Voting Rights Act

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.24.22

* The first rule of stealing from law firm trust accounts: Do not steal from law firm trust accounts. [NBC 12] * Not sure what to make of courts putting the hold on Biden's debt relief? Here's a primer. [WWLT] * Democracy litigated: The attacks on the Voting Rights Act foretell a different relationship to democracy and representation for many. [Al Jazeera] * Peering at a jury of peers: Jury selection is staring for Trump's tax evading shenanigans. [NPR] * Peer Pressure: NY's pay transparency law may have the dire impact of encouraging people to demand equal pay for equal work. The horror. [NY Post]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.21.21

* The struggling democracy with nukes still can't pull it together enough to even talk about a new voting rights bill. [ABC News] * Montana's AG wants abortion law in place that may violate the state's constitution. See what you've started, Texas? [U.S. News] * NYPD police union threatens to sue if officers are required to get vaccinated. Can Pfizer just come up with a donut version of the vaccine? I feel like that could do the trick. [Fox News] * Lawsuit claims that Oklahoma's anti-CRT laws violate the 1st and 14th amendments. Interesting argument, I wonder if anyone has made it before. [NBC News] * Change in Arizona law aims to reduce the frequency of street racing. Bold move — it will likely rule the state out as a place to record Fast & Furious 37: Road Runner's Requiem. [ABC 15]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.19.21

* Map drawing that weakens Latino vote in Texas faces Voting Rights Act scrutiny. I hope that whatever is left of it gets the job done. [The Dallas Morning News] * Looks like Michigan is about to be a UBE state! Woop woop! [Law.com] * Groups "Black Men Build" and "The Smile Trust, Inc." continue to feed and clothe unsheltered folks in Miami despite ordinances. Sounds like some good governance to me. [Miami Herald] * Jussie Smollett still headed to trial after judge dismisses his plea. No way 50 Cent is gonna let this go without some Grade A petty. [Yahoo!] * SCOTUS upholds strong qualified immunity standard for police. [New York Times]

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Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 08.22.16

* Sonia Sotomayor is proving she is a different kind of Supreme Court justice. [Guile is Good] * Nick Denton gets a nice payday in exchange for a non-compete clause. [Wall Street Journal] * Federal judge rules Ferguson School District violated the Voting Rights Act. [Huffington Post] * Democrats are screwing up Obamacare -- does this open the door to the single-payer option? [Slate] * Even Mike Pence can't keep a straight face when confronted with Trump's "ideas." [Salon] * The battle over #sponsored posts continues. [Speechwriter-Ghostwriter] * No maternity leave? No problem. Just learn the basics of an office birth. [Funny or Die]

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: 03.23.16

* The Supreme Court is behind some of the epic lines voters have experienced during the primaries. [The Nation] * Did Justice Kennedy just reveal himself to be hostile to the contraception mandate accommodation in today's oral arguments in Zubik v. Burwell? [Slate] * Senator Pat Toomey may be caving on the Merrick Garland front -- the Pennsylvania Republican has agreed to take a meeting with the judge. [Politico] * This is the actual problem with the most recent interpretation of Superman. [Lawyers, Guns and Money] * Making the connection between reproductive freedom and LGBTQ rights. [Huffington Post] * Opining on the ultimate fate of Edward Snowden. [Law and More] * Charting the spread of marijuana legalization. [Pacific Standard Magazine]

By Kathryn Rubino