Tag: Texas

Ken Paxton agrees to a settlement over claims he fired whistleblowers in retaliation.

The pair had reportedly ended a relationship this past summer.

The hypo for your Federal Courts exam was not this stupid.

Sanctions ahead!

These allegations are very much the opposite of 'choice.'

* Let’s Litigate Ball!: Brooklyn Law School hosts its second sports law symposium. [Brooklyn Eagle]

* I know that SCOTUS is on a rights limiting kick right now, but nursing homes? [NPR]

* Don’t mess with Texas(‘ tax law), churches. [Texas Tribune]

* SCOTUS is soon slated to hear arguments on the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act. [AP]

* New York’s salary transparency law isn’t as transparent as one would hope. [Guardian]

Which judge continues to be asked to act as a ‘discovery border control agent’ in jurisdictional disputes for patent cases?

A brief reprieve.

My only prayer is that this goes to the Supreme Court and produces another The Onion™ level brief.

You'd think an attorney would know better than to run away from a process server.

* A picture is worth a thousand disbarrings: Kentucky prosecutor who would do legal favors for nude pictures is suspended. [Courier Journal]

* We really should have nipped that Facebook cancelled my free speech line of argument in the bud a few years ago. Just look at Texas! [Texas Tribune]

* A teenager who was punished with life in prison at fifteen is now starting law school a decade later. Talk about a hell of a personal statement! [Market Watch]

* Illinois is planning to abolish a poor people’s tax and people want you to think that it is Armageddon. It really isn’t. You should be more concerned over if your prosecutor is jailing people for not getting dem nudes. [Yahoo!]

* This is an A and B conversation. And C. And D. And E. And… [Protocol]

* Remember the whole “Return the question to the states” thing? Yeah that was a lie. [Talking Points Memo]

* Texans are still reckoning with fetal personhood. [Texas Tribune]

* Indiana’s abortion ban takes effect tomorrow. [NPR]

* Ever wondered how big healthcare law impacts the little people? Here’s a primer. [Reuters]

* If you thought leading a horse to water was hard enough, Trump allegedly tried to pay attorney fees with one. This is why you collect upfront, ladies and gents. [Huff Po]

* Longtime readers will recognize a familiar face on Mediaite! [Mediaite]

* Marco Rubio thinks that Trump’s alleged “document grab” that allegedly poses “an international security risk” is really just a security issue. [Huff Po]

* California knows how to raise minimum wage up to $22. Will they though? [WMUR]

* Texan Methodist Church thinks that Dobbs violates freedom of religion. Can’t wait to follow this suit with popcorn in hand. [WFAA]

* If you planned on walking up and down Times Square with an AR-15 today, you should probably reconsider. [AP News]

* Kid got a boo-boo? Hope you did your paperwork beforehand. [Palm Beach Post]

* Oklahoma’s AG aims to clear up expectations for how new anti-abortion laws will be enforced. [KFOR]

* Hospital sues Michigan for the right to treat patients with horrible bedside manner. For religious reasons, of course. [M Live]

* Testing Texas’ “In God We Trust” law with Arabic and LGBTQ lettering goes about as smoothly as you’d expect.  [Fox 11]

Let's just hope Big Alcohol doesn't steal the NRA's approach and start paying for textualist judges to sit on cases involving drunk teenagers. 14 year-olds were definitely getting sloshed at The Founding ™.

* Texan judge asks “What did the Founders Do?” when faced with current reality of teenagers with guns. [Business Insider]

* New York just made it a lot harder to be a DEVO fan if you’re under the age of 21. [Insider]

* Until there are $9: AOC pushes Biden to keep his word on student loan forgiveness. [Business Insider]

* New York deploys an interesting method of reparations. [Politico]

* Strict Textualism: Activist wants to flood Texas with Arabic “In God We Trust” signs to see how committed Americans are to this whole “religious neutrality” thing. [The New Arab]

* Move over Texas! California found a way to fight environmental destruction with guns! [Press Democrat]

* Medical providers take a gambler’s approach to abortion access. [NBC Los Angeles]

* Forget losing your license, providing an abortion in Texas could get you life in prison! [NBC DFW]

* Surprising no one, a Mississippi Appeals Court keeps a Jim Crow voter suppression law on the books. [Mississippi Free Press]

* Tennessee anti-abortion law doesn’t allow any exceptions for abortions. Might not be the best place to practice medicine if you don’t want to see your patients die preventable deaths once things go septic. [The Tennessean]