire way to NOT get out of educational debt anytime soon? Go to law school. [Wall Street Journal]

* You need to know your rights vis-a-vis airlines. Because the government isn’t going to fine them much anymore. [Huffington Post]

* Virginia is going to stop recognizing conceal carry permits from 25 states. [Washington Post]

* Are lawyers for Officer William Porter, on trial for charges in connection to the death of Freddie Gray, using a “color blind” term that is actually a dog whistle for racist tendencies to get their client off? [Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle]

* Yesterday’s SCOTUS decisions in haiku! [Supreme Court Haiku Blog]

* Hey, you guys, Jeb! is apparently seething with anger towards Trump. Maybe this will spice up tonight’s debate. [Politico]

* Greeeaaaat, it might get even harder to sue airlines. [American Bar Litigation News]

* Can a single photo ruin your life (assuming it isn’t a nudie)? The answer is yes if ISIS is involved. [Houston Chronicle]

* Unless you’re a gigolo, you don’t get paid for passion. Something worth remembering if you’re considering a post-legal career. [Daily Lawyer Tips]

* Judge uses hearing to take out lost luggage irritation on airline appearing before him. [Legal Cheek]

* Law schools should teach entrepreneurship, because students should be learning something they can apply when the job market turns up empty. [Tax Prof Blog]

* Meet Dylann Roof’s defense counsel, David Bruck. [The Marshall Project]

* Lawyer quits law and opens a brewery. Good idea. [Click on Detroit]

* Making “patently offensive racial, ethnic, homophobic, sexist, and other derogatory remarks to attorneys” nets a three-month suspension in New York. [Legal Profession Blog]

* A new white paper on law enforcement and electronic communications, co-authored by Viet Dinh, the keynote speaker at our recent Technology & Law event. [Bancroft PLLC]

* After Bruce MacEwen expressed doubts over the usefulness of the Am Law 200 as “a conceptual category,” Kimberly Kleman, editor-in-chief of The American Lawyer, responds to the criticism. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]

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* What led the Senate Democrats to go nuclear? [New York Times]

* Should Justice Lori Douglas, she of the infamous porn pictures, step down from the bench? Well, she has 324,100 reasons to stay. [Toronto Star]

* And what about Justice Breyer and Justice Ginsburg — should they leave while the Democrats still control the White House and the Senate? [Washington Post via How Appealing]

* A legal challenge to gun control stumbles — on standing grounds. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]

* Moral of the story: if you want to threaten opposing counsel, don’t do it over voicemail — unless you want to get censured. [ABA Journal]

* Dewey want more details about the lucrative contracts given to Stephen DiCarmine and Joel Sanders? Most definitely! [Am Law Daily (sub. req.)]

* An interesting peek inside the office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. The S.D.N.Y.’s boss is a big fan of the Boss. [New York Times]

* Now that the merger between US Airways and American Airlines has been approved, US Airways CEO Doug Parker offers a behind-the-scenes look at his company’s response to the government’s antitrust lawsuit. [Wall Street Journal (sub. req.)]

How much are American Airlines's advisors seeking to be paid for their work in the mega-bankruptcy case? Enough to buy a Gulfstream jet, or two....

Don’t you just hate it when rude and inefficient airline administrators ruin your vacation by stranding you on the ski leg of your vacation in Aspen, causing you to almost miss your cruise leaving out of Florida? It’s so annoying to have to stay in a series of luxury hotels across the country because the […]