Reproductive Rights

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 02.13.17

* Sure, this is the Onion, but seriously, it isn't far off. [The Onion] * The history of judge-bashing: Trump is part of a populist tradition. [New York Magazine] * Startups don't have to involve technological know-how. [Law and More] * I'm sure this won't undermine the judiciary. I mean, I'm not sure at all, but we have the leader of the free world tweeting insults to jurists, so relatively speaking... [Gaveling] * The suicide that is rocking K Street. [Huffington Post] * Can your shade of hair change your ability to be taken seriously at work? [Corporette] * Nope, having gay friends isn't the same as a disciplined policy position on gay rights. [Slate] * And you thought women were people. Silly rabbit. [The Slot]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 11.17.15

* A true model of what political discourse should look like in this country: West Point cadets and Bard College students squared off in a debate over individuals' right to privacy over national security concerns. [Huffington Post] * The debate over bail reform in New York gets real, and some judges get angry. [Wise Law NY] * Oof! Which Massachusetts law school saw a 14% drop in its bar passage rate? And other trends from the latest states to release its bar exam results. [Bar Exam Stats] * Lawyers fighting the good fight, and standing up for your right to wear a pasta strainer over your head in your driver's license photo. [Boston Globe] * So it looks like the Supreme Court will be revisiting the reproductive choice rights set forth in Roe, but how did we get here? [RH Reality Check] * Tom Hanks plays a lawyer that can predict the future. [Guile is Good]

By Kathryn Rubino
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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.22.15

* Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich isn't the only politician who will be joining Dentons. After Dentons completes a merger with McKenna Long & Aldridge, former DNC Chair Howard Dean will also be working for the largest law firm in the world. YEEEAAAH! [The Intercept] * Now that New York has adopted the Uniform Bar Exam, other states are considering it. Hurry up, because the UBE will "break down the long persistent barriers that keep lawyers from moving" -- which isn't a bad thing. [National Law Journal] * In half a century of reproductive and gay rights cases, it's worth noting that "arguments based on a right to privacy have tended to weaken and crack; arguments based on equality have grown only stronger." Let's see what SCOTUS does in June. [The New Yorker] * All six of the Baltimore police officers who were arrested following the death of Freddie Gray have been indicted on homicide and assault charges. Despite the fact there's now an indictment, the officers' lawyers are calling the prosecution's case weak. [New York Times] * "Can you #trademark a #hashtag?" It's somewhat of a tricky issue for people who are trying to register their marks at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, but these attorneys from IP powerhouse Morrison & Foerster have a pretty good explanation. [Law.com]

By Staci Zaretsky
6th Circuit

Morning Docket: 03.20.12

* It’s time for the Supreme Court to sound off on the battle over women’s wombs, and you know it’s bad when even a sitting justice calls it “a mess.” Can a child conceived after a parent’s death receive survivor benefits? [CNN] * Disgusting health warning pictures on cigarette packaging and advertising: now constitutional according to the Sixth Circuit. Maybe this will inspire people to quit a habit that’s almost equally as disgusting. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight] * When Biglaw is involved, so is big money. Say “aloha” to the largest personal injury settlement in Hawaii’s history. The state will pay $15.4M over the hiking death of Gibson Dunn partner Elizabeth Brem. [Am Law Daily] * A lawsuit filed against fashionista Alexander Wang over his alleged “sweatshop” has been discontinued, and not because there isn’t a case, but because the lawyers on either side have major beef. [New York Magazine] * The Better Business Bureau has moved to dismiss a Florida law firm’s suit over its “F” grade. Because sometimes the truth hurts, but that doesn’t mean you can sue over it if you don’t like it. [Orlando Sentinel] * The biggest bimbo from Wisteria Lane gets screwed again, but this time in court. A mistrial has been declared in Nicollette Sheridan’s lawsuit against the producers of “Desperate Housewives.” [Reuters]

By Staci Zaretsky
Constitutional Law

Lawyers, Where Do Babies Come From?

Hopefully you paid attention during middle school sex-ed, because you’re unlikely to learn about the birds and bees at law school. According a recently released survey by Law Students for Reproductive Justice, only 18 percent of U.S. law schools have offered reproductive rights law courses over the last seven years. More specifically: there have been […]

By Ami Cholia