Morning Docket: 11.11.21

* Congress will be mandating cars breathalyzers in cars by 2026. Is this the new seat belt or a major 4th Amendment violation? [Tech Crunch] * Looking to follow the Arbury case and would like a primer on citizen's arrest? Here you go. [CNN] * New York is encouraging employees to blow the whistle in a big way. See something, do your best referee impersonation...something. [National Law Review] * Tribes and conservation groups in Montana are forcing mining companies to clean up after themselves. I hope that this is blared as the company removes the waste, but that might be cruel and unusual. [AP News] * 1st Amendment is still under attack — and Ohio is throwing a haymaker. [AP News]

* Congress will be mandating breathalyzers in cars by 2026. Is this the new seat belt or a major 4th Amendment violation? [Tech Crunch]

* Looking to follow the Arbury case and would like a primer on citizen’s arrest? Here you go. [CNN]

* New York is encouraging employees to blow the whistle in a big way. See something, do your best referee impersonation… something. [National Law Review]

* Tribes and conservation groups in Montana are forcing mining companies to clean up after themselves. I hope that this is blared as the waste is removed, but that might be cruel and unusual. [AP News]

* 1st Amendment is still under attack — and Ohio is throwing a haymaker. [AP News]


Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. Before that, he wrote columns for an online magazine named The Muse Collaborative under the pen name Knehmo. He endured the great state of Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and by tweet at @WritesForRent.