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* People are salty that Ketanji Brown Jackson thinks Roe v. Wade is settled law. In other news, Marshall v. Madison is back on the chopping block. [The Guardian]
* Go, cousin! Black folks have been overwhelmingly supportive of KBJ — go figure. [The Cut]
* Some of you may die: Tennessee reins in the effectiveness of federal vaccine mandates. [JD Supra]
* Doesn’t work in theory: The folks trying their damndest to make something stick may ask KBJ her thoughts on the Yale “Free Speech” debacle. I wonder if she’ll pull an ACB and refuse to speak on hypotheticals? [New York Post]
* “In bird culture, this is considered a dick move”: a member of Teddy Cruz’s cohort gives him a little shame for how he went about yesterday’s confirmation hearing. [SF Gate]
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* Democrats tend to nominate a lot of lawyers, no, A LOT. [Need To Share News]
* Pokémon Go, and the associated legal issues, are only the beginning for augmented reality games. [Fox45]
* Good news if your verbal tics include the overuse of "um" -- it makes you seem more authentic. [Law and More]
* The history, and proper usage, of the term amicus curiae. [Law Prose]
* Great advice for developing your own legal website. [Reboot Your Law Practice]
* The anti-vaccination filmmakers behind Vaxxed are threatening legal action against an autism advocate who dares to speak out against them. [Jezebel]
* Silk Road's Ross Ulbricht found guilty. [Law360
* Valentine's Day gifts for lawyers. [Law and More]
* "7 Things You Only Find Out as a Lawyer to the Poor." [Cracked]
* On the day high school athletes sign away their futures, this article explains that law school is almost as bad when it comes to transfers. [Inside Higher Ed]
* The lawyer who won Survivor: RacismSurvivor: Cook Islands is now in charge of keeping Facebook users from throwing privacy hissy-fits. [Fusion]
* Win your case... still lose your license. [Associated Press via Philly.com]
* On the subject of law-related scents, does you law school have a custom fragrance yet? [TaxProf Blog]
* Should law professors serve as both parties and counsel on amicus briefs? An interesting question of ivory towerness. [Josh Blackman's Blog]
* The duty to vaccinate: or not all libertarians are as crazy as Rand Paul. [The Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post]
* Who's the meanest Supreme Court justice of all time? Science has the answer and it's not Justice Scalia... [Eric Posner]
* Harper Lee is publishing a sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird (affiliate link). We hope for the best, but the circumstances of this announcement should make everyone a little worried. [Jezebel]
* Following the ridiculous arrest of a public defender for the egregious act of defending her client, some California lawyers are raising money to send copies of the Constitution to the SFPD. Silly lawyers, the cops understand the Constitution, they just don't care. But still a commendable protest set piece that could keep the local media on the case. [Indiegogo]
* An interview with Steven Browne of Morgan Lewis on how the merger/non-merger with Bingham McCutchen is working out. The answer is pretty well except for some associates expecting a decent bonus. [Forbes]
* Uh oh. Emails suggest that Silk Road boss Ross Ulbricht hired a Hell's Angels hitman. The takeaway here is that there are Hell's Angels running on Bitcoin now. [Gawker Internet]
* Are you learning how to speak Arabic? Then you're probably a terrorist. [Lowering the Bar]
* In a mind-blowingly stupid move, Florida's legislature legalized teen sexting while trying to ban it. It's almost as dumb as that time they legalized just shooting people on the street if you get scared. [Slate]
* Mary Holland, a "Graduate Legal Skills Program Research Scholar" at NYU Law, goes on CNN as their representative anti-vaxxer. As an NYU Law alum, this worried me until I noticed she got her law degree from Columbia. Now it all makes sense. [YouTube]
* A bitter rejection of corporate-speak. Ha. Good luck. I'm at LegalTech and expect to hear the word "synergy" about 20,000 times over the next 48 hours. [What About Clients?]
* Yes, Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link) is fun, but it tackles important issues too, as noted by Howard G. Franklin in this review. [Howard G. Franklin]
* An interview with Judge Paul Cassell, the former jurist representing the woman accusing Professor Alan Dershowitz. Will this be the face of Dershowitz's reversal of fortune? (See what I did there?) [The Careerist]
* Indiana is making moves to end litigation financing. If you want to see a naked attempt by deep pockets to influence the law, read this story. Or, you know, any story about lobbying ever. [LFC 360]
* For people who kvetched that their precious feelings get hurt when Staci writes about sexism in the legal industry, it may warm your hearts to learn that, according to a UC Hastings Law study, STEM careers are just as bad. Yay? [Mashable]
* Oh and finance is the same way. [Law and More]
* Elementary school conducting poop inspections. Holy s**t. [Huffington Post]
* Anti-vaccination parents have brought measles roaring back to ruin Disneyland vacations. Is it time to start suing them for turning their kids into plague vectors? [Forbes]
* SpaceX drops its lawsuit against the Air Force. [Slate]
* If you're interested in Sports Law, Penn Law is hosting a symposium on February 13. Get your tickets at this link. [Penn Law Sports Law Symposium]
* Practice alert: The International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution has issued a new set of rules. For any general counsel out there plagued with cross-border business-to-business disputes, check them out. [What About Clients?]
* Our friend Sidney Powell's book, Licensed to Lie (affiliate link), earned a starring role at the Loretta Lynch confirmation hearings. Check out the questioning below. [YouTube]
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