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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.12.23

* Noticed the big changes in US News' law school rankings? Here's your primer. [Reuters] * When pigs cause splits: Who knew pork could fragment SCOTUS so? [Slate] * Not only are the incessant conversations about the debt ceiling annoying — the whole concept of the ceiling could be unconstitional. [Vox] * Bearing witness is hard enough without having to deal with a judge's unwelcome remarks. [ABA Journal] * Guess which state doubled down on it being okay to own a gun before your first beer? [Reuters]

By Above the Law
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.20.22

* Too big to talk? Goofy litigation over corporate free speech rights is likely heading straight to the Supreme Court. [Wa Po] * Arizona judge soon to decide if abortion laws go back to 1901. [CNN] * Pork is on hold in Mass. pending litigation. L&T sandwiches just don't taste the same. [WWLP] * Hey 1Ls, if you wanted a quick primer on statutory hermeneutics, look no further than abortion laws! [The Atlantic]

By Chris Williams

Morning Docket: 06.03.21

* George P. Bush is launching a run to be the Attorney General of Texas. Maybe someday, Oliver Stone will make a movie about him called "P."... [CNN] * Derek Chauvin's lawyer is requesting that his client only be sentenced to probation and time served for Chauvin's involvement in the death of George Floyd. [Insider] * The District Attorney in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, is allegedly no longer allowing plea deals with a lawyer who called out systematic racism in the local criminal justice system. [CBS News] * A lawyer claims that coaches forced a high school football player to consume a pepperoni pizza even though they knew he did not eat pork. [New York Times] * A Republican Congressman is reportedly ducking service of process for a lawsuit related to the January 6th Capitol riot. [CBS News] * The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that a $3 fee to pay for a sheriff's retirement fund was unconstitutional. Think of what the Party Planning Committee could have done with that money... [Fox News]

By Jordan Rothman