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WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Jul 31, 2024 at 10:52 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Wednesday, July 31, SCOTUSblog (Jul. 31, 2024, 10:52 AM),…
(Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) We should be referring to Merrick Garland as Justice Garland. If not for the unprecedented machinations of Mitch McConnell, Garland would occupy Antonin Scalia’s seat on the Supreme Court. Before he was Attorney General of the United States, Garland was a respected jurist on the United States Court of Appeals…
Suffice it to say, like the bank’s purported diversity push, it did not work. The post Wells Fargo Inconveniently Hit With Two Racial Discrimination Lawsuits While Trying To Convince Judge To Toss Lawsuit About Alleged Phony Job Interviews For Minorities appeared first on Above the Law. #Wells #Fargo #Inconveniently #Hit #Racial #Discrimination #Lawsuits #Convince #Judge…
Whether you support them or not, intoxicating hemp products are probably not going to be around for much longer in their current form. States, municipalities, and even the federal government have begun a clampdown on these products. In no particular order, I’ll address a few reasons why the back half of 2024 will be a…
* Law students: Wanna make a quick $1500? Beta test the new bar exam! [Reuters] * U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission rules that Amazon is liable for third-party products. Don’t worry, Bezos is a couple free RVs away from fixing that in the post-Chevron world. [Law360] * Speaking of the uncertainty unnecessarily thrust upon the…
The stakes of the current Presidential contest are extremely high. Former President Donald Trump has made clear his intention to replace longtime civil servants with servile hacks, immiserate undocumented immigrants, reverse efforts to combat the climate emergency, abandon Ukraine to the untender mercies of Vladimir Putin, and use the organs of government to persecute his…
‘Come on, man!’ (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Y’all remember when Justice Scalia died in February of 2016 and the Republicans blocked our — the president’s nomination, President Obama’s nomination to fill that vacancy for nearly a year by making up an entirely new…
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to JD Vance’s law school classmate/failed presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Vance and Ramaswamy bonded over watching which professional sports team while at Yale Law? Hint: This team made the playoffs the last two years Vance and Ramaswamy…
It Ain’t Joever Yet!: Biglaw puts serious money behind their candidate. The Center Has A Clear Rightward Skew: Let’s reconsider Roberts’s legacy as an institutionalist. Getting Things In Order Takes Some Cleanup: Judge Whitaker sifts through the YSL RICO procedurals. Go Back And Fetch It: AI suggests first-years go back and look harder. Set Yourself…
Bobby Finke (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images) The annual legal profession hazing ritual licensing exam is underway! In many jurisdictions around the country, today is day one of the bar exam. It’s pretty much the most important test in a recent law school graduate’s burgeoning career. No pressure, though! The Summer Olympics is…