Morning Docket: 12.03.21
* “We’re so progressive, even our diversity has diversity!” - The person who greenlit white folks doing their best Robert Downey Jr. impression to combat racism. [Buzzfeed News] * Separation of Church and Scholarship: SCOTUS will be deciding if secular scholarships can be used for religious schools. [ABA Journal] * I knew there was always money in the banana stand. But the church? [Newsweek] * Governor DeSantis is trying to create his own civilian police force. This is totally normal. Definitely not something you do before civil conflict. [WHDH] * Texas spits in the face of Roe again by making medical abortions after 7 weeks a felony. [The Texas Tribune]
What every white person in blackface always looks like, every time, forever.
* “We’re so progressive, even our diversity has diversity!” – The person who greenlit white folks doing their best Robert Downey Jr. impression to combat racism. [BuzzFeed News]
* Separation of Church and Scholarship: SCOTUS will be deciding if secular scholarships can be used for religious schools. [ABA Journal]
* I knew there was always money in the banana stand. But the church? [Newsweek]
* Governor DeSantis is trying to create his own civilian police force. This is totally normal. Definitely not something you do before civil conflict. [WHDH]
* Texas spits in the face of Roe again by making medical abortions after 7 weeks a felony. [The Texas Tribune]
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.
