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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.13.22

* I know that Nietzsche had some thoughts on the utility of truth and lies, but actively fighting history is just silly. [NBC News] * No, Patrick, you cannot puff, puff, drive. [Oregon Live] * Sports betting was legalized in Kansas. Finally, something to do for fun besides eat barbecue. [Kansas Reflector] * Ding Dong Protest: Wonder who was behind the SCOTUS home meet and greets? [USA Today] * The Louisiana bill that tried to classify abortions as homicides didn't make it into law. Woop Woop! [Reuters]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.18.22

* Love the way you lie: Court decides that Musk’s 2018 tweets about buying the country were phony. [CNBC] * Property professors! New hypo just dropped! One man’s trash is another man’s…you know. [Insanememeshub] * Not adding up: Math textbooks are now on the CRT ban chopping block. Too many of the numbers are Black or something? [Business Insider] * Kansas officers are taking liberties with filing reports on seized property. Didn’t expect to see a takings issue in criminal procedure! [LawrenceKSTimes] * Virginia law classifies the sexual abuse of animals as a felony. I’m definitely going to be clarifying the next time I hear the phrase “heavy petting”. [NBC 12]

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 10.27.16

* Groping allegations against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. [Huffington Post] * The battle over the Kansas judiciary is getting intense. [Channel 6] * Why do we fetishize former prosecutors? [Katz Justice] * The delay of transgender worker protection under the Obama administration. [Buzzfeed] * Advice for lawyers who want to be entrepreneurs. [Law and More] * People are testy over Judge Posner's biting words on the Supreme Court. [Forward]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 05.04.16

* Remember how Villanova won the NCAA men's basketball championship on a crazy buzzer beater? It didn't hurt to have support from the man upstairs or at least from the priest on their bench. Father Rob Hagan is a criminal lawyer turned chaplain for the Villanova men's basketball team. [Coverage Opinions] * The Department of Justice has come to the completely obvious conclusion that North Carolina's potty police bill violates the Civil Right Act, and now millions in federal school funding are in jeopardy. Just what the world needs, a decline in the education of the people that passed HB2. [Charlotte Observer] * An interesting proposal says law schools and engineering programs should share curriculum. But I was assured there'd be no math... [Chronicle of Higher Education] * The West Point debate team may have lost to a team from the Bard Prison Initiative, but they gained a lot in the process. [Washington Post] * Yeah, bar exam results from everywhere have been bad, but these Kansas results are really bad. [Bar Exam Stats] * An illuminating interview with author Anthony Papa, who was granted clemency after serving 12 years for a non-violent drug offense. [Keri Blakinger] * How well do states do when they are in front of the Supreme Court, and which are the most successful? [Empirical SCOTUS]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 04.21.16

* Still wondering why we got rid of the comments? Here's David Lat's in-depth look at the issue. (Spoiler alert: it's because they were terrible.) [Washington Post] * Is this the reason more attorneys aren't seeking help for the addiction issues they face? [Law and More] * Kansas may be hurting after a disastrous series of tax cuts, but that hasn't stopped the politicians there. [Slate] * How Bill Clinton's crime bill shaped twenty years of activism. [Pacific Standard Magazine] * Yes, it has become painfully clear that the New York electoral system is in need of reform. [Lawyers, Guns and Money] * You think you know Harriet Tubman, but really, you have no idea. [Wonkblog] * David Lat chats with Mirriam Seddiq, host of the "Not Guilty No Way" podcast, about legal blogging, perceptions of women lawyers, and his former boss, Chris Christie. [Not Guilty No Way via Soundcloud]

By Kathryn Rubino