Senate

Feinstein showed that women can do anything and everything that they want to do.

A senior freshman.

* Democratic Senators are trying to enshrine and expand Roe in light of the Alito leak. [AP News]

* Might need faith bigger than a mustard seed for this one: the Supreme Court’s approval rating is tanking. [Yahoo!]

* Prep begins for a civil rights lawsuit after police appear to racially profile a lacrosse team. [USA Today]

* Biden may issue an executive order that increases abortion access. [Reuters]

* Weed being legal in NY means that employers have less leeway penalizing their employees for what they do in their free time. Oh noes. [Newsday]

* Legal tech startup Rocket Lawyer has raised $223 million to fund its expansion. This should send the company’s valuation to the moon… [Fortune]

* The St. Louis lawyer who is accused of pointing a weapon at protesters last year is considering a U.S. Senate run. [Politico]

* The Manhattan District Attorney says his office will no longer prosecute prostitution offenses. [NPR]

* Check out this interesting article on how Courts of Appeals cite to opinions from Justice Scalia and Justice Ginsburg. [Juris Lab]

* Peloton may be facing a class action lawsuit related to purported defects in its treadmills. [WTAE]

* The lawyer for an New York man accused of threatening Congress argues that his client’s statements bordered on comedy. Not sure about that, but the argument itself is kind of funny… [Hill]

* A woman is apparently considering a lawsuit against the maker of Gorilla Glue after she purportedly sustained damage from using the product in her hair. Not sure the claims will “stick”… [Fox News]

* Alan Dershowitz added his own voice to the chorus of commentators who believe Donald Trump’s impeachment lawyers did not do a good job on the first day of the impeachment trial. [Yahoo News]

* An animal rights lawyer is accused of hiring a hitman to kill her ex-husband and his girlfriend. [New York Daily News]

* The Senate has set a hearing date to advance the nomination of Merrick Garland to be Attorney General of the United States. [Hill]

* The union that represents performers who dress up as Disney characters is facing some legal challenges. It would be interesting to see those union members walk a picket line… [ABC News]

* Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer claims his trial is expected to last two months. The trial is currently set to begin on January 6, 2020. [CNN]

* A law student has been elected mayor of a small town in Iowa. Please let this be the basis of a Parks and Recreation reboot. [Creightonian]

* A large group protested Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s presence at a Federalist Society gala last night in D.C. [Washington Post]

* The Senate yesterday confirmed a judge to the Second Circuit despite the fact that the candidate purportedly never argued an appeal or tried a case. I’m assuming this candidate knew what a motion in limine was… [New York Times]

* A new lawsuit has been filed alleging that a California law mandating that woman serve on the boards of companies is unconstitutional. [Washington Post]

It's not just that Senators don't understand Facebook, it's also that they don't understand how laws work.

It's a bad rule.

Price was grilled on his ethics, his thoughts on Medicare innovation and apparent plans to turn Medicaid into a block-grant program.

Good news for NATO.

* Is the GOP writing a check its ass can’t cash? (In regard to the Supreme Court.) [Talking Points Memo]

* What time will a new president be determined? Everything you think you know about election predictions is about to change. [Politico]

* The 75-mile problem with Donald Trump’s wall. [Huffington Post]

* A deep dive into the D.C. bar exam stats. [Bar Exam Stats]

* A look at the Supreme Court’s grant, vacate, remand (“GVR”) dispositions this Term. [Empirical SCOTUS]

* The best of Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell’s recent Foreign Corrupt Practices Act speech. [FCPA Professor]