Kyle Rittenhouse

Discussion topics include how he got involved in the case and some of the strategies he used, including the decision to allow Rittenhouse to testify in court.

The grift is strong with this one.

* On today’s episode of  Strange Scholarships™: Sheriffs who pick and choose when to enforce the laws they are supposed to uphold. [The Daily Beast]

* New York’s “Nourish Bill” will encourage farmers to send their surplus produce to food banks. This is a kind of corn-y I can get behind! [WIVB]

* Texas passes law that puts penalties on being too good of a Samaritan. [The Battalion]

* If you’ve served your country and need another reason to not harm your partner(s) — be horrible and they may take your precious gun(s) away. [Military.com]

* For any 0Ls who’d like some help wrapping their heads around the Rittenhouse verdict, here are a couple lawyers who might help make sense of self-defense doctrine. [NPR]

Lurching toward barbarism.

High-stakes copyright battle hits the charts.

While the judge's performance hasn’t been flawless, all things considered, he hasn't really been that bad.

* “What is this? A video for ants!?” – A jury member who wasn’t allowed to zoom in on the trial video, probably. [Engadget]

* Starting soon, New York will require that excess food be put to good use. Bleach companies aren’t gonna like this one bit. [Times Union]

*After you fight all the other K-JDs, you face their king — a 19-year-old from Kansas. [News Nation Now]

* Breaking Sad: Dude busted trying to sell fake meth. Maybe he was just really committed to his Walter White costume? [Our Quad Cities]

* In Boulder, cars have been going for a steal! Just because you’re not paying attention doesn’t mean no one else is. [Daily Camera]

* Trump thinks it’s reasonable that his followers were yelling “Hang Mike Pence.” I knew he was the vice president, but who knew the vice was wrath? [Daily Beast]

* One way to support our service folks might be allowing them to sue the Defense Department. [San Francisco Chronicle]

* Rittenhouse’s judge is starting to give me Alabama vibes. Money on which group he’s gonna piss off next? [CNN]

* Oop, found the answer, he’s gonna piss off the impartiality people. Applauding a person about to take the stand might lead to prejudicial deference to their testimony — who knew? [Rolling Stone]

* In a win for labor rights, immigrant detainees in Washington will have to be paid at least minimum wage! Woop woop! [Time]

Really, dude?

* President Trump’s impeachment lawyer has asked that the impeachment trial be paused for the Jewish Sabbath. Guess he doesn’t roll shomer shabbos… [CNN]

* A Florida lawyer accidentally flashed his medical marijuana card instead of his driver’s license in a video that has gone viral. [Fox News]

* The Supreme Court has ruled that some of California’s restrictions on in-person worship are unconstitutional. [NPR]

* Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager accused of shooting protestors in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has fired an attorney who raised a substantial amount of money for Rittenhouse’s legal defense. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

* Subways is offering 15% off tuna sandwiches after a lawsuit was filed alleging the company does not use real tuna. Something smells fishy… [Yahoo News]

As it turns out, there are a lot of better ideas out there.

Or in other words, it's a Thursday in 2020.

* An Irish court has held that bread used in Subway sandwiches is too sugary to meet the legal definition of bread as a “staple” food for tax break purposes. Maybe they should put more “dough” into their bread… [New York Post]

* The Kentucky Attorney General will need to release materials related to grand jury proceedings over the death of Breonna Taylor by tomorrow. [CNN]

* An attorney for the alleged Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse announced plans to sue Joe Biden’s campaign over ads which purportedly depict Rittenhouse as a white supremacist. [Fox News]

* The Nevada Attorney General has warned that he will prosecute the type of poll watching allegedly suggested by President Trump at Tuesday’s presidential debate. [Hill]

* A lawyer was suspended from practice for failing to pay bar dues or filing a registration statement for years and practicing law while administratively suspended. Pay your bar dues everyone! [Bloomberg Law]

And if the law and facts are against you, pound the table.