Heather Gerken

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 07.14.17

* Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken argues that free speech is safe on law school campuses, because law students are better prepared to hear controversial arguments. It's a nice thought. It's also the early leader in the "famous last words" clubhouse. [TIME] * By quoting Martin Luther King Jr., Jeff Sessions mocks him. [Jezebel] * The right way to protest the anti-choice crowd. [Daily Mail] * I like smacking around Donald Trump Jr. as much as the next guy -- well, unless the next guy is his father. But I'm keeping my eye on the real prize, Jared Kushner. [Vox] * Airbnb host was fined $5,000 for cancelling a reservation because the guest was Asian. Trump has made white people bold, man. [Business Insider] * Obviously the biggest news this weekend is that Game of Thrones is back. [The Root] * Over on the Alt-Right, they're starting to eat themselves over healthcare. The smartest possible thing for them to do would be to repeal "Obamacare" and replace it with exactly the same thing as Obamacare, but call it "White Pride Care" and be done with it. But they still haven't figured that out. [Breitbart] * A look at how Marc Kasowitz's firm does business. [Big Law Business]

By Elie Mystal
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.14.17

* The Second Circuit vacates the corruption convictions of former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Congratulations to his counsel, the high-powered litigation boutique of MoloLamken (which handled the appeal as well as the trial). [How Appealing] * And congrats to federal judicial nominees John K. Bush (Sixth Circuit) and Kevin Newsom (Eleventh Circuit), who just got voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. [Washington Examiner] * In other nomination news, the White House seems to be taking its time in announcing a Ninth Circuit nominee from Oregon. Delay may strengthen the case for frontrunner Ryan Bounds; his main competition, Chief Judge Michael Mosman, gets older by the day (turning 61 later this year). [Portland Tribune] * Meet Michael Murray, an ex-SCOTUS clerk and Jones Day alum, who is the Justice Department's new point person on pot. (Fun fact: Kevin Newsom, Ryan Bounds, and Michael Murray all clerked for my former boss, Judge Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain of the Ninth Circuit.) [U.S. News] * Former Ropes & Gray COO Hugh A. Simons wonders: "Are Law Firms Too Sophisticated for Their Own Good?" [Am Law Daily] * Will law school applications see a "Trump Bump," as idealistic aspiring attorneys seek law degrees to join the resistance? We might have more on this later. [Law.com] * Yes, lawyers should stand up for their beliefs -- but they also can (and must) understand the arguments on the other side, as new Yale Law dean Heather Gerken explains. [Time] * The Ninth Circuit has ruled in the Case of the Tweeting Judge. We might have more on this later as well. [How Appealing] * Congratulations to Stephen Kane, an alum of O'Melveny & Myers and Lex Machina, on securing $1.8 million in funding for his FairClaims startup -- which he describes as "a virtual Judge Judy." [TechCrunch]

By David Lat