Kris Kobach

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.19.18

* Florida Coastal seeks restraining order against ABA requirement that the school to let students know that they'll probably not be passing the bar exam. [Daily Business Review] * Kris Kobach lost his effort to disenfranchise likely Democratic voters based on a series of rank fabrications... but the best part is the judge ordered him to attend CLE as punishment for his cluelessness throughout the trial. [Courthouse News Service] * Cadwalader Cabinet functions as the "Bloomberg Terminal for financial regulation." [American Lawyer] * ... And then promptly loses its financial services co-chair to Debevoise. So it's an up and down kind of day down there. [American Lawyer] * MillerCoors and Pabst locked in bitter legal battle. Why do mommy and daddy have to fight like this? [CNBC] * Conversations with minority partners. [Law360] * A call for Silicon Valley to get behind a privacy law. [Politico]

By Joe Patrice
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Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 08.23.17

* ESPN removed announcer "Robert Lee" from coverage of the University of Virginia's opening football game because... well, there's a "Robert E. Lee" statue in Charlottesville and ESPN just assumes that everybody in the country has CTE and can't figure out what's real life anymore. [Deadspin] * Two more female law professors are suing the University of Denver for pay discrimination. [Law.com] * The former head of the FBI, James Comey, will be giving the opening address at Howard University, the nation's most well-known black college. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. [The Root] * We move ever closer to Kris Kobach having the authority to throw away votes he doesn't like. [Election Law Blog] * Galaxy Note 8 is out. I'm giddy imagining what will be wrong with this one. "The stylus goes into tracheotomy mode if your breathing is obstructed to 8 seconds, or you just have a big gulp of water." "The phone automatically switches to its orgasmic vibrate function, when in a pocket or low-light environment." "It has dual cameras, one for you, and one for the NSA." Being an early adopter on the 8 is like being a human test subject for anti-venom manufacturers. [CNET] * "Research Finds Justifiable Homicide Rulings More Likely to Benefit White Americans." Oh, I remember being a 1L. I remember sitting on my chaise lounge in my apartment, reading my Crim Law, when it really hit me that the entire concept of "reasonableness" was designed by white people to make it okay for them to slaughter any black man who they perceived as a "threat." I remember my non-law-student white roommate telling me that I was surely misunderstanding my homework. I remember wondering if "anybody else was aware of this." And I remember the pain of learning that everybody else knew the system worked this way but there was nothing to be done about it. I... really hated law school. Every casebook is like an acid enema to clear your system of its expectation of moral decency. [Law Street Media]

By Elie Mystal