Election Law
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Government
After Debate Shitshow, Trump's Media Allies Self-Soothe With Fantasies Of Locking Up ABC
Facts don't care about your feelings. And neither does the FEC. -
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Government
Stefanik Gets Salty As Court Tosses Her Challenge To Mail-In Votes
Congresswoman Karen is big mad.
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Government
Nikki Haley Threatens Legal Action Because Her Supporters Are More Principled Than She Is
Nikki Haley sends cease & desist to 'Haley Voters For Harris,' and they tell her that's not how any of this works. -
Government
Renowned Election Lawyer Has Choice Words For Those Threatening To Sue DNC Over Nominating Kamala Harris As Presidential Candidate
This election lawyer is just telling it like it is, and sometimes the truth can be insulting. -
Election Law
Looking Ahead To 2028
What happens if J.D. Vance is in the position to enforce his 2020 thinking in 2028? -
Government
Replacing Joe Biden With Kamala Harris On The Democratic Ticket Is Not A 'Coup'
A noted election law scholar thinks these 'legal' arguments concerning Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are complete trash. -
Law Schools
Law School Deans 'Fearful' For Democracy, Urge Lawyers To Train To Sustain Rule Of Law
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Courts
Rudy Giuliani Posts Bond In Election Subversion Case, Smiles Pretty For Mugshot
America's Mayor is all smiles in his second mugshot related to alleged election crimes. -
Government
Trump Election Lawyer Ken Chesebro Is Really Beefing Up His Firsthand Knowledge Of State Criminal Procedure
He was taking notes on a criminal fucking conspiracy. -
Government
Conservative Former Judge Blames Lawyers For January 6 Insurrection
The judge went on to call the lawyers' behavior leading up to January 6 'indefensible and inexcusable.' -
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Government
Flipping The Parties To Think About Issues
A few thought experiments to help us think about the upcoming election.
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Government
Trump Demands Election Case Dismissal Because Joe Biden Is Subliminally Messaging Special Counsel
Smoke signals? Semaphore? Could be ESP! -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.08.23
* Alabama’s open defiance of the Supreme Court’s election law ruling sets up a potential return trip to DC, with Republicans hoping they can flip Brett Kavanaugh this time. A new leak — which we’ll also never get to the bottom of — suggests Kavanaugh’s original vote was the product of lengthy negotiations with John Roberts. Is Roberts leaking this to shame Kavanaugh into remaining consistent… or is Alito leaking this to call Kavanaugh a cuck for respecting the Voting Rights Act? Both good guesses! [CNN]
* Speaking of Kavanaugh, he says that being a judge is like being an umpire. Though for colleagues like Thomas and Alito it seems to be more like being an NBA referee. Specifically Tim Donaghy. [Law360]
* Data privacy is a massive battleground for future legal tussles, but law schools are more interested in maintaining courses on who controls a whale carcass under admiralty law to bother teaching about data. [Legaltech News]
* Judge Pauline Newman releases her medical tests as the Federal Circuit continues its unconstitutional power grab to force her off the bench. Again, the judiciary should have term limits, but until it does this is a matter for the legislative branch. [Bloomberg Law News]
* In “dog bites man” news, Peter Navarro convicted on contempt of Congress charges. [Reuters]
* Eversheds lawyer apparently punched a banker for using a slur. This is toward the top of the lengthy list of reasons to punch bankers. [Roll on Friday]
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Election Law
How Baude And Paulsen Opened Pandora's Box: Is Trump Eligible For The Presidency?
It's hard to say where we go from here. -
Courts
Georgia Defendants Unleash Volley Of Bonkers Motions In Election Interference Indictment
Points for creativity, and may god have mercy on your bar license. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.11.23
* Supreme Court steps in to block opioid settlement that would’ve immunized the Sacklers. Looks like someone needs to start buying some luxury vacations for Clarence! [CNN]
* FEC looking into campaign deepfakes. Not to offer Donald Trump free advice, but he might want to embrace AI and argue that all those election calls were just malicious AI phonies. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Law firm closing up shop after nearly a century in business. [Law.com]
* Ed Blum is taking his effort to stamp out diversity from the classroom to the boardroom, going after a venture capital firm that invests in Black-owned businesses. [Reuters]
* University of California drawing back from Lewis Brisbois over the email scandal. Though those guys aren’t there anymore so this is more of a “how did you let this happen?” penalty. [Law360]
* Caltech and Apple have settled lawsuit over Wifi. With that kind of money, maybe they can join the Big Ten too. [9to5Mac]
* Is an LLM worth putting off a Biglaw job? [LegalCheek]
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Law Schools
Notre Dame Law Professor Has Trouble With Difficult Concept Of Counting To 2
This isn't actually difficult. -
Courts
Supreme Court Decisions Only Matter To Republicans When They Go Their Way
Yup. It's Alabama again.