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* NYC is prepared for protests surrounding Trump indictment. Precaution is always good, but most of his supporters inclined to go out and do something dangerous are probably already serving their January 6th sentence. [Reuters] * Meanwhile, the House GOP wants Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg to testify to Congress about this process because federalism and states rights are just empty slogans. [Courthouse News Service] * Fox producer claims Winston & Strawn and network attorneys pressured her to be ...

* What say the Constitution about "True Threats"? I promise this isn't a spinoff show about vampires and faeries. [The Daily Beast] * The folks at Volokh aren't too happy about how the Supreme Court reads its adequate and state ground doctrine. [Reason] * You aren't the only one suspicious that Clarence Thomas did a major rehaul of the 2nd Amendment. [Washington Post] * If Donald Trump gets charged, it'll take a while before the process really sets in. Bring a good ...

* Marijuana use cannot impair gun rights. I mean, if being on the terror watch list isnt an obstacle, theres no reason weed should be. [Reuters]* Jay

* I love some good parody and a good whiskey. What will SCOTUS think of a parody of whiskey? [ABA Journal] * Take my food and I'll take you to court! Grubhub, Uber Eats, and Postmates can't arbitrate their way out of this one. [Reuters] * Kirkland & Ellis is pulling Metallica's strings advising this acquisition. [Bloomberg Law] * To Life, Liberty, and a Right to A Stable Climate. [Bloomberg Law] * The stakes are climbing against TikTok. I doubt a dance challenge will get to th...

* Justice Ketanji has stood out for her questions. Her decisions have fallen in line with the others thus far. [ABA Journal] * A Texas judge could play a role in banning abortion pills nationwide: Quite a lot of intervention from the Lone Star state. [Reuters] * Like voting? You should follow this one: North Carolina's redistricting case is gonna have some spillover. [Reuters] * The "Rust" prosecutor flaked. [NYT] * Conflicts of interest are no joke in these parts. [NY Daily News]

* Want a popular policy done, but Congress is uncooperative? Enter Executive Orders. Joe Biden plans to issue one on gun background checks today. [Bloomberg Law] * Can partisan gerrymandering get worse? Yes, yes it can. Today the North Carolina Supreme Court will reconsider the issue, which could have major repercussions for national politics. [Reuters] * Supreme Court to consider whether the Constitution provides protection against anti-trans discrimination. And I am sure completely coincidenta...

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* Some lawyers out there are getting paid for putting together the most financially significant $1.20 deal ever. [Law360] * Barney Frank, whose nameesake regulations could have prevented the recent bank collapses and then lobbied to support Trump administration efforts to relax those same regulations, sits on the board of now-collapsed Signature Bank. D'oh. [Twitter] * But Frank isn't blaming the regulatory rollback he supported. He's blaming crypto. I guess just because it's...

* Baylor Law School out of compliance with ABA standards. [KWTX] * But the good news is that some other schools are back in compliance! [ABA Journal] * O'Melveney explains how expansion pushed them into a billion-dollar firm this year. We've said this before, but as we wait for the Am Law 200, make note of these stories because it's "the notes they're not playing" -- every peer firm that's not rushing to tell their story to the American Lawyer right now is prob...

* Sam Bankman-Fried allowed to carry flip phone. Cue the Eighth Amendment. Just give him a rotary phone and be done with it. [Reuters] * Former inspector general revisits the Supreme Court's "oops, I mean, we talked to the justices 'about' the investigation but I cannot say that they were part 'of' the investigation" effort, and ruminates on how unbelievably inept this is. [The Atlantic] * George Conway is getting a divorce from Kellyanne confirming that marria...