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Oct 29, 2023
George Floyd killer appeals
Derek Chauvin says the jury was biased. Story at Lawofficer.com.
Oct 28, 2023
No-name, know-nothing House speaker is a bigger threat than the obviously wacky
From Slate: (Speaker Mike) Johnson is thus the terrifying embodiment of two anodyne faces that give cover to the worst forms of MAGA...
Oct 28, 2023
Trump and his small parts become an issue in trademark fight
Really. Reuters has the story.
Oct 28, 2023
What's good for the goose is not nearly good enough for Clarence Thomas
As reported by Business Insider India. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ruled this year that Joe Biden was wrong when he tried to...
Oct 28, 2023
Big tech could consumer lawsuit reckoning
A judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that social media harms young peoples' mental health. From CNN: The judge overseeing the...
Oct 28, 2023
Court orders less biased maps for George; appeal expected
Reuters has the story.
Oct 28, 2023
Ninth Circuit temporarily blocks really stupid Idaho bathroom law
From East Idaho News: Senate Bill 1100, which was signed into law March 22, would have allowed students to sue their school for a minimum...
Oct 25, 2023
Looks like Mark Meadows is flipping on Trump to save himself
From ABC: According to the sources, Meadows also told the federal investigators Trump was being "dishonest" with the public when he first...
Oct 25, 2023
Federal judge KOs NYC's gun restriction
No surprise here, I guess. AP has the story. NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday struck down recent provisions in New York City’s...
Oct 25, 2023
Wacky Fifth Circuit upholds SEC diversity rule
The rule requires reporting on companies' diversity. The court's decision is not something one would predict coming out of the Fifth...
Oct 25, 2023
Texas aims to cut migration by cutting migrants
Texas is suing to stop federal agents from cutting razor wire that has gashed and slashed immigrants as they cross the border. In the...
Oct 25, 2023
Florida seeks to reduce parental rights when it comes to drag shows
From Bloomberg law: Because it is fine for parents to determine what other parents' kids can read but not what is appropriate...
Oct 25, 2023
A challenge to Florida's college censorship law
A college is challenging a Florida law restricting what college professors can teach. Here is the story, straight from WCJB.
Oct 24, 2023
Wisconsin joins lawsuit against Meta alleging it harms kids
Wisconsin is one of 33 states joining the lawsuit. Another eight joined a second lawsuit. "Our bipartisan investigation has arrived at a...
Oct 24, 2023
Fifth Circuit hands journalists a loss in drone ruling
There will be fewer drone-shot disaster footage in Texas. From Courthouse News: Passed by the state Legislature in 2013 and amended three...
Oct 24, 2023
Sketchy Leonard Leo had his dirty fingers deep in SCOW elections
ProPublica reports: The high court, determining the prosecutors had overreached, ordered the investigation’s documents destroyed. But not...
Oct 24, 2023
Deconstructing Dobbs
By Neil Siegel at the Balkanization blog. I argue that Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022) was an ugly, lawless judicial...
Oct 22, 2023
SCOTUS to decide whether Biden administration bullied social media companies
It stayed a censorship order levied by the wacky Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, but... Three conservative justices — Samuel Alito,...
Oct 22, 2023
Maryland judge murdered
The suspect was involved in a divorce case heard by the judge, Andrew Wilkinson. CBS has the story.
Oct 22, 2023
Trump freed from judge's gag order for now
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan puts her own order on hold while Trump appeals. Read it on Reuters.
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