Qualified Immunity May Not Be A License For Police To Kill Folks Asking For Help After All
'But how can I do my job if I can't choke out handcuffed people who pose no imminent threat?' - Some cop who thinks he's a good apple.
SCOTUS Rules Against Compelled Speech. The Breakdown Is Definitely Worth Talking About Though.
Hmmm. Didn't see that one coming.
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As The World Churns
Screw 'thoughts and prayers.' Screw 'there are no words.'
Morning Docket: 05.26.22
* Back the children: The number of children that have been shot to death at school is higher than the amount of officers that have been killed in the line of duty. [AS] * Oklahoma just banned abortion at fertilization. We're like two steps off criminalizing miscarriages at this point, aren't we? [CNN] * NY judge maintains law that allows gun manufacturers to be sued if and when they endanger public safety. [CNN] * Advertisers REALLY don't like Texas's social media law. [Adweek] * If Roe is overturned, the right to choose will be set back 173 years in Wisconsin. [Madison]
Morning Docket: 05.24.22
* Could these abortion bans be just the thing needed to spur environmentalism with teeth? [Daily Beast] * The 11th Circuit just found the Florida law that prevents social media sites from moderating political speech to be unconstitutional. [Yahoo!] * Harvard just uhh... sued the government for discriminating against one of its students? Am I reading this right? [The Crimson] * Colorado just made it a little easier to be a parent. [Chieftain] * We don't like your kind around here: Inventions originating from artificial intelligence are butting up against patent law in interesting ways. [Nature]
Judgment Or No Judgment?
I guess the Wild West still lives in Texas’ courtrooms, and let’s not even talk about gun laws there.
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Judge Disciplined For Popping Off To Attorney Is Now Facing Said Attorney In Election Runoff
Life comes at ya fast.
Morning Docket: 05.19.22
* Hopefully, Texas's "Big Companies Don't Need Freedom Of Speech" law will go to the Supreme Court. [The Hill] * Gov. Murphy wants officers to be licensed to protect. [Bronx News] * The Due Process clause was invoked to suspend a law that would make abortions illegal if an opinion like Dobbs overrules Roe. [MSNBC] * Biden bumps baby bumpers to save sleeping babes. Say that 5 times fast. [NPR] * You're not the only one checking your emails. Hopefully, other states will make it so your job has to tell you when they snoop around. [INC]
TX High Court Overturns Five Year Sentence For Woman Convicted Of Accidental Illegal Voting
Thanks ... Tom DeLay???
Judge Gets Reprimand Over Penchant For Handcuffing Attorneys In Her Courtroom
Not really the go-to method to manage a courtroom.
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So I Guess ‘Small Government’ Now Includes Compelling Corporate Speech?
I can't believe they suspended me! All I said was literally the most hateful thing I could think of about Mexicans!
Morning Docket: 05.10.22
* Young Thug got hit with a RICO charge for renting a car used to kill someone. Gunna is somehow involved too. I swear this isn't just a Crim Law final question from a cool professor. Guess this means no Barter 9. [Daily Beast] * Dispensaries are making so much cash it endangers their employees. If only weed were legal federally. [Politico] * Politics post-Alito: Looks like the "neutral" arm of the government has caused some political spillover. [CNN] * Texas is arguing social media platforms are public squares and shouldn't allow for viewpoint discrimination as such. This is definitely gonna benefit Nazis. [Houston Public Media] * Law students just unlocked a cool new resume builder: The Copyright Claims Board. [The Reg Review]
Morning Docket: 04.29.22
* Laws matter: life lost after school neglects to follow anti-bullying protocol. [WBEZ] * The EU's laws will be impacting American free speech, eh? Talk about long-arm statutes. [The Hill] * Oklahoma just passed their version of Texas's Roe sidestep. Over/under for them banning condoms too in two weeks? [CNN] * Marjorie Taylor Greene is maintaining the Shaggy defense for her Section 3 trial. [NBC News] * People are upset that the Texas bill disincentivizing the use of clean energy isn't enough to keep them using fossil fuels. Sorry, not sorry. [NPR]
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Morning Docket: 04.26.22
* Unholy inequality: PA school faces discrimination lawsuit for not allowing Satanists to set up an after-school club. What would Jesus do? [Global News] * A Whole New World: Texas judge invites Disney to relocate. [WFLA] * Question: Will SCOTUS be as deferential to Biden on immigration as they've been to Trump? Magic 8-Ball says not likely. [NPR] * A swing and a miss: Golf course hit with $5M verdict after hitting the same house over 600 times! I thought four was the limit. [NBC News] * New hope for a Texas death row inmate accused of killing her daughter. [PBS]