Gender Affirming Surgery

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.12.22

* Judge faces threat of early retirement for not putting the interests of her party above judicial ethics. How dare she have a backbone? [Guardian] * Parents prepare to sue over Alabama law that prevents gender-affirming medical procedures in youth under 19. [The Hill] * Amazing list of things to look for when selecting a law school just dropped. Suggestion — avoid any place employing Amy Wax and her ilk. [US News] * What is the consequence for police lying during a disciplinary hearing? Survey says: meh. [NY Post] * Law and Technicalities in New York City: revision in law makes it rarer for criminal cases to get tossed out when prosecutors make an oopsie. [Gothamist]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.24.21

* Man exonerated after wrongfully serving 43 years will not be given any compensation for his time served. Now that's criminal. [NYT] * Living in Iowa? A judge just ruled that Medicaid refusing to help you with  gender affirming care is unlawful. Woop Woop! [NBC News] * Company that's known for basically selling decaf cigarettes to children has to pay out $14.5M over a lawsuit that accused them of...marketing decaf cigarettes to children. Maybe now they won't advertise vapes on Cartoon Network! Woop Woop! [Axios] * White Supremacists will have to give up the green after being held liable for civil conspiracy to incite violence. Now if you excuse me, I am going to watch this on repeat for the rest of the day. Woop Woop! [ABA Journal] * CVS, Walmart, and Walgreens will be on the hook for helping to deepen the opioid crisis. Alarms should have went off when they started playing this whenever the pharmacy put you on hold, but I guess hindsight is 20/20. [NPR]

By Chris Williams