George Santos

Lying! Cheating! Assault!

At what point should a person be disqualified from public office? Use this series of hypothetical questions to assess how you honestly feel about these issues.

More Charges For Fantabulous Fabulist Rep. George Santos

Fake it 'til you make it. And then keep faking it 'til they lock you up.

Morning Docket: 06.23.23

* Downed sub had passengers sign waivers but those aren't necessarily holding up in court. [Reuters] * Speaking of the sub, the passenger who missed the tragic dive is a lawyer. [MarketWatch] * Canada makes Facebook & Google pay media outlets for links. You know what that means, Canadian friends? Time to start posting more humorous and insightful stories from Above the Law! [Wall Street Journal] * Facebook says it will retaliate by ending news access in Canada entirely. Good luck with that... because people definitely scroll Facebook for the cat pictures. [CNN] * And George Santos got bail help from... his family. Just like he said. WOW. He said something and then it turned out to be true! [Courthouse News Service] * Law360 releases its "176 Under 40" list. Real rigorous vetting process there... blowing by the right number for an "under 40" list by a cool 136. [Law360] * Prosecutor fired by DeSantis for refusing to enforce abortion crimes can't get his job back because he took six months before filing. Do they have a 6-week limit on this too? [Bloomberg Law News]

Morning Docket: 06.22.23

* If firms keep telling the press that everyone wants to go back to the office then maybe it'll be true! That certainly seems to be the strategy anyway. [American Lawyer] * Religious groups challenging abortion restrictions hoping to take advantage of the trend of courts offering exemptions to public policy to anyone who claims it offends them. Yeah... this puts a lot of weight on the idea that those opinions reflect some sort of principled Free Exercise jurisprudence instead of "we've found a new way to legalize discrimination, guys!" [Politico] * KPMG dominates the bank audit space with clients like Signature, and SVB, and First Rep-- oh. Uh oh. [Bloomberg Law News] * We're set to learn who bailed out George Santos. On one hand, public inquiry into bail sureties emboldens disingenuous attacks on bail funds, which are often critical to social justice and giving meaningful effect to the right to protest. On the other hand... George Santos is accused of misusing funds already. [NY Times] * Insider trading conviction brings juror to tears. The prospect of sending someone to prison should give jurors more pause, but Goldman bankers making insider trades isn't where one would expect an outpouring of empathy. [Law360] * Clarence Thomas's dissent in the False Claims Act case ran contrary to everything "Originalism" claims to believe. This is going to shock you, but Originalism may not be the robust, good faith interpretive strategy we've been told. [Dorf on Law] * "FTC to argue Microsoft's deal to buy Activision should be paused." GROAN. [Reuters]

Congrats To Rep. George Santos On His First Federal Indictment

Of many?

Morning Docket: 01.10.23

* Classified materials from Biden's tenure as VP found in one of his old offices. This is just like the allegations against Trump... except the material doesn't appear to be nearly as sensitive... and the Archives had never previously requested the documents... and he's immediately moved to get the materials back to the Archives... and he hasn't lied to federal agents about it for months... but other than that it's totally the same. [Business Insider] * Reuters reports that Rudy Giuliani received a federal subpoenaed for materials related to his Trump work. [Reuters] * Former law firm CFO deemed flight risk. Gah... you get a few overseas residences and everybody starts freaking out about you being a flight risk. [Law360] * SEC slaps former McDonald's CEO with $400K fine. He's presumably not loving it. [DealBook] * Election fraud allegations? What's next for former NBA All-Star and inventor of the fax machine George Santos? [Courthouse News Service]

Morning Docket: 12.28.22

* Oh look! The majority of the Supreme Court is once again shifting their interpretation of the law in order to support right-wing political objectives! In a 5-4 decision the Court held Title 42 must be kept in effect during the appeal of a lower court's decision to end the use of the public health law to quickly expel migrants that arrived to the United States amid the COVID-19 crisis. Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the dissent writing, "And it is hardly obvious why we should rush in to review a ruling on a motion to intervene in a case concerning emergency decrees that have outlived their shelf life." [Law360] * More law schools are kicking USNWR rankings to the curb. We're now at 10 percent of law schools that say they will not participate in the ranking process. [Law.com] * Kari Lake, the Republican that ran -- and lost -- for the Arizona governorship, may have avoided sanctions for using the courts to avoid accepting the election results, but that doesn't mean she won't be paying money. A Maricopa County Superior Court found Lake was responsible for the ~$33,000 in expert witness fees AZ Governor-Elect Katie Hobbs incurred. [Huffington Post] * There may not be a ton Congress can do about Republican George Santos's lies that won him his seat, but there are some suspicious campaign campaign finance disclosures... [Slate] * 2022 was the year that Constitutional Law dramatically shifted (to the right). [ABA Journal]