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* If Roe is overturned, the prosecutor's veto may be the last saving grace. [NYT] * The DOJ will be reviewing how police failed to respond to the Uvalde, Texas, mass shooting. [Reuters] * Thinking about reapplying to law school? Maybe don't? But also, read this first. [US News] * Apple is getting bit by another antitrust suit. [Engadget] * Maryland is being super serial with gun purchases. [NBC Washington]

* Elon stands accused of using tweets to manipulate Twitter's purchase price. I knew those Elden Ring build screenshots were fishy. TWO MEDIUM SHIELDS?! [Ars Technica] * Reminder to partners: Ellipses aren't commas or and when they are used as conversational pauses... they denote tension. Now please stop stressing out your associates. [Reddit] * Good News! You aren't the only one not studying for the bar. You should probably start soon though. [Reddit] * Science says less guns mea...

* Back the children: The number of children that have been shot to death at school is higher than the amount of officers that have been killed in the line of duty. [AS] * Oklahoma just banned abortion at fertilization. We're like two steps off criminalizing miscarriages at this point, aren't we? [CNN] * NY judge maintains law that allows gun manufacturers to be sued if and when they endanger public safety. [CNN] * Advertisers REALLY don't like Texas's social media law. [Adwee...

* Yesterday's elementary school mass shooting has the president and others pushing for gun law reform. [VOA News] * If the senseless deaths of children isn't enough to spur gun reform, maybe these tweets from Khloe Kardashian will. [Yahoo!] * Should last week's mass murderer be charged under the anti-lynching law it took Congress 120 years to pass? Survey says yes. [Bloomberg Law] * No Civil War protections for 2021 insurrectionists. Boo hoo. [CNN] * A rose by any other name requi...

* Could these abortion bans be just the thing needed to spur environmentalism with teeth? [Daily Beast] * The 11th Circuit just found the Florida law that prevents social media sites from moderating political speech to be unconstitutional. [Yahoo!] * Harvard just uhh... sued the government for discriminating against one of its students? Am I reading this right? [The Crimson] * Colorado just made it a little easier to be a parent. [Chieftain] * We don't like your kind around here: Inventions...

* Redditor asks if it's okay to show up to their summer gig a different race than what they indicated on their application. Nobody really reads the fine print... right? [Reddit] * Arkansas's governor just signed off on one hell of a "welp, too bad" with this anti-abortion law. [The Guardian] * A change to Tennessee's school zone brings some hope to adults left behind. [Axios] * Biglaw has been quite hush-hush about the Alito leak. No need to capitalize on current events ...

* Justice Thomas's views on which companies are common carriers could be key to compelling hate speech. [Ars Technica] * Mississippi just strengthened its animal rights laws. Gotta look out for our buddies. [Action News] * NY's Supreme Court rules cops can't use chokeholds again. Not sure why it was brought back in vogue but alright. [CNN] * Kamala Harris gives Oklahoma's abortion law anything but the OK. [NY Post] * Judge continues ban on a Kentucky law that would prohibit a...

* Hopefully, Texas's "Big Companies Don't Need Freedom Of Speech" law will go to the Supreme Court. [The Hill] * Gov. Murphy wants officers to be licensed to protect. [Bronx News] * The Due Process clause was invoked to suspend a law that would make abortions illegal if an opinion like Dobbs overrules Roe. [MSNBC] * Biden bumps baby bumpers to save sleeping babes. Say that 5 times fast. [NPR] * You're not the only one checking your emails. Hopefully, other states will ma...

* Focus, Gov: Hawaii law prevents Governor from moonlighting for Uber as a side gig. [Star Advertiser] * While it is hard to beat learning torts in pajamas, law students still prefer the real thing. [Reuters] * More ethanol in Des Moines, please! Iowa law mandates ethanol increase in fuel. [Times Republican] * NY aims to prevent the use of rap lyrics in criminal cases. About time. [Digital Music News] * Dark trendsetting: Overturning Roe v. Wade will have global spillover. [The Guardian]

* Abortion havens? If Roe is overturned, Native sovereignty could be a basis for continued access. [The Hill] * Change of course: JetBlue's offer for Spirit airlines could upset the potential Spirit/Frontier merger. Will it upset the antitrust division? [Reuters] * If only YouTube were a website, maybe we'd have free speech? [The Verge] * Stanford Law just waived college costs for folks with low family income. Woop woop! [Stanford Daily] * Is it time for a federal privacy law? [NYT]