Reproductive Freedom

* The TRUE story behind what it’s like to be a lawyer in Trumpland. [McSweeney’s]

* Even Marc Kasowitz is shocked — SHOCKED! — over the reality. [Politico]

* Your daily reminder that you really should give money to the ACLU. [The Slot]

* Playing the “What Coulda Been” game with Chris Christie’s career. [Law and More]

* Dems are gunning for Jared Kushner’s security clearance. [Huffington Post]

* Being versatile increases your value as an M&A lawyer, as Forrest Alogna and William Savitt explain. [American Bar Association]

* It’s like he has no idea how the law or politics or… anything works. [CNBC]

* Above the Law turns 11 next month, and David Lat explains to Karl Florida of Thomson Reuters how it all began. [Legal Current]

* What you can learn from Tiger Woods’s DUI arrest. [Versus Texas]

* Are we in the new age of monopolies? [Salon]

* This is reading an awful lot into unanimous Supreme Court decisions. [Washington Post]

* New York isn’t the liberal utopia you might think it is. [Jezebel]

* The election law gap between red states and blue states. [Election Law Blog]

* In NYC? Then join WNYC’s All Things Considered host Jami Floyd for a conversation about Loving v. Virginia on June 12th. [The Greene Space]

* Call off the lawyers. [Law and More]

* What’s the opposite of banning something? [Huffington Post]

* Theorizing over Jared Kushner’s motivation. [Slate]

* What dystopian hell have we landed in? The Vice President of the United States is touting an anti-abortion  “A-Team.” Stop the world, I wanna get off. [Huffington Post]

* The double standard just may be too much for the Sessions Department of Justice to bear. [Litigation Daily]

* NYPD has closed its investigation into the death of Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam, though the medical examiner has yet to determine cause of death. [Law and More]

* A lawyer’s death provides inspiration to help repair the system. [Guile Is Good]

* Is it possible there’ll be an actual check on Jeff Sessions? [Slate]

* Don’t think you’re safe just because you have employer-provided health care. [Salon]

* Neil Gorsuch is evasive, but in an adorable way. [Slate]

* What do Biglaw and Uber have in common? [Law and More]

* So, do you need a personal assistant? [Corporette]

* What is it they say about politics and bedfellows? [Too Fab]

* What should Judge Gorsuch have to prove during the confirmation hearings? [Huffington Post]

* An Alabama megachurch wants to hire its own police force. Legislature just might do it… Seems problematic. [Salon]

* The Super Bowl is coming up, try to stay out of jail. [Versus Texas]

* In their great new legal podcast, Dan Epps and Ian Samuel take a deep dive into Judge Gorsuch’s decisions and judicial philosophy. [First Mondays]

* Making sense of the Trump Administration’s legal maneuvers surrounding the immigration executive order. [Slate]

* My body, everyone else around me’s choice. [Jezebel]

* Judge Gorsuch’s past includes “Fascism Forever.” [Salon]

* The $500 million judgment against Oculus VR (now owned by Facebook). [Law and More]

* A primer on how the Dems should react to Gorsuch’s nomination. [Washington Post]

* J. Crew’s legal fight. [The Fashion Law]

* Are you a “fourth-tier” law school thinking of hiring some faculty? Maybe you should rethink how you hire. [TaxProf Blog]

* The least sexy sounding war that could have devastating ramifications for your freedom: The Supreme Court Wars. [CNN]

* There’s only one place for media coverage of reproductive freedom: Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. And she’s got a great response. [Huffington Post]

* Everything you need to know about the crazy Virginia Republican who introduced anti-trans bathroom legislation. [Slate]

* Get ready for the confirmation speed round! Which is likely a tactic to avoid too much bad press that will probably work. [Salon]

* D.C. is no place for communication. [Law and More]

* Insiders claim Megyn Kelly has told stories of sexual harassment at the hands of Roger Ailes to attorneys from Paul, Weiss. No wonder it looks like Ailes is on his way out. [New York Magazine]

* Be careful you don’t accidentally tweet your political opinions from your employer’s Twitter account, especially if you work for the Department of Justice. [Gizmodo]

* 5 tips to rebound when your legal game is considered “has been.” [Law and More]

* Taking the New York bar? Do yourself a favor and minimize your stress on test day — order your lunch ahead of time. [Custom Gourmet NY]

* There’s going to be a new season of Making a Murderer. [Slate]

* Restrictions on reproductive freedom are more than just a political talking point, there are real women who have to make tough choices as a result of the burdensome laws. [Huffington Post]

* Law professor is after blood, or at least disbarment, over the prosecution of the Freddie Gray case. [Washington Post]

* The essential questions every in-house counsel should ask before they pick a law firm. [Forbes]

* Donald Trump’s comments advocating punishment for women who have abortions have been turned into an attack ad. That didn’t take much time at all. [The Hill]

* Read up on the lawsuit filed by the US Women’s National Team filed against US Soccer alleging discriminatory wage practices. [Huffington Post]

* What are the best practices for answering emails when you are at home? [Corporette]

* Another reason to not have lifetime appointments for Supreme Court justices. [Medium]

* Yup, this is real: Missouri lawmakers made quite the mistake. [Gawker]

* Are you preparing mentally for the possibility of a brokered convention? Then read up on the last person to emerge as the candidate from a brokered convention to win the presidency. [Slate]

* In the case of Merrick Garland, maybe a nice guy could actually finish first. [Washington Post]

* The cases and issues that may result in a 4-4 tie on the Supreme Court. [Jost on Justice]

* Was Sandra Day O’Connor’s vote in Casey v. Planned Parenthood the actual death knell for reproductive freedom? [Slate]

* Chief Justice John Robert plays Carnac the Magnificent, and actually predicted the mess the Supreme Court nomination process has turned into. [Huffington Post]

* I doubt capitalism can really solve for the prejudice behind the anti-LGBTQ legislation that Georgia’s legislature passed, but it can provide enough pressure for the governor to veto it. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]

* Lessons for lawyers whose careers go off the track from former Lehman CFO Erin Callan. [Law and More]

* The Supreme Court is behind some of the epic lines voters have experienced during the primaries. [The Nation]

* Did Justice Kennedy just reveal himself to be hostile to the contraception mandate accommodation in today’s oral arguments in Zubik v. Burwell? [Slate]

* Senator Pat Toomey may be caving on the Merrick Garland front — the Pennsylvania Republican has agreed to take a meeting with the judge. [Politico]

* This is the actual problem with the most recent interpretation of Superman. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]

* Making the connection between reproductive freedom and LGBTQ rights. [Huffington Post]

* Opining on the ultimate fate of Edward Snowden. [Law and More]

* Charting the spread of marijuana legalization. [Pacific Standard Magazine]

* To excel as a lawyer you need to compete against yourself while still keeping your eye on the prize. [Katz on Justice]

* High school debaters around the country are debating U.S. domestic surveillance with more depth and nuance than Congress. Maybe they should set the bar just a little bit higher than that. [The Intercept]

* You want to organize against Airbnb? Get ready for some strange bedfellows. [Cityland]

* Judge Posner sees the bullsh*t behind Republicans’ strategy for (not) filling Justice Scalia’s seat. [Washington Post]

* Maryland Court of Appeals set a potentially dangerous new precedent in the case against the police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray. [Slate]

* A noteworthy ruling giving the green light to litigation financing. [Burford Capital]

* The growing movement to amend France’s self-defense laws to include domestic violence. [Jezebel]

* Even some Republicans are calling Indiana’s new abortion law overreaching, not that the statement stopped the bill from passing the legislature. [Huffington Post]

* Nope, Black History month still isn’t racist. Here’s an explanation one more time for those that need it. [Popehat] * Hey! Now there is science to back up what we all knew: Voter ID laws suppress the vote. [Talking Points Memo] * Not everyone gets access to the same justice: non-prosecution agreements are reserved […]

* British trainee lawyer arrested for Christmas Eve murder of a young teacher. [Legal Cheek]

* Judge John Gleeson is stepping down and returning to private practice. [New York Daily News]

* 31 law professors think this case about the right of publicity and video games should be heard by the Supreme Court. [The Volokh Conspiracy]

* Are Harvard Law professors unfairly going after a former student and alleged sexual assault survivor? [Huffington Post]

* Even people in liberal states should care about the erosion of reproductive freedom rights in Red States: NYC, joined by a coalition of other cities, has filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to strike down Texas’s restrictive abortion law. [Jezebel]

* Looks like legal work won’t be outsourced to the robots any time soon. [New York Times]

* If you are on the criminal defense side of things, you’d always better be ready for a battle. [Katz on Justice]