West Virginia Is Not Here For Authoritarian Cosplay
Federal judges torch “Operation Country Roads” as assault on the Constitution.
Judge Rules There Was No Reason To Detain Or Deport Grad Student Over A Damn Op-Ed Piece
In other news, water is wet.
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Rümeysa Öztürk Finally Returns Home After Being Detained Over 6 Weeks For Sharing Her Opinions
A HUGE win for Rümeysa Öztürk!
D.C. Circuit Judge Panel Uses Pauline Newman Oral Argument To Flesh Out Advisory Opinion On Comatose Judges
Honestly, Dolin didn't even have to go on the sick leave detour.
Healthcare Companies Screwed Over So Many People That It’s Hard To Find Luigi Mangione A Neutral Jury
Maybe they can find a couple of cryogenically frozen folks to thaw and make a fair jury.
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Judge To Hear If Green Card Holders Can Be Deported For Disagreeing With American Policy
Rapidly approaching the point where the 1st, 4th, and 5th Amendments are just decoration.
D.C. Appellate Court Chief Judge Kimberly A. Moore Keeps Up The Delay Gambit To Prevent Pauline Newman From Working
I've never seen a Chief Judge work this hard to prevent their colleague from dissenting and getting affirmed by the Supreme Court again. Kind of impressive.
Supreme Court Asks Appeals Court To Determine If Prosecutorial Slut Shaming And Panty Waiving Makes Murder Trials Unfair
Yes. The answer should be yes.
Eric Adams Is Already Stepping On Luigi Mangione’s Due Process
This trial may end up being more ridiculous than the YSL RICO fiasco.
Context Windows In Legal AI And Why Content Still Determines Quality
Legal teams ask a practical question. If large language models are so capable, why does legal AI still depend on curated content, and why does surfacing that content matter so much?
California Vineyard Wants To Get Constitutional About Wine
Before you get worried, the 21st Amendment is still safe.
Getting Rid Of Cash Bail Led To A Historic Dip In Jail Population
Three cheers for criminal justice reform!
Lawyer So Pissed About Due Process Violation He Requests To Be Locked Up
Talk about showing solidarity.
Hey, Tyranny People, You Do Realize SCOTUS Just Said It’s Okay For The State To Kill Innocent People, Right?
I'd honestly be less salty if their justification was 'Me have gun because pew pew sound cool,' but that's a lot harder to balance out with the whole people-being-murdered-as-a-regular-occurrence thing.
Morning Docket: 05.19.22
* Hopefully, Texas's "Big Companies Don't Need Freedom Of Speech" law will go to the Supreme Court. [The Hill] * Gov. Murphy wants officers to be licensed to protect. [Bronx News] * The Due Process clause was invoked to suspend a law that would make abortions illegal if an opinion like Dobbs overrules Roe. [MSNBC] * Biden bumps baby bumpers to save sleeping babes. Say that 5 times fast. [NPR] * You're not the only one checking your emails. Hopefully, other states will make it so your job has to tell you when they snoop around. [INC]