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* Whose house? IN-HOUSE!!! Check out the report! [Above the Law] * Wanna know something constitutional? Not the Texas abortion ban's enforcement mechanism according to one judge's reading of the state constitution. [WaPo] * I know you've been following the Jussie Smollett trial — here's what happened. [NY Post] * Ever wondered how the other side of the pond legislates abortion? Here's a primer. [WaPo] * Risk? In this economy?! In-house teams are taking a new approach. ...

* The In-House Compensation Report is out! It's like the Colbert Report! But different! [Above the Law] * Hallowed be thy taxes: Looks like the Supreme Court is about to make it easier for religious schools to fill the collection plate. [Intelligencer] * Looks like student loans will be back in effect come the end of January. Good thing you've set aside those bonuses to put a dent in your highest interest loans. Right? [The Guardian] * Britney's newest signature? Her own. Cheers t...

* Applying for law school and worried you can't rely on mom and dad for good Bluebooking advice? You aren't as alone as you might think. [U.S. News] * Massachusetts is looking to update its hate crime laws after 30 years. [Boston Globe] * The "Remember the Alamo" state is about to spend $15M to make sure kids don't learn about the unimportant stuff. Like slavery. [Yahoo] * The first steps on the "Momnibus" bill hope to make it safer to birth while Black. [The L...

* 5th Circuit literally okays cops kicking a man when he's down and Sotomayor isn't having it. [Law & Crime] * For the international law folks: Biden wants to boycott the 2022 Olympics because of the whole genocide thing. [USA Today] * The Justice Department is suing Texas, claiming its redistricting is discriminatory toward Latinos. Could you do something nice for once, Texas? Like, pretty please with extra oil on top? [WaPo] * Trump basically just admitted to obstruction of justi...

* Chris Cuomo has gaba'd his last gool on CNN for advising his brother on how to deal with sexual misconduct allegations. [Reuters] * All talk, no billables: Top lawyers respond to a survey that assesses the importance of DEI in the workplace. [Bloomberg Law] * 'When there are nine" is looking more like a heuristic than a legal requirement. [LA Times] * The St. Louis Zoo thinks gun activists should be the ones strapped with paying their legal fees. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch] * Push...

* “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. De...

* The first action under Tennessee's anti-CRT law is accusing MLK of being un-American. Who would have dreamed of this? [Insider] * A clean conscience: Law that protects donors from civil and criminal liability finds it easier to donate female sanitary products. [AP News] * Yale student who claims they were blackballed ends up getting the prestigious scholarship anyway. [Yale Daily News] * For a lot of people, the current push against abortion rights doesn't make sense. Here's a l...

* In the only country where it is a regular event, the completely unforeseeable 28th school shooting of this year happened in Oxford, Michigan. [NY Times] *  Saying Dr. Fauci has Dr. Mengele vibes is decidedly not the best way to celebrate Hanukkah. I know free speech is important; I just wish news sources were more quiet about it from time to time. [Vanity Fair] * If  Roe v. Wade gets overturned, it's worth having a battle plan in mind. Here's a good start. [Scientific American] * P...

* Actor Jussie Smollet is about to go to trial for attempting to manipulate racial tensions to propel his career. He should have done it the right way, like Kyle Rittenhouse. [BBC] * Law school applications are down again. Maybe you didn't go to law school to become an accountant... [Reuters] * Folks are still salty about social media platforms and censorship. I think the free speech people haven't realized the whole corporate personhood thing means Twitter has 1st Amendment rights too...

* Thanksgiving turkey have you thinking about home insurance? This might be worth a look. [Law360] * The Department of Transportation is in hot water over a (bad) meme that might count as lobbying. Maybe this is a sign they should leave it to the professionals. [FOX News] * If not knowing enough about the Rittenhouse and Arbery trial outcomes made your uncle question if your JD was really better than his "research" (read: Google searches), it might be a good time to review some legal c...