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Morning Docket: 10.01.24

* Judge reassigned after mining In Living Color for the jokes best left in the 90s during a whole day of inappropriate remarks because, to put it in terms he might understand, “the court system don’t play that.” [ABA Journal] * Big win for legal reporting in Idaho, where the top court official had been…

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US restricts study abroad for F-1 visa holders

New policy changes from the US immigration agency state that F-1 visa holders can only participate in study abroad programs shorter than five-months in order to maintain their student status in the country.   Previously, students were allowed to study abroad indefinitely as long as they remained enrolled at a US institution.   The changes,…

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Last Week America Carried Out Its 1,600th Execution Since 1976. When Will the Madness Stop? | Austin Sarat | Verdict

On Thursday night, Alan Miller became the second person put to death in Alabama using nitrogen hypoxia. Miller was convicted in the 1999 of killing three men, and this was his second trip to Alabama’s death chamber. The state had previously attempted to execute him by lethal injection in 2022. With Miller’s death, this country has now…

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