Morning Docket: 03.18.22

* In memoriam: A son remembers a legal giant. [The Pulse] * Gagging the 1st: 11th Circuit considers the constitutionality of a law that imposes heightened penalties on a class of protesters. [CBS 12] * The police are called on Yale students who protested a Federalist Society lecturer. What happened to fighting speech with speech? [New York Post] * Texas is locking up folks without filing charges or giving them lawyers. No way this is legal. [The Texas Tribune] * Turns out Pepe does not go to the moon: 500k lawsuit follows after an NFT buyers faces the power of ctrl + v. [Notebook Check]

justice-2060093_640* In memoriam: A son remembers a legal giant. [The Pulse]

* Gagging the 1st: 11th Circuit considers the constitutionality of a law that imposes heightened penalties on a class of protesters. [CBS 12]

* The police are called on Yale students who protested a Federalist Society lecturer. What happened to fighting speech with speech? [New York Post]

* Texas is locking up folks without filing charges or giving them lawyers. No way this is legal. [The Texas Tribune]

* Turns out Pepe does not go to the moon: 500k lawsuit follows after an NFT buyers faces the power of ctrl + v. [Notebook Check]


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.  He endured 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.