Dreamers

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.05.18

* On Friday, Judge Eleanor L. Ross (N.D. Ga.) decided that Georgia's "exact match" voting law was too restrictive, issuing a preliminary injunction against the law just days before the midterm election and ruling that the state must allow those who were flagged by the law -- "individuals who are predominantly minorities" -- to prove their citizenship and identity more easily. Strike one against Republican gubernatorial candidate and Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp. [Washington Post] * Unwilling to accept his potential fate in the election after having been dealt a blow by Judge Ross, Kemp announced on Saturday that he was investigating the Georgia Democratic Party for allegedly trying to hack the state's voter registration system. Of course, he had little to no evidence to prove these allegations. [New York Times] * Speaking of the midterm election, you NEED TO VOTE tomorrow. No idea where your polling place is? Not an excuse. Find out right here. Click the link. [HeadCount] * "[O]ut of an abundance of caution due to security concerns," Justice Brett Kavanaugh will skip the walking down the Supreme Court's front steps with the chief justice following his formal investiture ceremony. Every other new justice has done so since 1975 when John Paul Stevens started the tradition. [Big Law Business] * James Polsinelli, name partner and founder of Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli, will be retiring from the firm on January 31, 2019. What will he do after he steps away from Biglaw? "I've got a golf game I’ve neglected for a long time, so I’ll see how much of it I can resurrect," he said. Congratulations on wonderful career! [American Lawyer] * "I get to be a part of history": Denia Perez, a DACA recipient, is the first Dreamer to be admitted to the Connecticut bar. The Quinnipiac Law graduate worked hard to change bar rules so that people like her with U.S. work authorization would be able to practice law in the state. She plans to practice immigration law. [NECN]

By Staci Zaretsky
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 02.18.18

Ed. note: We will not be publishing on Monday, February 19, in observance of President's Day. * Congratulations to my friend and former co-clerk, John Demers, on his long-overdue confirmation as head of the Justice Department's National Security Division. [Reuters] * Which lawyers and justices take the lead on the most important Supreme Court cases? Adam Feldman has the answers, as always. [Empirical SCOTUS] * Professor Ilya Somin breaks down the recent Fourth Circuit ruling on Trump's Travel Ban 3.0. [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason] * A leading legal technology company, Kira Systems, is looking for a few good law librarians (to apply for its new job as a Machine Learning Knowledge Analyst). [Dewey B Strategic] * Lawyer and activist Glenn Magpantay, executive director of the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA), explains what's at stake with the Dream Act. [Advocate] * Stroock's Joel Cohen draws lessons for lawyers from the buzz-generating new movie, The Post. [New York Law Journal] * What role can expert witnesses play in #MeToo litigation? Lawyer Kat Hatziavramidis shares some insights. [Forensis Group] * The Mrs. Palsgraf of the United Kingdom -- a famous torts plaintiff named May Donoghue, who sued a beverage manufacturer after she discovered a decomposing snail in a bottle of ginger beer -- is getting a statue erected in her honor. [Legal Cheek] * Not as bad as sexually assaulting a student intern, but another Biglaw partner stands accused of making degrading, sexually charged comments to a junior attorney. [RollOnFriday] * In advance of its Global Legal Hackathon (February 23-25), the Global Legal Blockchain Consortium welcomes a new member: Fasken, a leading Canadian law firm. [Artificial Lawyer]

By David Lat
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By Barbri
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 06.16.17

content/uploads/2017/02/Philando-Castile-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" class="size-medium wp-image-454758" /> Generated by IJG JPEG Library[/caption] * Cop found not guilty for killing Philando Castile because it's simply not illegal for cops to kill black men. Maybe this will just sag, like a heavy load. Or maybe explode. [NPR] * Professor Orin Kerr thinks that self-driving cars will change police strategies. Maybe, but cops will still find a way to murder unarmed black men for automated "menacing" driving or something. [Volokh Conspiracy] * Hero Pop shows these men of will what will really is. And Trumpsters are "heartbroken." https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/875592455365599234 * David Lat was on The Takeaway today to talk about the Avengers-level team of witch hunters Robert Mueller has assembled. [The Takeaway] * Dreamers can stay, their parents must go. This passes for a "victory" in these times. [ABA Journal] * There's a scene in Star Trek 3 where Captain Kirk asks Klingon Christopher Lloyd to beam up teenage Spock. The Klingon says no, Kirk asks why, and Lloyd says, "Because you wish it!" Trump's Cuba reversal, and general political strategy, seems to follow the same logic as Klingon Christopher Lloyd. If Captain Obama wished it, the Trump does not do it. [New York Times] * Breitbart is covering and promoting a protest in response to the Congressional shooting. A protest of -- I'm not making this up -- a protest of CNN. Guns don't kill people, fact-based journalism kills people. [Breitbart]

By Elie Mystal