I Know Lawyers Can’t Do Math, But Cops Can’t Either?
All that time spent carrying a gun would have been better spent carrying the one.
Morning Docket: 12.02.21
* The first action under Tennessee's anti-CRT law is accusing MLK of being un-American. Who would have dreamed of this? [Insider] * A clean conscience: Law that protects donors from civil and criminal liability finds it easier to donate female sanitary products. [AP News] * Yale student who claims they were blackballed ends up getting the prestigious scholarship anyway. [Yale Daily News] * For a lot of people, the current push against abortion rights doesn't make sense. Here's a look for how forcing birth will impact Mississippians trying to make cents. [NYT] * A thinner blue line: A new North Carolina law makes it so that police have to report their co-workers within 3 days if they see them using excessive force. Sounds like this should have been a duh rule, but I'm glad it's a law now. [WITN]
Keeping Law School Accessible When Federal Loans Fall Short
As federal borrowing caps tighten financing options for law students, one organization is stepping in to negotiate the terms they can't secure alone.
Never Talk To Or Trust The Police
I say this as a law professor. But it comes from experiences that have nothing to do with being a law prof.
Non-Sequiturs: 06.30.16
* This excerpt from Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (affiliate link) explains how a kid from the Rustbelt felt like a fish out of water at Yale Law School. [Huffington Post] * Is the police culture in America at odds with the democratic nature of our government? [Katz Justice] * Increasing associate compensation may be increasing the divide between the haves and have-nots. [Law and More] * It is okay if you don't have it all figured out when you go to law school. [Legal Cheek] * Putting up a fight over MoFo's "Ivy League" rates. [Law360 (sub. req.)] * Explaining the sex scandal that is rocking the Oakland police department. [Slate]
Legislators Trying To Shield Cops From Accountability Are Running Into Unexpected Opposition: Cops
Didn't see that coming, did you?