Charles Barkley

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.29.20

* New lawyers in Texas are now being allowed to take their attorney oaths through Zoom and other teleconferencing apps. Hopefully they aren't shirtless and in bed when they are sworn in. [Houston Chronicle] * Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin is the latest high-profile figure to be released from prison early because of COVID-19. [NBC News] * The SEC has scored a slam dunk against an attorney who allegedly defrauded NBA star Charles Barkley of millions of dollars. [Bloomberg Law] * A New Jersey petting zoo operator has been charged with animal cruelty for allegedly abusing dozens of pigs. Wonder if he calls himself "Pig King," although the name doesn't have a ring to it. [New Jersey Herald] * Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang has sued the New York State Board of Elections for canceling New York's Democratic presidential primary. [Politico] * The Supreme Court narrowly held that Georgia could not place its entire state code behind a paywall. Along similar lines, hopefully the Supreme Court will soon find that PACER fees should be eliminated. [New York Times]

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 08.21.17

* So we care about science today? Okay. Medical exemptions to school vaccinations are soaring in California, now that personal exemptions are not being offered. [Scienceblogs] * Sam Clovis thinks that legalized same-sex marriage could lead to legalized pedophilia. Luckily, he's just Trump's pick to be "chief scientist for the Department of Agriculture." He's free to slut shame all the asexually reproductive plants he wants, they're not going to listen to him. [CNN] * About once a year, I feel the need to remind people that Charles Barkley is not my president. [The Root] * Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is trying to explain to his Yale classmates why he is NOT resigning from the Trump administration. It's not a novel argument: I'm not here for the Nazi sympathizing, but for what's really important... tax cuts. [Vox] * Confederate statues = bad. Voter suppression by Confederates against minorities = worse. [Election Law Blog] * Robert Mueller's investigation is so coming for Don Trump Jr. [BuzzFeed]