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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.18.23

* White House Counsel Stuart Delery is leaving the job next month. Where will the revolving door land? Probably Gibson Dunn. [Law360] * State judge blocks Texas law that barred Houston -- and only Houston -- from running its local elections after the city started electing Black women. [AP] * NY Times mulls suing OpenAI to prevent GPT from learning how to compose whataboutism takes that put David Brooks out of a job. [NPR] * We knew Thomson Reuters planned to buy Casetext for $650 million. It's now official. [Legaltech News] * Yes, you can lose your job for posting about committing vehicular manslaughter against Black people. [Reuters] * Supreme Court could improve its legitimacy by hewing closer to rigorous policy analysis. They can't even do rigorous historical analysis, how are they supposed to do rigorous policy analysis? [Milken Institute Review] * Before getting indicted for joining criminal coup-spiracy, Ken Chesebro was a Larry Tribe research assistant. [ABA Journal] * EEOC considers renewing race and gender pay reports. Raising concerns about litigation from anti-affirmative action forces who are so sure that discrimination doesn't exist that they don't want anyone checking their work. [Bloomberg Law News] * Fired attorney calls cops on partner. [Roll on Friday]

Non-Sequiturs

Non Sequiturs: 02.10.19

* Irina Manta, a recent addition to the roster of Volokh Conspirators, assesses some of the attacks leveled against D.C. Circuit nominee Neomi Rao. [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason] * In other nomination news, Thomas Jipping explains why conservatives should temper their excitement over those 44 judicial nominees who just got reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. [Bench Memos / National Review] * Michael Dorf's take on Chief Justice John Roberts joining the four liberals on the Supreme Court to put the Louisiana abortion law on hold: the right to an abortion is "not in quite as much immediate danger as one might have thought. And that's not nothing." [Take Care] * Lawyer to the stars Alex Spiro, partner at Quinn Emanuel, talks about how he's approaching the representation of his latest celebrity client, rapper 21 Savage. [Complex] * On the occasion of his 15th blogiversary (congratulations!), Rick Garnett reflects on the past and future of blogging. [Mirror of Justice via PrawfsBlawg] * Jean O'Grady chats with Pablo Arredondo of Casetext about the platform's newest features. [Dewey B Strategic] * And in other legal technology news, congrats to legal AI innovator Luminance on securing another $10 million in funding (reflecting a total valuation for the company of $100 million). [Artificial Lawyer] * Last Thursday, Alabama executed Domineque Hakim Marcelle Ray and did not allow his imam to be present (even though Christian inmates can have the prison chaplain present) -- a manifest injustice, according to Stephen Cooper. [Alabama Political Reporter] * In the latest installment of his ongoing series offering advice to trial lawyers, David Berg sets forth an essential rule of cross-examination. [YouTube]