Taliban

Morning Docket: 08.16.21

* Not a joke: Taliban took Kabul over the weekend. Check this out to catch up. [CNN] * Officer facing jail time for not restraining an assault suspect that later kicked a man in the head. [Baltimore Sun] * SCOTUS upholds University's COVID mandate. Cheers to treating this more like measles shots and less like an affront to liberty. [Jurist] * Legal Tiktok trolls anonymous no more? Fear the Great Londini. [Insider] * Autopilot Emergency: Teslas keep crashing in to parked emergency cars for some reason. [Irish Examiner]

By Chris Williams

California

Senior Attorneys Openly Revolt Against General Counsel

It's been a busy two weeks of back-biting and accusations in this office.

By Joe Patrice

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By The MyCase Team

Crime

Is Peeing On Somebody A War Crime?

Is peeing on somebody's dead body a war crime? The video of those American Marines urinating on dead Afghan bodies is so disturbing that it somehow demands a legal response. Aside from whatever punishment the United States Marine Corps wants to impose on these guys, there isn't a whole lot the international community can do to punish them. Unless we want to call urinating on somebody a "war crime." But is punishing some jackasses worth diluting the term?

By Elie Mystal