* A New Orleans court will be hearing arguments about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). [Fox] * Arizona really doesn't like mail-in voting, and the DOJ doesn't like how they're going about it. [LA Times] * Here's a state-by-state update on how Dobbs is impacting the right to choose. [Politico] * Hate asking employers how much they plan on paying you to do your job? Live in California? Well, you're in luck! [Bloomberg Law]
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The interesting thing about DACA is that all litigants in the recent Supreme Court argument agree that it was unlawfully established.
Sonia Sotomayor is the only one prepared to tell it like it is.
* New York Sports Clubs has been hit with a class-action lawsuit for charging membership fees while its gyms are shuttered because of COVID-19. Seems like most people would just be happy to have an excuse not to go to the gym... [Gothamist] * A Brooklyn lawyer is suing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo over orders meant to curtail the spread of COVID-19. [New York Post] * DACA beneficiaries have sent a letter to the Supreme Court imploring the justices to consider how around 27,000 DACA beneficiaries are healthcare workers that are needed to fight the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. [CNN] * The NRA has filed a lawsuit against the governor of California over gun store restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Fox News] * The lawyer at the center of an early cluster of COVID-19 cases in New York has been released from the hospital. [NBC News] * The University of Arizona is facing a class-action lawsuit seeking refunds to students who have been forced into remote learning because of COVID-19. Guess if these students wanted to take online courses, they could have enrolled at the University of Phoenix... [Arizona Daily Star]
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* A University of North Texas lawyer has resigned after using the N-word during a free speech panel at the school. This attorney just learned a valuable lesson in free speech. [New York Post] * A lawyer set to argue an important case about DACA in front of the Supreme Court is a Dreamer himself. [CNN} * Hundreds have signed a petition in opposition to Scott Brown's appointment as president of New England Law. [Boston Globe] * An attorney from Roswell, New Mexico, is running against President Donald Trump in the New Hampshire primary. His chances of winning are out of this world... [KOAT Action News] * Lawyers for Representative Tulsi Gabbard are demanding that Hillary Clinton retract allegedly defamatory comments about Gabbard's relationship with Russia. [Hill]
* The New York Times has a list of the questions Mueller would like to ask Trump. Why are we hearing about it? Methinks the "he's exceeding his mandate" noise is about to ramp up. Either that or the New York Times scored a coup with their [email protected] account. [NY Times] * California Supreme Court opts for employee classification standard that critics claim could ruin the gig economy. That... sounds like a good thing. Happy May Day! [Law.com] * Cleary is getting slapped with a harassment suit arising from conduct between two Williams Lea employees. What does Cleary have to do with this? Well, the employees work at Cleary, use Cleary equipment, and are directly controlled by Cleary. It's the common law "walks like a duck" doctrine. [Law360] * Bush ethics lawyer Richard Painter is running for Senate in Minnesota as a Democrat because we've reached the point where even the W era is renouncing the GOP. [CNN] * The lawyer social event of the season is upon us, and it's called the Sprint/T-Mobile merger. At least a dozen firms are getting in on this fray. [American Lawyer] * Justice Sotomayor will get "reverse shoulder replacement surgery" which... sounds like the wrong direction. [National Law Journal] * DACA fight looks like it's heading for the Second Circuit. [Courthouse News Service] * DA candidate in Maine suspended from practicing law over sexual assault allegations brought by a former client who was living in the candidate's house. [Sun Journal]
It's amazing that Trump can't figure out how to end this program he clearly has the power to end.
* Has it really come to this? Protesting a nice, nerdy, thoughtful law professor, simply because he questions the constitutionality of DACA (while supporting the DREAM Act)? [Josh Blackman] * How much should we read into Team Mueller's reassurance to President Trump that he is a subject rather than a target of its investigation? Not much, according to veteran criminal defense lawyer Joel Cohen. [The Hill] * How would William Howard Taft have responded to attacks on judges? The POTUS turned SCOTUS chief was quite prescient about judicial independence -- as explained by Jeff Rosen, author of a new Taft biography (affiliate link). [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason] * Speaking of SCOTUS, what's it like to work in the Solicitor General's Office? One of the OSG's newest members, former SCOTUS clerk Jonathan Ellis, pulls back the curtain. [Penn Law via How Appealing] * How does Justice Gorsuch compare to Justice Scalia -- not just in terms of personality, but also in terms of jurisprudence? [Empirical SCOTUS] * And speaking of Justice Gorsuch, congratulations to Tobi Young, who will be clerking for NMG in October Term 2018 -- and who is believed to be the first enrolled citizen of a Native American tribe to clerk for the Court. (By the way, I have another SCOTUS clerk hiring roundup in the works, so please send me your hiring news.) [Chickasaw Nation] * Are you a healthcare lawyer? You might be interested in this new tool from Bloomberg Law. [Dewey B Strategic] * Friendly reminder: the Global Legal Hackathon is entering its final stage, and you're invited -- hope to see you on April 21! [Artificial Lawyer]
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It's not a stay of execution on DACA recipients, it's just giving Trump more time to figure out how to execute them properly.
Looks like the courts will buy Democrats more time to grow a spine.
Trump lost in court (DACA, this time), but his attacks on the courts haven't gotten enough attention recently.
Allowing this president to hand-pick his judges removed an important check.
* Interested in volunteering at a DACA renewal clinic? You can do it even if you're not an immigration lawyer. Sign up here to get training and match with a site in need of your assistance. [Lawyers for Good Government] * Adding healthy habits to your already packed schedule can seem like an impossible task, but you really can do it. [Corporette] * Sad but true (and not at all surprising): Americans don't know squat about the Constitution. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post] * Judge Jed Rakoff issues an important opinion outlining the contours of "fair use." [Copyright Alliance] * Biglaw behemoth Dentons has created a network to connect PR professionals. That's an interesting move for a firm that already counts more than 7,000 lawyers under its umbrella. [Law and More] * David Lat chats with employment lawyer Matt Steinberg about how transparency is transforming the employer/employee relationship. [Akerman]