Kennedy v. Bremerton

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.23.23

* First they came for “CRT” and no one cared. Next, they came for the scientists. [WRAL] * Climate laws are benefiting Korean firms. [Bloomberg] * Who needs climate change laws when you have trees? No seriously, that’s a Senate candidate’s platform. [Wa Po] * How bad was Trump’s FBI and CIA document pirating anyway? Oh…like 300 documents big? [NYT] * Surprising no one, Bremerton was just the start. [Baptist News]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.30.22

* Employees fired for not praying at work. Good thing we have the Establishment Clau...nevermind. [Newsweek] * Given this Court, it may be a bad time to be gay in Texas. [The Hill] * North Carolina's vigilantes aren't getting the go-ahead from their police chief. [Fox] * Not The Onion: After promising to do everything he could to protect a woman's right to choose, Biden is nominating an anti-abortion judge for life. [Business Insider] * Bound 2 litigate: Ye West sued over sampling this banger of a house track. Shouts out to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas! [Reuters]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.29.22

* Texas sheriff decides that Dobbs just didn't happen. [The Guardian] * The "deeply rooted" rhetoric from the Dobbs opinion is already getting used to attack trans folks. If only America was deeply rooted in equality. [Axios] * The SCOTUS Dobbs ruling was so bad -- *How bad was it?* -- that it tanked American soft power. Please clap. [WaPo] * Reminder: Respect to Dick's and all, but planning on corporations to save you generally isn't good praxis. [Commondreams] * With Bremerton nixing the Establishment Clause, I wonder how the Court will process religious justifications for abortion? [Miami Herald]