* Congratulations to Professor Caron, named Dean of Pepperdine Law School. [TaxProf Blog]
* The ethics problems with Trump's hotel build up. [AP]
* Looks like independents will vote for Neil Gorsuch. [Politico]
* Well, this is disturbing: Gold Star dad and American citizen, Khizr Khan, reportedly told his travel privileges are "under review." [The Week]
* Yes, the travel ban 2.0 *can* hurt us. [Huffington Post]
* A modest proposal. [Slate]
* Jeff Sessions: the Attorney General is defining this era. [The Root]
[caption id="attachment_443453" align="alignright" width="300"] Jeff Sessions (Generated by JG JPEG Library)[/caption]
* Department of Justice lawyers dish on the prospect of working for Jeff Sessions. [GQ]
* The red carpet is as good a place as any for issue spotting. [The Fashion Law]
* After being bullied by Donald Trump, Khizr Khan is using his notoriety to rail against Jeff Sessions. [Huffington Post]
* Some people have their panties in a knot over the letter 1,000+ law profs sent opposing the nomination of Jeff Sessions. [TaxProf Blog]
* Advice for older lawyers searching for new work. [Law and More]
* California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye on what you really need to know before practicing before the state's high court. [Daily Journal]
Drawing on more than a decade of data, the report equips law firms and corporate legal teams with actionable insights to better assess risk, refine strategy, and anticipate outcomes in today’s evolving workplace disputes.
* What do the candidates mean when they talk about Supreme Court candidates during the debates? An analysis. [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Khizr Khan, the father of an American soldier killed in Iraq that took a star turn at the Democratic National Convention, now stars in a new commercial for Hillary. [Huffington Post]
* U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III -- a W. appointee -- just stopped Mississippi's attempt to defund Planned Parenthood. [Slate]
* From partner to GC to CEO, all while being a single mom. [Big Law Business]
* Is Trump's rudeness actually good for lawyers? [Law and More]
* Khizr Khan, the Gold Star father of a deceased Muslim soldier who offered a stern rebuke for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the Democratic National Convention, has taken his law firm's website offline in the face of incredibly harsh criticism from many of Trump's supporters. [RT]
* This brings a whole new meaning to the term "gunner": Earlier this week, a campus carry law went into effect at public schools in Texas, and law students at UT Law, Texas Southern Law, Texas Tech Law, Texas A&M Law, U. Houston Law, and North Texas Law may now bring concealed weapons with them to school. [Law.com]
* Yesterday afternoon, President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 214 prisoners, the most in a single act since at least 1900. According to White House counsel Neil Eggleston, the president's work is "far from finished," and he expects that clemency will continue to be granted through the end of his final term. [Big Law Business]
* After a week of voter ID laws being struck down in battleground states, Texas has agreed to weaken its own voter ID law. Citizens without proper identification will now be able to present a government document with their name and address and sign an affidavit to vote. This will "open the door to voting" for many people. [New York Times]
* In response to Freedom of Information Act requests, the Clinton Library has released more than 1,300 pages of files on Supreme Court nominee Chief Judge Merrick Garland. It's really interesting to see what people who refuse to hold a vote for him now had to say when they voted on his D.C. Circuit nomination almost 20 years ago. [POLITICO]
Jeff Sessions (Generated by JG JPEG Library)[/caption]
* Department of Justice lawyers dish on the prospect of working for Jeff Sessions. [
