Voter ID

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 06.09.17

* Donald Trump has said that he is willing to testify, under oath, to dispute James Comey's Senate testimony. The progressive stages of grief go something like this... Denial: He'll never do it. Anger: He SHOULD, lying orange f**k. Bargaining: 'Course, he's crazy enough that he just might do it. Depression: Like any of these spineless Republicans would prosecute him for the perjury he'd certainly commit anyway. Acceptance: Donald Trump is going to be president for the rest of my life. [CNN] * Deutsche Bank is standing by their man, and their man is Donald Trump [Levin Report] * ACLU is suing Missouri to stop implementation of Voter ID law. [Election Law Blog] * Uh oh, the police mistakenly left their latest young black shooting victim alive to tell his side of the story. [The Root] * This week in white people. [CNN] * Trump's social media director violated the Hatch Act. If Obama's social media director did that, it'd lead the news. If Hillary's social media director did that, there'd be Senate hearings. But it's Trump's so... people will treat it like the minor story it is. [Huffington Post] * White victimization media is very concerned about bad language. Yeah, the same people who elected the most openly foul-mouthed president since recording devices were invented are very concerned that Senator Kristen Gillibrand has been dropping some F-bombs at events. And they seem giddy that Reza Aslan has been dropped from CNN after some Tweets where he called President Trump a "piece of s**t." I gotta agree with CNN here: insulting fecal matter is unprofessional. Most decent people would rather have a steaming turd representing America than the orange embarrassment we're currently stuck with, so Aslan seems way out of line. [Breitbart]

By Elie Mystal
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 10.26.16

* When is a polka dot protected by a copyright? [The Fashion Law] * Did HuffPo uncover a scheme for voter intimidation? [Huffington Post] * Lawyers shooting themselves in the foot. [Law and More] * Everyone's a judge these days. [LegalCheek] * Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout nabbed the endorsement of the local paper. [Poughkeepsie Journal] * NYC is considering legislation on three-quarter housing (between halfway houses and private homes). [Cityland]

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.21.16

* The Fifth Circuit, sitting en banc, rules that Texas's voter ID law violates the Voting Rights Act by having discriminatory effects on minority voters (but remands on the issue of discriminatory purpose). [How Appealing] * It appears that yes, Roger Ailes is on his way out at Fox News -- thanks in part to the work of lawyers from Paul, Weiss. [New York Times] * Matt and Melissa Graves, the parents whose two-year-old son was killed by an alligator at Disney's Grand Floridian resort, will not be suing Disney. [Washington Post] * Congratulations to exoneree Jarrett Adams, who served nearly eight years in prison for a crime he did not commit, on his admission to the New York bar. [ABA Journal] * Republican VP nominee Mike Pence is a lawyer, and his Democratic counterpart probably will be as well: shortlisters Tim Kaine, Thomas Perez, and Tom Vilsack are all lawyers, and James Stavridis is a law dean. [New York Times] * A California man gets convicted in a plot to kill two prosecutors, two FBI agents, and federal judge Andrew Guilford -- with a wood chipper. [Los Angeles Times via ABA Journal] * A New York appeals court affirms a ruling in favor of Boies Schiller in a malpractice suit brought by fashion model Mary Anne Fletcher. [Big Law Business] * A bit more about former Attorney General Eric Holder's work for Airbnb (a development we noted yesterday). [American Lawyer]

By David Lat
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 05.20.16

* The Workers Rights Consortium found that Nike bans its workers in a Vietnam factory from yawning, among other awful allegations. In related news, Nike will no longer allow independent monitoring of its factories. [Lawyers, Guns and Money] * Sports writer Clay Travis proves it is possible to escape the legal profession and follow your dreams. I mean it probably won't happen, but it doesn't hurt to daydream on a Friday afternoon. [Hire an Esquire] * Is hopping around from job to job like an excited bunny losing its stigma to potential employers? [Corporette] * Hillary Clinton's campaign lost a challenge to Virginia's voter suppressing photo ID law. Yeah, this November's going to run swimmingly. [Election Law Blog] * Here's how to avoid those truly terrible social interactions that can derail your career. [Law and More] * Marijuana legalization is a growing trend, but what impact does the burgeoning industry have on poor communities? [Politico] * The Good Wife is getting a spin-off on CBS's new streaming service, loyal viewers will be happy, but it really should have been a musical. [Slate] * Real estate developer, Greg Geiser is suing the family he evicted for organizing a protest in front of his house. [Huffington Post]

By Kathryn Rubino
Affirmative Action

Non-Sequiturs: 10.16.13

* Belgium has captured a real-life pirate king! But pirate kings just aren’t what they used to be. Something tells me Blackbeard wouldn’t have gone down because somebody said, “Hey, come back to England so we can make a movie about you.” [The Volokh Conspiracy] * After a roller coaster malfunction killed a passenger, Six Flags responds by pointing the finger at someone else. They didn’t design or build the ride… they just bought it, promoted it, operated it, and profited off it, but they did not design or build it. [Houston Chronicle] * At oral argument, Justice Scalia ripped a lawyer for thinking the Fourteenth Amendment was designed to protect minority rights against a white majority. As Scalia notes, “that was the argument in the early years…. But I thought we rejected that.” Leave it to Justice Scalia to point out that no one makes decisions based on the publicly known original intent of the drafters of constitutional provisions from 150 years ago. That would just be silly. Now, if we’re talking 200 years ago… [Josh Blackman's Blog] * A Texas judge is reprimanded for trying to pull strings for a friend. Unfortunately, it seems like he’s also really bad at pulling strings. [Legal Juice] * Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp has started a fashion industry law blog. Ooh Law Law. Oh, I see what you did there. [Ooh Law Law] * Judge Posner, who authored the decision that framed the entire voter ID debate by casting doubt that the laws could be used to disenfranchise voters, tells HuffPo Live’s Mike Sacks that he was completely wrong. Judge Posner explains that events have confirmed that voter ID laws are really all about disenfranchising poor and minority voters. Ever the empiricist that Posner guy. Full video after the jump… [New York Times]

By Joe Patrice
Election Law

Morning Docket: 03.13.13

* Hey, they actually found one instance of voter fraud. By a nun. I can’t wait for the GOP to try to construct an entire argument for restrictions on voter access based on this case. [Talking Points Memo] * Defense attorneys can go to jail for lying? In Detroit? Mind: blown. [Washington Post] * The […]

By Elie Mystal