Morning Docket: 06.07.19
* "We want him to testify openly. I think the American people need that. I think, frankly, it's his duty to the American people." House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler said that he could subpoena former special counsel Robert Mueller in the next two weeks if they can't come to an agreement for his public testimony. [POLITICO] * After refusing even more subpoena demands, it’s highly likely that the House is going to hold AG Bill Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress. Let’s see if this goes anywhere... [Washington Post] * Former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says that he no longer supports the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federal funds from being used for most abortions: “I can't justify leaving millions of women without access to the care they need and the ability to ... exercise their constitutionally protected right.” [CNN] * In case you missed it, just ahead of his sentencing, former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn fired his entire legal team from Covington. He has new lawyers, but hasn't announced who they are. [National Law Journal] * Denver Law has been sued once again for allegedly paying its female professors less than its male professors, despite the school's consent agreement with the EEOC. This time around, an associate professor at the school claims she's being paid more than $30,000 less than the average salary among her male colleagues. [Law.com]
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Morning Docket: 03.07.19
* Paul Manafort sweating today as he only has a few more hours to commit more crimes. [NY Times] * Wilbur Ross broke the law and violated the Constitution over census question. [Washington Post] * As a change of pace from the daily updates on the criminal activity of those in Trump's orbit, Canada's government is embroiled in a corruption scandal too. But it's a polite scandal. [CBC] * Driverless vehicles are going to revolutionize everything -- including the law. [Legaltech News] * A wide-ranging chat with the last crier of the Supreme Court about long-ago justices and the lost art of crying. [National Law Journal] * Pryor Cashman sues Brother Jimmy's over walking out on a tab. [NY Post] * Fox podcast tackles the murder of FSU Law's Dan Markel. [Fox News]
Morning Docket: 08.14.18
* Prosecution rests in Paul Manafort trial after deciding the jury didn't even need to hear about the Fabregé egg bedazzled White Rhino skin robe. [WSJ] * Now we enter the ridiculous world of musing about whether or not it was legal for Omarosa to tape her own firing. Which was held in the Situation Room. Which doesn't sound like a clumsy setup at all. [The Guardian] * "Will AI-Powered Law Enfrocement Force Us To Rewrite Our Laws?" Well, decades of empirical evidence of limited efficacy and systemic discriminatory application haven't done it, so why would AI? [Forbes] * Law firm figures out how to make Trump's tax laws work for them proving once again that if you set your mind to it, anyone can outsmart this administration. [American Lawyer] * The ban-the-box movement to keep employers from amplifying the debilitating effects of the criminal justice system by effectively barring ex-convicts from reentering the workforce, has now taken hold in 31 states. [Corporate Counsel] * It's telling that "Trump cabinet official accused of violating ethics rules is so passé it's below the fold. [CNN] * Hawaii has dropped its fight over the Trump Muslim Ban after the Supreme Court handed down its persuasive "there are 5 of us and only 4 of you" ruling. [US News]