Morning Docket: 08.27.21

* SCOTUS decides it’s up to Congress, not the CDC, to put a moratorium on evictions. [SupremeCourt.gov] * Wearing a low cut mask? Ok? But a crop top?! [Washington Post] * Living in Oregon and get fired because you refuse to take the vaccine? Yeah, you're probably on your own afterward. [Oregon Live] * Spreading Stupidity: I hope this plan for a pipeline that waters lawns in a drought evaporates. [Vice] * First year attorney loses two prospective clients because she is a woman and asks if that's normal. To read the responses and give her your own feedback, check out this thread. [Reddit]

* SCOTUS decides it’s up to Congress, not the CDC, to put a moratorium on evictions. [SupremeCourt.gov]

* Wearing a low cut mask? Ok? But a crop top?! [Washington Post]

* Living in Oregon and get fired because you refuse to take the vaccine? Yeah, you’re probably on your own afterward. [Oregon Live]

* Spreading Stupidity: I hope this plan for a pipeline that waters lawns in a drought evaporates. [Vice]

* First-year attorney loses two prospective clients because she is a woman and asks if that’s normal. To read the responses and give her your own feedback, check out this thread. [Reddit]


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.