Emmett Till

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.15.23

* If you want vigorous antitrust enforcement, you've got to break a few eggs... or at least shed some Republican members of the FTC. The Federal Trade Commission's Christine S. Wilson is leaving the agency over Chair Lina Khan's leadership priorities. [Law360] * The National Labor Relations Board may be changing course on a widespread anti-unionization tactic. The NLRB's general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo's latest advice memo takes aim at misleading statements by employers during unionization drives, looking to overturn precedent from 1985. [Corporate Counsel] * Family of Emmett Till would really like the arrest warrant in his 1955 lynching served. And they're filing a federal lawsuit to make it happen. [Law & Crime] * After spending 28 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Lamar Johnson is a free man. [Huffington Post] * The Department of Justice would really like it if you couldn't select exactly which far-right federal judge heard your case. Of course, the "worst judge in the United States" probably won't end the practice that's garnered him so much notoriety. [Vox]

By Above the Law
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 08.28.15

* Curious about what Ant-Man has to say about Civ Pro? And while you're there vote for ATL fav Legal Geeks for best podcast in The Geekie Awards. [Legal Geeks] * Speaking of podcasts, here's a great one about the movement to abolish the death penalty, with a particular focus on the recent spate of botched executions. [Punishment Podcast] * Update from the wide world of organized labor -- yes, that's still a thing -- there is a major steelworkers lockout with employers advertising on Craigslist to get scabs to work 84 hours a week of hard labor. See this is EXACTLY why we need unions. [Lawyers Guns and Money] * The latest in James Woods's suit to reveal the anonymous Twitter user that called him names: Twitter sends the actor a harshly worded letter. [The Hollywood Reporter] * Should the Supreme Court take up a case to have the remains of Jim Thorpe moved from Pennsylvania to Oklahoma? [The Hill] * Was the latest decision on protesting in SCOTUS plaza motivated by personal factors? [Fix the Court] * Today's the 60th anniversary of the murder of Emmett Till, whose death was a catalyst in the civil rights movement. [Time]

By Kathryn Rubino