Morning Docket: 07.11.24

* Articles of impeachment introduced against Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito, following through on AOC’s earlier pledge to do literally anything about Supreme Court justices hoovering up millions in graft. [The Guardian]

* Meanwhile, it seems Clarence Thomas took a free luxury yacht trip to Russia and the a helicopter trip down to Putin’s palace according to details in the letter sent asking the DOJ to investigate. [Daily Beast]

* The horrifying report on Judge Kindred’s conduct prompts renewed attention to clerk safety. [Bloomberg Law News]

* When Gorsuch writes a whole opinion confusing laughing gas with industrial toxins, or Barrett fails to grasp the point of statutes of limitations, or Brett Kavanaugh proves he’s exactly the guy we had hearings about, remember: those were already the “best” options Trump had. [NY Times]

* Elon Musk escapes suit brought by former Twitter employees stiffed out of their severance packages on the grounds the deal wasn’t covered by ERISA. Though this might not be the end of this. [TechCrunch]

* Bill Hwang convicted of $100B fraud. [Law360]

* Former state AG candidate charged with bribery. [Fox13]

* Jontay Porter pleads guilty. Just as we were all betting he would. [Reuters]

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