Suited Gladiators

A call for a #Texas judge to resign goes out after his racially-charged rant in which he rips #BlackLivesMatter . #judiciary https://t.co/is0bUG7xlW via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/KfoQId4HXT — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) March 1, 2018

A federal judge called out by then-candidate Donald #Trump hands the president a favorable ruling on his border wall project. #judiciary https://t.co/sMHfErVfug via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/Gv0wpQJC0f — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) March 1, 2018

#SCOTUS considers how to interpret a 1986 law to technology that's considered common today, but did not exist then. #USvMicrosoft https://t.co/VOw6If4X4a via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/P86KW788dR — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) March 1, 2018

After #Missouri Gov. @EricGreitens ' recent indictment, a lawyer who worked as a stripper during law school in the 1990s is using the politician's own arguments to try and secure a pardon. #criminaljustice https://t.co/kzcBt1vv46 via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/PgWHiSG8EG — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) March 1, 2018

The latest offshoot of a group that watches and reports on the daily machinery of the justice system is up and running in #Manhattan and #Brooklyn , writes @schwartzapfel of @MarshallProj . #criminaljustice https://t.co/IsIeqQ0EMz via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/n56VXyEyps — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) March 1, 2018

A new @LexisNexis report shows that partner rate increases at the nation's largest law firms continues to grow. https://t.co/qlPBzxxJvE via @LawScribbler and @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/IRxZZGSaJ0 — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) March 1, 2018

Comparing six legal databases— @casetext , @fastcase , #GoogleScholar , #LexisAdvance , @ravellaw and @Westlaw —when researchers entered identical searches in the same jurisdictional databases, there was hardly any overlap in the top 10 cases https://t.co/Y1qcoD8kex via @ABAJournal pic.twitter.com/ucOhqTheZ6 — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 28, 2018

As part of the Diversity and Social Justice in First Year Classes Series, Visiting Professor Paul Butler discusses a hip-hop theory of justice https://t.co/cgitDHKzBP — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) February 28, 2018

Trump Backs Conflicting Gun Measures While Negotiating With Lawmakers On TV In a freewheeling talk with Republicans and Democrats on efforts to curtail gun violence, President Trump appeared to throw his support behind efforts that are opposed by the powerful gun lobby. Read more on NPR

An #Alabama court unseals the will of #HarperLee . #lawinpopularculture https://t.co/0sIdnVVIKN via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/IXjQxhAEM6 — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 28, 2018

Lawrence Lessig says the current electoral system is unconstitutional – and he’s suing to change it. via @usnews https://t.co/DrkKS9f5iZ — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) February 28, 2018

A computer programmer is facing prison time for trying to prolong the lives of PCs. #copyrightlaw https://t.co/fzDLMm3VKZ via @LawScribbler and @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/O39Zqkelbi — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 28, 2018

Supreme Court Examines Strict Laws For Inside Polling Places Polling places are politics-free zones. Could that change with a Supreme Court case out of Minnesota? The Supreme Court heard arguments in a key case Wednesday. Read more on NPR

Was Florida Deputy A 'Coward'? School Shooting Highlights Trials Of Police Duty President Trump this week called the school resource officer in Parkland, Fla., a "coward" because he stayed outside during the school shooting earlier this month. The deputy is defending his actions. Read more on NPR

#JeffSessions says he will do his job with "integrity and honor" in response to another disparaging tweet from #Trump . #attorneygeneral https://t.co/0722IsPM67 via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/VZG2xpDgGF — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 28, 2018

. @NCCULAW raises #LSAT cut score after ABA accreditation noncompliance finding https://t.co/DJBzPwUksa via @sfw70II and @ABAJournal — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 28, 2018

Frank E.A. Sander, a former @Harvard_Law professor and a pioneer in the field of alternative dispute resolution, dies at 90. #obituaries https://t.co/u9Z0rS5lBc via @ABAJournal . — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 28, 2018

Civil Rights leader @repjohnlewis will be Harvard’s 2018 Commencement speaker! Watch @HarvLRev ImeIme Umana co-moderate a conversation with Lewis @HarvardIOP last April. https://t.co/svnZmrxiS7 — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) February 28, 2018

What's actually happening when a #cryptocurrency gets hacked? https://t.co/MpHF91x9eZ #DigitalDangers #Coincheck via @LawScribbler and @ABAJournal — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 28, 2018

Did that really just come out of the judge's mouth? Our @abajquestion this week is what's the strangest thing you've heard a judge say? It need not be an "out of bounds" statement that impacted a case. You win, you get published nest week! https://t.co/Z85qeSBvfE via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/1DNGPcWwel — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 28, 2018

A call is being made for a #Texas judge to resign after a racially-charged explanation for denying no-cash bail in which he refers to #BlackLivesMatter as a "rag-tag organization" that teaches nothing but "contempt." #judiciary https://t.co/Rx6eQjsTvK via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/LsBRaDTWdE — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 28, 2018

Real-life, real-time legal and policy work: A look at Harvard Law's Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic https://t.co/FHB4jIfeif — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) February 28, 2018

#GonzaloCuriel , the federal judge from #Indiana who #Trump once referred to as a "hater" and whose lineage was questioned, hands the president a favorable ruling on the border wall project. #judiciary https://t.co/oIxbori1J6 via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/n99cyphOUO — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 28, 2018

The Perils of Small-Minority Controllers: At a substantial majority of dual-class companies controllers are able to reduce equity stake below 10% and still retain a lock on control. Recent study by Lucian Bebchuk @HarvardCorpGov https://t.co/YFJ7xZB3GK — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) February 28, 2018

#SCOTUS considers how to apply a 32-year-old law in a case involving technology that did not exist then. #USvMicrosoft https://t.co/z1LItLN52k via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/6dH9GvxWhM — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 28, 2018

Can authoritarianism happen in America? Martha Minow and @CassSunsteinon how democracies can crumble via @wgbhnews https://t.co/ybcCSZW4T8 — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) February 28, 2018

A man who moonlighted as a stripper in #Missouri while in law school seeks a pardon after a '99 guilty plea for secretly recording sexual encounters. Here's why his lawyer is invoking the name of first-term Gov. @EricGreitens . #privacylaw https://t.co/M2qO6cB2Ev via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/3wsYInRLYG — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 28, 2018

TODAY at 12pm: Francis Biddle Memorial Lecture with @SheryllCashin : “The Descendants: From Slavery to Jim Crow to Dark Ghettos, A Call for 21st Century Abolition” https://t.co/AVUhndMZ0w pic.twitter.com/zJc7oEXSKd — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) February 28, 2018

Prosecutors in #NewYork are getting extra scrutiny thanks to a group of local court watchers -- everyday people tasked with reporting on the daily machinery of the justice system, writes @schwartzapfel of @MarshallProj . #criminaljustice https://t.co/Vt3huB4l2B via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/er8ubeE7WV — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 28, 2018

Partner rate increases at the largest firms are growing and they're becoming more widespread according to a new report. #lawfirms https://t.co/Es7lOI5zY2 via @LawScribbler and @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/BOhSc7B1Qc — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 28, 2018

Stoneman Douglas Students Head Back To School Exactly two weeks after the Parkland, Fla. students escaped as a gunman entered and killed 17, they will once again walk the halls of their school. Read more on NPR

Polling Place Battleground: Freedom Of Speech Versus Freedom From Intimidation Polling places are a politics-free zone. Could that change with a Supreme Court case out of Minnesota? The court is hearing arguments in a key case on this Wednesday. Read more on NPR

Saying the #2ndCir must have "read the @nytimes or something" first, #JeffSessions slams the fed appeals court for a decision to protect gay workers. He also blasts judges blocking #Trump administration policies. #attorneygeneral https://t.co/jnleEoYneT via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/IAIrRdfoTo — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 28, 2018

#SCOTUS rules that detained immigrants do not have the right to bond hearings twice a year under federal laws, overturning a #9thCir decision. #immigrationlaw https://t.co/LSYGVSFgAJ via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/iRi9xJ9Qd2 — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 28, 2018

Oral arguments at #SCOTUS on mandatory union fees for government employees were reported to be an "animated, at times angry, debate," but #Gorsuch did not ask any questions. #Janus v. @AFSCME . https://t.co/2dRT145xWm via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/JafE455PZp — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 28, 2018

Watch: International Criminal Law From Nuremberg to the ICC and Beyond https://t.co/7f7f2G5zhM #HLS200 — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) February 28, 2018

#Blockchain -based initial coin offerings chart uncertain legal terrain https://t.co/YedKIxmWtx via @LawScribbler and @ABAJournal #ICO #InitialCoinOffering pic.twitter.com/RMFeDfMuAw — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 28, 2018

What can you look forward to at @ABATECHSHOW this year? @LawScribbler previews the four-day event coming up next month in #Chicago ! #TS18 https://t.co/W8NgvcxpjN via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/dhSUlfmcgT — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 28, 2018

A progression of "disparaging misconduct toward others in the legal profession," including calling an opposing attorney a dominatrix, leads to disbarment for a #Florida lawyer. #legalethics https://t.co/L92EjQSSIQ via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/ECFD3Sjjor — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 28, 2018

Federal Judge Who Was Disparaged By Trump Green-Lights Border Wall Project The same judge Trump once called a "hater" issued a ruling allowing the administration's plans to construct the border wall to proceed. Read more on NPR

As a domestic assault victim was reading an impact statement in an #Oregon courtroom, the judge reportedly said he'd heard enough and ensured that he wouldn't have to hear her continue. #judiciary https://t.co/7mIbgq90JW via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/GRa85Zd46Z — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 28, 2018

It's time for law firms to focus inward and confront abusive rainmakers regardless of the power they may wield, @KarenKaplowitz writes in the latest #YourVoice piece for @ABAJournal . https://t.co/X7oKt0QhkZ pic.twitter.com/yJotMRK2UU — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 28, 2018

During opioid press conference, Sessions says @TheJusticeDept will investigate GOP memo claims https://t.co/USekQWDXNv via @ABAJournal — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 27, 2018

"Frank Sander was one of the great pioneers in ADR and had a monumental impact on both the world of legal scholarship and legal practice." https://t.co/fZQcFJ0Qtg — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) February 27, 2018

Get Out: Toward an Honest Commitment to Racial Justice | @houstoninst Executive Director David Harris via @medium https://t.co/YrdDALU4wq — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) February 27, 2018

V. Important Updates For The Supreme Court The Court is considering warrants for data in the cloud, rules for credit card companies, and public employee union fees. Read more on NPR

Inside The Search For Notorious B.I.G. And Tupac's Killers The two biggest musicians of their day were murdered months apart. Why are the cases still unsolved? Read more on NPR

. @ACLU sues over @ICEgov detention of immigrant mom, 7-year-old daughter in separate facilities https://t.co/oOxI2cJaXm via @ABAJournal — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 27, 2018

Thanks To 'Trump Slump,' Shops Have More Guns Than Buyers After a dramatic increase in sales, an over-saturated market and politics are contributing to lagging gun sales. Some manufacturers are reporting drops of up to 70 percent. Read more on NPR

From @schwartzapfel at @MarshallProj , a federal judge considers $1M in fines for a prison medical provider's "intractable failures." https://t.co/GHqjrG5pme via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/i0zs00cdO5 — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 27, 2018

A group of Harvard professors, including @JeannieSuk , discuss the challenges, impacts, and implications of the #MeToo movement https://t.co/I5QnvDIKUV via @thecrimson — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) February 27, 2018

REPOSTING WITH CORRECT STORY LINK: #JeffSessions rips #2ndCir over #TitleVII ruling, says judges "read the @nytimes or something before reaching their decision. #attorneygeneral https://t.co/8CA5Fq1KLZ via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/f8VyNqDwjA — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 27, 2018

Congress Stalled On Bills To Tighten Gun Background Check System Lawmakers have made little progress in advancing any new gun control measures in since the February 14 shooting that left 17 people dead at a high school in Parkland, Florida, Read more on NPR

#JeffSessions rips #2ndCir over #TitleVII ruling, saying the judges "read the @nytimes or something" before reaching their decision. #attorneygeneral https://t.co/4FX0C09H2F via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/RlyGqZkSEu — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 27, 2018

How Pennsylvania’s Redistricting Effort May Succeed Where Other States Haven’t https://t.co/3xoIq5ysY4 via @HarvardCRCL — Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) February 27, 2018

Supreme Court Rules Immigrants Don't Have The Right To Periodic Bond Hearings The court ruled that immigrants, even those who are permanent legal residents and asylees, have no right to periodic bond hearings, meaning they can be held indefinitely. Read more on NPR

Detained immigrants do not have the right to twice-yearly bond hearings, #SCOTUS rules, overturning a #9thCir decision. #JenningsvRodriguez #immigrationlaw https://t.co/x505rCzLhT via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/oyj2NYu2n6 — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 27, 2018

TODAY, 12pm, @Harvard_Law : Harvard Law School Student Animal Legal Defense Fund & @AnimalLawHLS host "Don’t Ban #AnimalTests ; De-fund Them," a lecture by Justice Goodman, VP of @WhiteCoatWaste . Learn more! https://t.co/bYv4lbsvza pic.twitter.com/fF96GifElk — Petrie-Flom Center (@PetrieFlom) February 27, 2018

#Gorsuch not inquisitive in oral arguments during #Janus v. @AFSCME . #SCOTUS #unions https://t.co/naArirHVxt via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/RPLQewRdsm — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 27, 2018

Join us today at noon! How can multimedia platforms help us build empathy & connection? A conversation with @GlobalLives founder @davidevanharris . https://t.co/8wGviimZ1j — Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society (@BKCHarvard) February 27, 2018

Are you ready for @ABATECHSHOW ? @LawScribbler brings you everything you should know about next month's event in this preview. #TS18 https://t.co/7CpV9hQZeZ via @ABAJournal . pic.twitter.com/PQQKDjVFg5 — ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 27, 2018