District of Columbia v. Heller

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.02.22

* The proposed solution to school shootings? Stronger doors. We are in the worst timeline. [News4Jax] * New York aims to stop post-crime shaming. Good on them. [WKTV] * Tennessee protesters reconsider the ease of gun access. Makes sense after having 17 mass shootings in one week. [WPLN] * It may be time for a refresher on Heller. Who better to do it than the clerks involved? [NYT] * Choice Havens: Blue cities in Red states could keep abortion access available. [Axios]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.17.16

* Been there, done that: The political standoff having to do with Chief Judge Merrick Garland's nomination to the Supreme Court is nothing new. When he was nominated to the D.C. Circuit by President Bill Clinton in September 1995, Senate Republicans refused to hold a confirmation vote for him until March 1997. If patience is a virtue, then Garland has got to be the most virtuous judge of them all. [WSJ Law Blog] * Is he the "most anti-gun Supreme Court nomination in decades"? Conservative group Judicial Crisis Network plans to spend $2 million on an ad campaign in opposition to Chief Judge Merrick Garland's SCOTUS nod, calling attention to his "history of general hostility to the Second Amendment," as well as his vote in the Heller case. [POLITICO] * Greenberg Traurig has called off its merger talks with London-based Berwin Leighton Paisner, citing the firm's "conservative approach to financial risk." Executive chair Richard Rosenbaum penned a 540-word break-up letter announcing the bad news. The combined firm would've had more than 2,500 lawyers. [Big Law Businness / Bloomberg] * Finally! The California Supreme Court approved of changing the state's grueling three-day bar exam to a two-day exam, effective 2017. The first test day will consist of five essays and a performance test, and the second day will be the MBE. Both days will be weighted equally, and test takers will surely be less stressed. [State Bar of California] * If you've started receiving law school admission offers, now is a great time to consider weighing your options for merit-based financial aid -- carefully. If you wind up with a conditional scholarship offer, you better make sure to read all of the fine print, because if you don't, you could wind up screwing yourself. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]

By Staci Zaretsky
American Bar Association / ABA

Morning Docket: 12.18.12

* Change may be coming soon in light of the Newtown shooting, but any talk about new federal restrictions on guns will hinge on the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Second Amendment through the lens of the Heller case. [National Law Journal] * Joel Sanders and the Steves are facing yet another “frivolous” lawsuit over their alleged misconduct while at the helm of the sinking S.S. Dewey, but this time in a multi-million dollar case filed by Aviva Life and Annuity over a 2010 bond offering. [Am Law Daily] * Always a bridesmaid, never a bride: Pillsbury has had the urge to merge since February, and now the firm may finally get a chance to walk down the aisle with Dickstein Shapiro. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight] * Income-based repayment is a bastion of hope for law school graduates drowning in student loan debt, but when the tax man commeth, and he will, you’ll quickly find out that the IRS doesn’t have IBR. [New York Times] * Is the premise of graduating with “zero debt” from a law school that hasn’t been accredited by the ABA something that you should actually consider? Sure, if you don’t mind zero jobs. [U.S. News and World Report] * Daniel Inouye, Hawaii’s Senate representative for five decades and a GW Law School graduate, RIP. [CNN]

By Staci Zaretsky