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Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 03.21.16

* Just because you showed up drunk for jury duty, it doesn’t mean you should have to go to jail for it -- at least according to the Florida Supreme Court. [Daily Business Review] * George Will on why Republicans may wind up wishing they’d confirmed Chief Judge Merrick Garland when they had the chance. [Washington Post] * Amal Clooney, speaking at a government communications summit in the United Arab Emirates, urges governments to be vocal, consistent, principled, expedient, and transparent when dealing with human rights issues. [Yahoo News] * High academic achievement now linked to... failure in the workplace? Well, that's simultaneously depressing and comforting. [Law and More] * A former U.S. State Department employee faces up to 8 years in jail for a massive phishing scheme aimed at getting young women to share nude photos. [CS Monitor] * Check out The Merrick Garland Project by NYU Law Review. It’s a curation of select opinions written by Chief Judge Garland, organized by topic. [The Merrick Garland Project] * The obstructed Supreme Court nomination process gets a children’s book treatment. [Slate]

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.08.16

* This peeping Tom better have a big bankroll: A jury awarded sportscaster Erin Andrews $55 million in her case against a stalker who recorded unauthorized nude videos of her in a hotel. Defense attorneys seem peeved that she won since her "career skyrocketed" and wasn't completely destroyed by the incident. [NBC News] * "[W]e are sort of reaching the height of the most frustrating part of this process for those of you who are trying to cover it." Even if the judges purportedly being vetted for a Supreme Court nomination had visited the White House to speak with President Obama, the public would never know it thanks to the strict secrecy protocols involved. [CNN] * Despite the fact that most Supreme Court justices don't themselves read the numerous amicus curiae briefs filed in support of the cases being heard before the high court, according to a new study, it takes an "amicus machine" -- including amicus wranglers and whisperers -- and a lot of hard work to get them into shape. [New York Times] * Uh-oh... some 4-4 ideological splits may be in our future this Term. In the wake of Justice Scalia's death, Justice Alito and Justice Thomas seem to have decided to team up to stabilize the Supreme Court's conservative wing, joining in each other's dissents from the majority's unsigned opinions in otherwise routine matters. [WSJ Law Blog] * February may have been a great month for those with Leap Day birthdays, but it was pretty terrible for the legal profession. Per the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics figures, 1,500 jobs were lost last month. In other news, we've not yet fully recovered from the recession in terms of employment numbers. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]

By Staci Zaretsky