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Morning Docket: 11.22.21

* On today's episode of  Strange Scholarships™: Sheriffs who pick and choose when to enforce the laws they are supposed to uphold. [The Daily Beast] * New York's "Nourish Bill" will encourage farmers to send their surplus produce to food banks. This is a kind of corn-y I can get behind! [WIVB] * Texas passes law that puts penalties on being too good of a Samaritan. [The Battalion] * If you've served your country and need another reason to not harm your partner(s) — be horrible and they may take your precious gun(s) away. [Military.com] * For any 0Ls who'd like some help wrapping their heads around the Rittenhouse verdict, here are a couple lawyers who might help make sense of self-defense doctrine. [NPR]