Applying for a Visa* DOJ orders criminal investigations into state and local authorities who “obstruct” immigration crackdowns. And by “obstruct” they mean “refuse to let the federal government steal local tax dollars by deputizing cops to take time out of policing the community and chasing down criminals to round up law-abiding guys standing outside Home Depot.” [Bloomberg Law News]

* It’s Always Sunny at Kirkland & Ellis. [American Lawyer]

* From Dominion to Prince Harry, it’s been a rough go for Murdoch’s faux journalism empire. [NBC News]

* Facebook sucks up and holds all your data, but when lawsuits show up they like to delete their own. [Reuters Legal]

* Lawyer arrested at bar meeting gets some measure of justice. [Arkansas Times]

* Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht after promising freedom-loving Libertarians that he’d free their drug smuggling exchange hero in exchange for them looking the other way on trifling freedom issues like forced birth. [Law360]

* Iran passes law allowing child marriage, finally catching up to Mississippi. [The Guardian]