Sam Alito
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PodcastsSir Sam Alito Decides No Pesky 'Constitution' Governs Him
That Governing Document Can't Stop Me Because I Can't Read! -
CourtsSam Alito Got Knighted... Just Like The Founding Fathers EXPLICITLY MADE UNCONSTITUTIONAL
It turns out Sam Alito hates the Constitution as much as you thought he did. 
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CourtsNo Big Deal... Just Clarence Thomas Using GOP Donor Money To Visit Russians
The latest details of the Supreme Court justice's luxury trips keep getting more surreal.
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Justice Alito’s Views On Social Media And The First Amendment Seem To Shift Depending On Who He Wants To Win
From the which-way-the-wind-blows dept. -
CourtsClarence Thomas Rejects Bump Stock Ban After Praising Skill Involved In Mass Shooting
Somehow, Thomas penning a love letter to the 'balancing act' involved in drawing automatic performance from a rifle wasn't the weirdest part. -
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Alito Refuses To Recuse In Trump Case As Reporters Catch Him In Yet Another Lie
It's not so much that Sam Alito is a liar, it's that he's so bad at it. -
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Washington Post Knew About Alito's Flag Three Years Ago But Just... Didn't Tell Anybody
The Post's excuse for not running this story is bad, but it's the inevitable side effect of the Supreme Court's structure. 
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GovernmentFederalist Society Honcho Also Flying Insurrectionist Fave Flag
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Helpful Field Guide For Identifying The Next Flag At Sam Alito's House
Which January 6 flag will Sam Alito fly next? -
CourtsThe Sam Alito Flag Excuses Keep Getting Dumber
Sam Alito's flag excuse was bad... his defenders' excuses are even worse. -
PodcastsYou're A Grand Old Flag, You're An Upside-Down Flag
Now, this is a story all about how Sam Alito's wife got flipped-turned upside down. -
CourtsBREAKING: Supreme Court That Blocked Vaccine Mandates & Quarantine Orders Suddenly VERY Concerned About Immunity.
Justices display deep concern for criminal defendants as long as the criminal defendant is Donald Trump and only Donald Trump.
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Sam Alito Uncorks One Of The Dumbest Textualist Arguments In Supreme Court History
Alito tries to advance textualist argument for letting women die in emergency rooms, fails. -
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Remember That New Supreme Court Ethics Code? Sam Alito Doesn't.
Alito recused himself and refused to identify the reason... just like always. -
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A helpful guide for anyone wondering how borrowing works for different people. -
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Sam Alito Hates Everyone He Works With So Much He's Letting It Slip Subconsciously
The Supreme Court doesn't seem to be his happy place. -
Morning DocketMorning Docket: 09.06.23
* If Senator Whitehouse thinks John Roberts will take action after Sam Alito straight up admitted to breaching ethics rules, then he doesn’t know John Roberts! [Law360]
* Oregon Supreme Court voting on whether to become the first state in the modern era to offer a full apprenticeship path to the bar. [Reuters]
* GPT-4 wins a lawyering contest featuring various AI options, but still isn’t as good as humans. Kinda supercharges why states might want to find licensing pathways that don’t involve an algorithm gaming a test, huh? [New Scientist]
* Nationwide says it is not on your side if you’re accused of aiding in an abduction. [Law.com]
* John Eastman has failed to get out of his disciplinary proceeding on Fifth Amendment grounds. That was the obvious outcome, but if John Eastman accepted the obvious dictates of the law he wouldn’t be in this mess in the first place. [Bloomberg Law News]
* An interview with super agent Leigh Steinberg. [ABA Journal]
* CiteRight and Jurisage to merge as Canadian legal tech providers eye expansion. [Law.com International]
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CourtsFederal Judge Absolutely NAILS Supreme Court's Ethics Dumpster Fire
If you read one thing about the Supreme Court all day, read this. Or actually read the article this is piece is about. You know what? Read two things. -
Morning DocketMorning Docket: 06.29.23
* While Sam Alito rewrote laws to help oil and gas exploit more land, his wife was… making land deals with oil and gas companies. But I guess that’s okay because his wife’s money isn’t “adjacent” to him because the couple is not physically “continuously connected.” [The Intercept]
* Law professor who feels persecuted because law schools hire other professors to teach classes about racism is going after a law school for having a “students of color” outreach program. By the end of the week, he’s probably going to have the Supreme Court’s backing on that one. [NY Post]
* So many of the problems facing Ron DeSantis could be solved by taking 10 minutes to read the Constitution. [CBS News]
* California’s ban on using public funds to travel to states with pro-bigotry laws on the books has hurt Black academics who can’t travel to conferences in those states. Which was the obvious outcome. Unless California plans to put resources behind bidding on and hosting all of these national conferences, the policy is always going to turn out this way. [Los Angeles Times]
* The FTC plans to file a sweeping antitrust suit against Amazon in a few weeks. It took a lot longer to deliver than a Prime package, but it’s worth the wait. [Bloomberg Law News]
* UK law firms worried that ChatGPT might be writing job applications. Oh no! How will firms survive once AI learns to write “I think my greatest weakness is that I care too much about the work.” [Law.com International]
* “Privacy Suit Says AI Could ‘Decide To Eliminate The Species.'” Or worse: cover letters. [Law360]
