Death Row

Morning Docket: 04.26.22

* Unholy inequality: PA school faces discrimination lawsuit for not allowing Satanists to set up an after-school club. What would Jesus do? [Global News] * A Whole New World: Texas judge invites Disney to relocate. [WFLA] * Question: Will SCOTUS be as deferential to Biden on immigration as they've been to Trump? Magic 8-Ball says not likely. [NPR] * A swing and a miss: Golf course hit with $5M verdict after hitting the same house over 600 times! I thought four was the limit. [NBC News] * New hope for a Texas death row inmate accused of killing her daughter. [PBS]

Morning Docket: 04.22.22

* "What are you, an officer? Get a real job!": Judge rules policing isn't thought of as a profession, thwarting an attempt to get off Death Row. [AZ Central]

* Is US tech lagging for legal reasons? Some think so. [NYT]

*  SCOTUS rules denying Puerto Rico's residents Supplemental Security Income is no biggie. [Twitter] * Show me the money! Lawmakers hope new regulations can combat hiding assets in the states. [WaPo] * One man's trash is another's 4th amendment violation...for now: Iowa Gov. wants to overturn an Iowa Supreme Court ruling that bans cops from searching people's trash without a warrant. [DesMoines Register]

You Asked The Potential Jurors What? And Still Let Them Sit?

There's no way this is relevant. Wait, is this relevant? Why is this still a thing?

Non-Sequiturs: 03.15.16

* A harrowing tale of regret from a former juror who sentenced a man to death for his crimes. [The Marshall Project] * I guess tears and apologies weren't enough: Michael Eakin has resigned from the Pennsylvania bench for sending racy emails on the job. [Penn Live] * Disappointing news for proponents of cameras in the courtroom. The Judicial Conference of the U.S. voted against expanding the pilot program testing cameras in federal courts. [Fix the Court] * Breaking news: student debt causes stress in law students. Film at 11. [Chronicle of Higher Education] * The latest filing in the Paramount/Star Trek fan film copyright case is a treasure trove of all the Trekkie trivia anyone could possibly ask for. [Slate] * As much as liberals may dream about this, actually prosecuting a case against Donald Trump for inciting a riot would be legally difficult to prove. [Law Newz] * The struggles is real! It is hard to do things that we know are good for us, especially amid the crazy schedule most lawyers keep. [Forbes] * Jane Sanders tweeted about the horrific condition found in the jail tent city created by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. I guess she wasn't broken up when Sheriff Joe endorsed someone other than her husband for president. [The Slot]

Morning Docket: 01.14.16

* If you were a Biglaw partner at a troubled firm who managed to escape before the sh*t really hit the fan, and you now feel bad for those you left behind, don't worry. We know you might not be familiar with emotions, but "[i]t's a legitimate human feeling." [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA] * Just when you thought Ted Cruz was eligible to run for president, some renowned legal scholars have crawled out of the woodwork to state the complete opposite -- and some have even published law review articles about it. [WSJ Law Blog] * Those contract attorneys who sued for overtime pay at their doc review jobs made an impact, but it might not have been the kind they were hoping for. Many law firms and staffing agencies have stopped offering overtime work at all. [New York Law Journal] * Florida's death row inmates are stuck in legal limbo now that SCOTUS invalidated the state's capital punishment sentencing regime as unconstitutional. Maybe the state where people go to die should consider repealing its death penalty altogether. [Reuters] * Oh my God (but not his): An atheist lawyer is suing to remove the phrase "In God We Trust" from all U.S. currency because he says it violates the separation between church and state. He's filed God-related lawsuits in the past, and lost them all. [Cleveland.com]