* Nike and Lil Nas X have agreed to settle a lawsuit over the latter's "Satan Shoes." Thank God... [Fox Business]
* A defamation lawsuit OJ Simpson filed against a Las Vegas hotel has been resolved. [Fox News]
* A new lawsuit alleges that Facebook's failure to police hate speech causes anti-Muslim abuse. [Los Angeles Times]
* Hollywood power lawyer Howard Weitzman has passed away. [Los Angeles Times]
* An actor from the Jack Black movie "School of Rock" is now a district attorney in Texas. That rocks... [My San Antonio]
* District Judge Henry Wingate suspends Mississippi's death penalty. The full written decision is expected later this week. [BuzzFeed]
* Wondering why Roger Goodell is taking a hardline over Deflategate? He's just acting like any good dictator and securing his power. [Washington Post]
* Trying to get bail set in a massive insider trading case? It helps if you've got God as a character reference. [Dealbreaker]
* Of all the dumb, stupid, obvious, %^$*#, frustrating AF horse hockey. Alabama is in the process of closing 45 out of 49 DMVs around the state. For the uninitiated: Alabama passed a strict voter ID law in 2011 and now there's this new barrier to getting the proper identification. I guess it isn't a stretch to pencil in Alabama as red in 2016. [Daily Kos]
* In less depressing news, read contemporary coverage of the passage of the 19th Amendment. [The Nation]
* ... And right back to the depressing: a commenter places the blame for a lack of women lead counsel squarely with clients. Oh good, I was afraid for a minute that the legal industry might actually have to do something about gender issues. [What About Paris?]
* Rest in peace, Amelia Boynton Robinson. The civil rights activist died today at age 104. Best known for her fight for voting rights in the 1965 "Bloody Sunday" march, she was portrayed by Lorraine Toussaint in the movie Selma. [WTOP]
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* Not just a liberal wet-dream: the case for the disbarment of Ted Cruz and Greg Abbott for defying the Supreme Court on same sex marriage. [Talking Points Memo]
* How does an addicted lawyer survive the first year of law school? [Cubanity / Brian Cuban's Recovery Rantings]
* Defense attorney William C. Costopoulos channels 40 years of experience into a new suspenseful novel (affiliate link) about domestic terrorism. [Soul Witness]
* It took Justice Kennedy less than a week to make this union "a little more perfect." Guess he (or his clerks) work(s) well under pressure. [San Diego Tribune]
* Before we start throwing around the word God around in the context of the law, we should understand what was originally intended by the term. [Legal History Blog]
* Color Elie surprised: Donald Trump makes his financial disclosures... though the details aren't yet public. [CNN]
* An open-source guide for unpacking legalese. [Law Sites]
