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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.10.21

* Looking for the 1Love of your life? There's a dating app for lawyers, apparently. [ABA Journal] * DOJ report shows jail reform suffers from arrested development. [Reuters] * Hey Con Law Profs, new First Amendment hypo: Teacher resigns after school tells him to remove Pride flag from classroom. [NBC News] * Poll shows less than 40% of white parents want their children taught accurate history in schools. [USA Today] * New Biden mandate attempting to vaccinate around 100 million Americans. Expect to see an increase in "Give me Liberty, or give me Unemployment!" stickers. [AP News]

By Chris Williams
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 02.02.17

* The Super Bowl is coming up, try to stay out of jail. [Versus Texas] * In their great new legal podcast, Dan Epps and Ian Samuel take a deep dive into Judge Gorsuch's decisions and judicial philosophy. [First Mondays] * Making sense of the Trump Administration's legal maneuvers surrounding the immigration executive order. [Slate] * My body, everyone else around me's choice. [Jezebel] * Judge Gorsuch's past includes "Fascism Forever." [Salon] * The $500 million judgment against Oculus VR (now owned by Facebook). [Law and More] * A primer on how the Dems should react to Gorsuch's nomination. [Washington Post] * J. Crew's legal fight. [The Fashion Law]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 05.06.16

* Are vacancies on the federal judiciary causing a crisis in North Carolina? It does have the longest-running hole on the federal bench. [Raleigh News Observer] * Jodi Arias is planning a wedding from prison. I don't know you guys, I think those crazy kids might just make it. [Law and More] * If racism and the death penalty can never be separated, is the only just move to eliminate the death penalty? [Slate] * More revelations in the stomach-turning Sandusky case. Who at Penn State knew what when? [Lawyers, Guns and Money] * An analysis of cases where federal clemency has been granted that identifies trends in President Obama's decisions. [LinkedIn]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 03.15.16

* A harrowing tale of regret from a former juror who sentenced a man to death for his crimes. [The Marshall Project] * I guess tears and apologies weren't enough: Michael Eakin has resigned from the Pennsylvania bench for sending racy emails on the job. [Penn Live] * Disappointing news for proponents of cameras in the courtroom. The Judicial Conference of the U.S. voted against expanding the pilot program testing cameras in federal courts. [Fix the Court] * Breaking news: student debt causes stress in law students. Film at 11. [Chronicle of Higher Education] * The latest filing in the Paramount/Star Trek fan film copyright case is a treasure trove of all the Trekkie trivia anyone could possibly ask for. [Slate] * As much as liberals may dream about this, actually prosecuting a case against Donald Trump for inciting a riot would be legally difficult to prove. [Law Newz] * The struggles is real! It is hard to do things that we know are good for us, especially amid the crazy schedule most lawyers keep. [Forbes] * Jane Sanders tweeted about the horrific condition found in the jail tent city created by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. I guess she wasn't broken up when Sheriff Joe endorsed someone other than her husband for president. [The Slot]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 03.04.16

* Perhaps this means the return of cool Hillary. [The Slot] * Yes, you can laugh at the Supreme Court. [Bloomberg View] * Deflategate oral arguments happened. Prognosticators are prognosticating that Tom Brady may indeed have to sit out some games. [Lawyers, Guns and Money] * Yeaaaah, you aren't supposed to do that. Lab tech faked results, and now 2,100 criminal convictions are up for review due to the impropriety. [NJ.com] * Multitasking -- and not looking like an ass in the process -- is a real art form. [Daily Lawyer Tips] * Why is no one talking about how progressive Hillary's tax plan really is? [Slate] * Yeah, Donald Trump is still TOTALLY into war crimes. [Huffington Post]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 03.03.16

* Let’s just call this flattery and be done with it -- a UK brand of lingerie has launched a new design named after Amal Clooney. [Legal Cheek] * A law professor dives into the most popular forms of tax evasion. [Huffington Post] * A new, fast, and cheap way to sequence DNA has sparked a legal battle, because of course it did. [Science Magazine] * What’s going to happen when solitary confinement is abolished? [Pacific Standard] * Ah-mahzing. An intrepid New Yorker made their own license plate, but no, it is not legal. [Slate] * Everything you ever wanted to know about the philosophical underpinnings of House of Cards. [Wisecrack]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 02.29.16

* The secret career Ted Cruz doesn’t want you to know about. [Gawker] * Donald Trump is promising to come after the First Amendment if elected president. Reason number 1,238,108 to do everything in our power to make sure he is never president. [CNN] * Bad news for Republicans: history is not on your side. The latest number crunching you can cite at cocktail parties when the topic of the Supreme Court’s vacancy comes up. [Washington Post] * Hoverboards, scooters, and bikes -- oh my! Do you know all the laws governing use of these leisure vehicles (at least in New York)? [Cityland] * Hey! Whaddya know! Gun law really do work -- it’s science. [Vox] * A judge in the UK changed a suspended sentence into jail time after she was mocked by the defendants on Facebook in a lewd post. Just a reminder, no matter what Donald Trump does, you really shouldn't f*ck with judges. [The Mirror] * Lawyers need these two things in order to be successful. [Associate’s Mind] * This is why having the right language interpreter is so important in court. [Katz Justice] * Expect Justice Scalia’s passing to have a pretty big impact on business, as the Roberts Court, with Justice Scalia, was the most pro-business court since WW2. [New Yorker]

By Kathryn Rubino