Morning Docket: 10.19.21
* Map drawing that weakens Latino vote in Texas faces Voting Rights Act scrutiny. I hope that whatever is left of it gets the job done. [The Dallas Morning News] * Looks like Michigan is about to be a UBE state! Woop woop! [Law.com] * Groups "Black Men Build" and "The Smile Trust, Inc." continue to feed and clothe unsheltered folks in Miami despite ordinances. Sounds like some good governance to me. [Miami Herald] * Jussie Smollett still headed to trial after judge dismisses his plea. No way 50 Cent is gonna let this go without some Grade A petty. [Yahoo!] * SCOTUS upholds strong qualified immunity standard for police. [New York Times]
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* Map drawing that weakens Latino vote in Texas faces Voting Rights Act scrutiny. I hope that whatever is left of it gets the job done. [The Dallas Morning News]
* Looks like Michigan is about to be a UBE state! Woop woop! [Law.com]
* Groups “Black Men Build” and “The Smile Trust, Inc.” continue to feed and clothe unsheltered folks in Miami despite ordinances. Sounds like some good governance to me. [Miami Herald]
* Jussie Smollett still headed to trial after judge dismisses his plea. No way 50 Cent is gonna let this go without some Grade A petty. [Yahoo!]
* SCOTUS upholds strong qualified immunity standard for police. [New York Times]
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.
