{"id":136107,"date":"2025-10-31T05:39:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T13:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/10\/31\/morning-docket-10-31-25\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T05:39:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T13:39:37","slug":"morning-docket-10-31-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/10\/31\/morning-docket-10-31-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 10.31.25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* Judge Nichols heaps praise on DOJ lawyers suspended for <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/10\/trump-doj-has-had-it-with-prosecutors-who-think-showing-up-at-barack-obamas-house-with-guns-and-a-machete-is-some-kind-of-crime\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">acknowledging the January 6 riot<\/a>. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/litigation\/us-judge-praises-prosecutors-who-were-suspended-after-referring-january-6-mob-2025-10-30\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Next big executive power showdown? National monuments. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/environment-and-energy\/trumps-power-to-abolish-monuments-hangs-on-prolonged-ruling-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Government tells Supreme Court that overturning tariffs would jeopardize all the trade deals they wouldn\u2019t need it they didn\u2019t have tariffs. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2405711\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Clients turning to firms for AI training. No way this ends in disaster. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/legaltechnews\/2025\/10\/30\/clients-are-turning-to-law-firms-for-gen-ai-training-\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Legaltech News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* The only entity that tried to steal an election in 2024 was the North Carolina Supreme Court. This article gets at the root cause of that rot. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/paul-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ProPublica<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* We\u2019re yet again debating the dumbest policy question ever: permanent daylight saving. [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/video\/could-congress-finally-pass-law-to-end-back-and-forth-with-clocks-and-calendars-sunrise\/11220020\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Hill<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Happy Halloween\u2026 with some classic lawyer jokes. [<a href=\"https:\/\/banzhaf.net\/HalloweenNew.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Banzhaf<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/10\/morning-docket-10-31-25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 10.31.25<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* Judge Nichols heaps praise on DOJ lawyers suspended for <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/10\/trump-doj-has-had-it-with-prosecutors-who-think-showing-up-at-barack-obamas-house-with-guns-and-a-machete-is-some-kind-of-crime\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">acknowledging the January 6 riot<\/a>. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/litigation\/us-judge-praises-prosecutors-who-were-suspended-after-referring-january-6-mob-2025-10-30\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Next big executive power showdown? National monuments. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/environment-and-energy\/trumps-power-to-abolish-monuments-hangs-on-prolonged-ruling-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Government tells Supreme Court that overturning tariffs would jeopardize all the trade deals they wouldn\u2019t need it they didn\u2019t have tariffs. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2405711\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Clients turning to firms for AI training. No way this ends in disaster. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/legaltechnews\/2025\/10\/30\/clients-are-turning-to-law-firms-for-gen-ai-training-\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Legaltech News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* The only entity that tried to steal an election in 2024 was the North Carolina Supreme Court. This article gets at the root cause of that rot. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/paul-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ProPublica<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* We\u2019re yet again debating the dumbest policy question ever: permanent daylight saving. [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/video\/could-congress-finally-pass-law-to-end-back-and-forth-with-clocks-and-calendars-sunrise\/11220020\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Hill<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Happy Halloween\u2026 with some classic lawyer jokes. [<a href=\"https:\/\/banzhaf.net\/HalloweenNew.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Banzhaf<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Judge Nichols heaps praise on DOJ lawyers suspended for acknowledging the January 6 riot. [Reuters] * Next big executive power showdown? National monuments. [Bloomberg Law News] * Government tells Supreme Court that overturning tariffs would jeopardize all the trade deals they wouldn\u2019t need it they didn\u2019t have tariffs. 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