Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.15.23

* Fifth Circuit says state bar dues violate the First Amendment. Alexander Hamilton must have mentioned something about it in a pamphlet somewhere once. [Courthouse News Service] * The Blind Side saga continues as player asks court to stop giving his money to the folks that allowed everyone to believe they'd adopted him. Sandra Bullock is getting another Oscar for this sequel. [Bloomberg Law News] * Oregon's recent reform to attorney licensing continues to inspire hope for other jurisdictions. [Oregon Live] * Muslim bar associations write Biglaw firms arguing that public statements and actions over the past few weeks have fueled Islamophobia. [CNN] * Meanwhile, NYU sued over disparate and discriminatory application of its procedures when it comes to antisemitic attacks. The complaint alleges that the school isn't doing anything about chants like "gas the Jews" and "Hitler was right," which stray pretty far from the sort of difficult line drawing between criticizing the war and bigotry other institutions grapple with.  [Reuters] * Court hands full control of the Pac-12 to the only 2 schools left in the Pac-12. [ESPN] * Trump tries to explain how his property valuations get so wacky. [Law360]

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First Amendment text* Fifth Circuit says state bar dues violate the First Amendment. Alexander Hamilton must have mentioned something about it in a pamphlet somewhere once. [Courthouse News Service]

* The Blind Side saga continues as player asks court to stop giving his money to the folks that allowed everyone to believe they’d adopted him. Sandra Bullock is getting another Oscar for this sequel. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Oregon’s recent reform to attorney licensing continues to inspire hope for other jurisdictions. [Oregon Live]

* Muslim bar associations write Biglaw firms arguing that public statements and actions over the past few weeks have fueled Islamophobia. [CNN]

* Meanwhile, NYU sued over disparate and discriminatory application of its procedures when it comes to antisemitic attacks. The complaint alleges that the school isn’t doing anything about chants like “gas the Jews” and “Hitler was right,” which stray pretty far from the sort of difficult line drawing between criticizing the war and bigotry other institutions grapple with.  [Reuters]

* Court hands full control of the Pac-12 to the only 2 schools left in the Pac-12. [ESPN]

* Trump tries to explain how his property valuations get so wacky. [Law360]

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