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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.20.20

* Federal judge Esther Salas's son was shot and killed, and her husband wounded, during an assault at the judge's New Jersey home on Sunday night. Extending our deepest condolences to Judge Salas and her family. [CNN] * The Oregon Attorney General has sued federal agencies over detentions federal officials have conducted on Portland protesters. [USA Today] * Michael Avenatti's lawyer claims Avenatti is broke and taxpayers should pay for his defense on fraud, tax evasion, and other charges. Maybe he can just sell Roger Stones like other criminal defendants... [Fox News] * The Supreme Court has ordered expedited proceedings about the availability of President Trump's tax returns. [Hill] * The FBI Director has hired a former law partner to be the new top lawyer at the Bureau. [Wall Street Journal] * Yet another lawyer has been caught attending a Zoom court conference without wearing enough clothes. All lawyers should read ATL's earlier coverage of this phenomenon. [Mexico News Daily]

By Jordan Rothman
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 10.26.15

* More bar exam results! Which school saw its passage rate take a 15 point hit? [Bar Exam Stats] * This is the right way to break up a protest at Planned Parenthood: with a smiling clit cartoon. [Slate] * How we can rethink the history of slavery and the Constitution. [Berkeley News] * Maybe Judge Stevens is onto something -- the Supreme Court to take on the issue of racial bias in jury selection. [Gawker] * Hillary wants to keep marijuana illegal -- is this her version of she "didn't inhale?" [Al-Jazeera] * Kickstarter class actions. What hell hath we wrought? [Associates Mind] * In this corner we have the Oregon Attorney General. In the other we have vitamin giant GNC. Who will win this battle royale? Not so fast -- it's a trick question since one side's dietary supplements were laced with illegal drugs. [Vox] * The latest in The Atlantic's series on the Reconstruction. [The Atlantic]

By Kathryn Rubino