Trump Officials Downplay Guilt By Association, Cite White Supremacists As Authorities In Birthright Case
Their version of America First includes excluding potential Americans.
Trump Judge Gives Nazi-Sympathizing Law Student High Marks For Rehashing Klan Legal Theory Calling For Minority Disenfranchisement And Murdering Immigrants
If pressed (not very hard, mind you), he could probably summarize the paper in 14 words.
Most Law Firms’ AI Strategies Have a Big Blind Spot. Here’s How One Am Law 200 Firm is Solving It.
Most law firms, big and small, that have adopted AI are making the same mistake: they bought a tool for their lawyers and called it a strategy.
Litigant Successfully Wins Right To Not Be Associated With True Statements About Donald Trump
Disagreeing with facts gives you a 1st Amendment claim!
Morning Docket: 07.14.22
* A measure to investigate how accurate the chorus to “Killing in the Name” is narrowly passed in the house. [The Hill] * $700 for weeds?! The only grass that should cost that much should be very potent. [Oregonlive] * Pharmacies could be in trouble with the Feds for refusing to sell abortive medicine. [The Week] * Concerned that OCI won't be enough to land you that sweet gig? There's some good advice here — especially throwaway6308's. [Reddit] * The NYPD and NYFD won't be running drug tests on their employees for weed anymore. Guess that gives the latter permission to blaze up at home. [PIX 11]
Morning Docket: 06.14.22
* How dare they… protect people! Police receive death threats after arresting dozens of white supremacists. [NBC News] * Suffering through bar prep and feeling like it's just you? Trust me — you aren't the only one. [Reddit] * Are you that paranoid apps still track you after you politely ask them to lay off the goggles? Apple could be in hot water for it. [9to5Mac] * A new law gets us a little closer to an Asian American Pacific Islander history and culture museum. I can't wait to buy a ticket! [Axios]
Morning Docket: 05.23.22
* Redditor asks if it's okay to show up to their summer gig a different race than what they indicated on their application. Nobody really reads the fine print... right? [Reddit] * Arkansas's governor just signed off on one hell of a "welp, too bad" with this anti-abortion law. [The Guardian] * A change to Tennessee's school zone brings some hope to adults left behind. [Axios] * Biglaw has been quite hush-hush about the Alito leak. No need to capitalize on current events with all these billables I guess. [Law.com] * Totally not a coup supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks the real racism is blaming white supremacy for mass shootings. [Huff Post]
The New Way Litigators Handle Depositions Applies AI Every Step Of The Way
Depositions by Filevine help with scheduling, tracking goals, and trial prep.
We Cannot Arrest Or Prohibit Our Way Out Of An Ideology
The white supremacist ideology has been rising for years, but if we want to fight it effectively, we should take the lessons learned by other communities and organizations.
Trump Reverses Obama Guidance On Affirmative Action, As The White Supremacist Takeover Continues Apace
To be honest, I'm surprised it took them this long to do this.
Lawyers Targeted By White Supremacists
This is what happens when you 'advocate for fair and reasonable immigration law and policy.'
White Supremacists Sue To Invade Another College Campus
They're counting on the First Amendment crowd playing their appeasement tune.
What Even Is AI ‘Competence’? It Depends.
Takeaways from a Legalweek panel on evolving malpractice risks.
Horrible Justice No Longer Has Horrible Statue
We'll remember the Chief Justice's legacy just fine.
White Terrorists Are Not The Problem, Intellectuals Who Give Them Aid And Comfort Are
The violence is the tip of the spear, I'm more worried about the shaft.
Morning Docket: 08.14.17
* James Alex Fields Jr., the 20-year-old accused of ramming his car into a group of counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing one and injuring numerous others, has been charged with one count of second-degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding, and one count related to leaving the scene of an accident. [NPR] * Heather Heyer, the 32-year-old woman who was killed in Charlottesville this weekend, was a paralegal at a small law firm where she managed the bankruptcy department. She was described as woman willing to stand up against "any type of discrimination." We'll have more on this tragic news later today. [New York Times] * After being urged by Senator Ted Cruz to "prosecute this grotesque act of domestic terrorism," the Department of Justice has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the deadly white supremacy rally that occurred this past weekend in Charlottesville, as the events that unfolded there "strike at the heart of American law and justice." [Independent Journal Review; The Hill] * "Evidently that's not going to happen." Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is walking back comments that he made back in April about the likelihood of a Supreme Court justice (i.e., Justice Anthony Kennedy) retiring this summer. Maybe he'll get his wish next summer. [Reuters] * Classes are supposed to begin at Charlotte Law in three weeks, but according to a spokesman from the University of North Carolina system, the school's temporary license to operate has expired. The dean of the troubled law school, on the other hand, says the license hasn't expired. Hmm... [Charlotte Observer]