Morning Docket: 10.15.21
* A Texas education law leads a school administrator to request an even-handed approach to the Holocaust. Yes, Adolf killed over 10 million people... but did you know he was also a painter? [CNN] * SB8’s back. Back again. I'm tired of re-runs, bring on the finale. [The Hill] * Judge thinks death row inmate should get a new trial after discovering the judge that sentenced him to death disliked Jews. Bigots getting lined up to make major decisions in people's lives must be a rare thing, right? [ABA Journal] * A new question is having a noted impact on voir dire: Are you vaccinated? [Law.com] * Your boy Zuckerberg is researching AI glasses that see, hear, and record all of your special little moments. It'll be like this for when some police dept. inevitably uses the data without a warrant. [The Verge]
Steve Rogers, agent of the Liberal Agenda.
* A Texas education law leads a school administrator to request an even-handed approach to the Holocaust. Yes, Adolf killed over 10 million people… but did you know he was also a painter? [CNN]
* SB8’s back. Back again. I’m tired of re-runs, bring on the finale. [The Hill]
* Judge thinks death row inmate should get a new trial after discovering the judge that sentenced him to death disliked Jews. Bigots getting lined up to make major decisions in people’s lives must be a rare thing, right? [ABA Journal]
* A new question is having a noted impact on voir dire: Are you vaccinated? [Law.com]
* Your boy Zuckerberg is researching AI glasses that see, hear, and record all of your special little moments. It’ll be like this for when some police department inevitably uses the data without a warrant. [The Verge]
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.
