Jon Lovitz

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.27.20

* Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO of Theranos, is now representing herself after he lawyers quit for lack of payment. [Fox Business] * President Trump's impeachment lawyers began their defense over the weekend, and the impeachment trial is scheduled to resume today. [Washington Post] * Jon Lovitz played Alan Dershowitz on SNL this past weekend. Seems like SNL could find someone who looks a little more like Dershowitz... [Daily Beast] * A gamer has lost a lawsuit claiming human rights abuses for being muted on a popular online game. [Vice] * The Supreme Court of Canada just heard a case about whether corporations have protections against cruel and unusual punishment. Can't wait for that argument to be made in the States. [The Conversation]

By Jordan Rothman
Barack Obama

Non-Sequiturs: 04.24.12

* California is cutting prisons. That’s step one. Step two is to shuttle all the prisoners to Los Angeles. Step three involves a series of earthquakes… [McClatchy] * Private equity billionaire Stephen Schwarzman isn’t into 50 Shades of Grey (affiliate link). But David Lat apparently is. I dunno, if you are going to bother with that kind of stuff, you might as well hit Brazzers and get it over with. [Dealbreaker] * I’m all for making sure that the Violence Against Women reauthorization prevents violence against women, not annoyances against women, or criticism against women. [The Volokh Conspiracy] * Speaking of violence against women, I never blame the victim, but dating gun-toting dumbasses rarely helps matters. [Legal Blog Watch] * @chrisdanzig: Stop bullying Obama @realjonlovitz. Leave him alone. Leave Obama alone! [Huffington Post] * What do Vladimir Putin and former Dewey partner John Altorelli allegedly share in common? [New York Post]

By Elie Mystal