Muslim Ban
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Government
The Muslim Ban Has Moved Out Of The Airports And Gotten Much, Much Worse
The Center for Constitutional Rights reminds us that the ban has left the headlines and it shouldn't. -
Courts
Supreme Court Confirms That We Are A Bigoted Nation
By upholding the travel ban the Court affirms that bigotry is still legal in America, just as it's always been. - Sponsored
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Courts
Finding Rays Of Hope From The Supreme Court's Depressing Travel Ban Arguments
Travel ban oral arguments did not go well for people of decency, but I still have hope.
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Courts
Remember The Travel Ban? The Supreme Court Is 10 Days Out From Arguing Over What Kind Of Country We Are.
We talked to Josh Geltzer about a case that people have seemed to have forgotten about. -
Courts
BREAKING! Court Decides To Hear Case They've Repeatedly Decided To Hear
Supreme Court grants cert in Travel Ban 3.0 case. -
Courts
Ninth Circuit Articulates Best Argument Against The Travel Ban Yet
The ruling is on 'hold,' but if SCOTUS wants to knock down the Travel Ban, the Ninth showed them how. -
Government
Lawyers Who Provided Pro-Bono Assistance At Airports Across The Country Are My Inspirational Attorneys Of The Year
The work of these lawyers will remain ingrained in our country’s conscience for quite some time. -
Courts
Supreme Court Lifts Injunction On Travel Ban
Court votes 7-2 to authorize discrimination while lower courts continue to review the case. - Sponsored
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Department of Justice
Travel Ban 3.0 Blocked Again By Judge Derrick 'Kiss My Backside' Watson
Citing lack of evidence, Travel Ban 3.0 is temporarily stayed. -
Department of Justice, Immigration, Justice
Travel Ban 3.0: We've Finally Achieved A Patina Of Legalism To Cover The Bigotry
Can you put the bigot back in the bottle? -
9th Circuit, Immigration, Justice
When You Give The Travel Ban An Inch, It Tries To Take A Mile
I hope Roberts and Kennedy are watching what just happened here. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.29.17
* While Harvey continues to devastate Houston, Texas Republicans will strip insurance policy holders of most of their protections if they don’t file their claims by Friday. Victims will still have insurance — but if the insurance company delays or otherwise frustrates payouts — which some inevitably will — claims filed after Friday won’t enjoy the same interest penalties to keep insurers honest and will shift attorney fees onto those who lost their homes in many cases, decreasing the likelihood a wronged policyholder can vindicate their rights. So… good job Texas. [Dallas Morning News]
* If you’re looking to put a price tag on Charlotte Law’s demise, this former faculty member says the school defrauded taxpayers to the tune of $285 million. [Charlotte Observer]
* What’s this? Is this a media outlet talking about millennials and the workplace in a fair, even positive light? Preposterous!!! [American Lawyer]
* Apparently “yadda, yadda, yadda” doesn’t get you out of a CFPB investigation. [National Law Journal]
* The effort to recall the Brock Turner rape sentencing judge is back on track. [Law.com]
* Victims of Trump’s Muslim Ban may be nearing a settlement with the administration. At least until some white supremacist group Tweets this story to the President and he demands the DOJ pull out of any deals. [Law360]
* Which 2016 SCOTUS opinions are getting the most love from lower courts? [Empirical SCOTUS]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.19.17
* The Supreme Court’s latest ruling in the travel ban litigation: good news for grandparents, bad news for certain refugees. [How Appealing]
* And in the travel ban battle, the parties aren’t pulling their punches. [Democracy in America / The Economist]
* Nor does Joshua Matz: “The Supreme Court is now a co-owner and co-author of the travel ban.” [Take Care]
* Justice Goodwin Liu and a team of Yale Law School researchers have issued an important new report about Asian Americans in the legal profession today. [The Portrait Project]
* A defense of that controversial David Brooks column about salami. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post]
* And a defense of due process when it comes to allegations of sexual assault on college campuses. [The Federalist via Instapundit]
* In other higher-education news, here’s the tweet that got Nick Lutz suspended from the University of Central Florida. [Althouse]
* How do millennials view the legal industry? Drew Rossow and Elan Fields discuss. [Legal Tookit / Legal Talk Network]
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Immigration, Justice
Hawaii Strikes Down The Grandma Ban
The most obvious ruling against the Travel Ban yet. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.30.17
* Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams pleads guilty to accepting a bribe, ending his ongoing federal corruption trial and his tenure as DA — and sending him straight to jail, since Judge Paul Diamond denied bail. [ABA Journal]
* The Trump administration moves forward on implementing the travel ban (and has reversed its earlier determination that being engaged to marry an American doesn’t count as “a bona fide” connection to this country). [New York Times]
* Colorado baker Jack Phillips, petitioner in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case that the Supreme Court will hear next Term, explains his refusal to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding. [How Appealing]
* DLA Piper, hit by a major ransomware attack earlier this week, endures its third consecutive day without email. [Law360]
* And DLA isn’t the only Biglaw firm with big weaknesses in cybersecurity, as Ian Lopez reports. [Law.com]
* Lawyer turned television host Greta Van Susteren has been let go by MSNBC (after just six months). [Vanity Fair]
* The tragic case of Charlie Gard comes to an end: the European Court of Human Rights declines to review prior court rulings refusing to let the terminally ill 10-month-old boy travel to the U.S. for experimental treatment. [Washington Post]
* Drs. John Eastman and Sohan Dasgupta break down the Trinity Lutheran case. [Claremont Institute]
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Immigration, Justice
Trump Administration Decides Grandparents Aren't Real Family
If I didn't know better, I'd say the administration enjoys getting sued and losing. -
Immigration, Justice, Supreme Court
Did Roberts Show His Hand On The Travel Ban?
Is bigotry constitutional, but moot? -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 06.13.17
* Professor Ann Althouse wants to know: What’s the theory that take-home exams redress gender inequity? [Althouse]
* Legal analytics versus legal research: what’s the difference? Owen Byrd of Lex Machina explains. [Law Technology Today]
* Professor Noah Feldman is not a fan of the Ninth Circuit’s recent ruling on Trump Travel Ban 2.0. [Bloomberg View via How Appealing]
* And Professor Sam Bray is not a fan of nationwide injunctions in the travel ban litigation. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post]
* My colleague Elie Mystal yesterday offered an ideological critique of Justice Ginsburg’s opinion in Morales-Santana; Professor Will Baude has a technical one (and I think he might be right). [PrawfsBlawg]
* Mollie Hemingway respectfully dissents from the James Comey lovefest.
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Immigration, Justice, Politics
Trump's Travel Ban, Trounced Again
The latest legal loss for the Trump administration's travel ban. -
Justice, Politics, Supreme Court
Trump Proves His Own Lawyers Have Been Lying To The Courts Regarding The 'TRAVEL BAN'
Trump admits his Travel Ban is a Trojan Horse, before the courts accept it within the Constitutional walls.