{"id":159020,"date":"2026-07-31T05:25:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/07\/31\/morning-docket-07-31-26\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T05:25:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:25:23","slug":"morning-docket-07-31-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/07\/31\/morning-docket-07-31-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 07.31.26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Even if the Senate rejects Todd Blanche, he\u2019s going to stay in the job indefinitely, no matter how questionably constitutional that may be. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/07\/30\/todd-blanche-attorney-general-confirmation-01018319\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Politico<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Judge seems to think Pentagon\u2019s designation of Anthropic as a security risk is bogus. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2507363\/judge-wary-of-dod-rationale-for-anthropic-risk-label\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Lawyer seeks restraining order against client\u2019s Congress member ex-husband. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/30\/politics\/max-miller-restraining-order\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Data brokers refusing requests to delete personal information. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/privacy-and-data-security\/data-brokers-deny-a-million-pleas-to-delete-personal-information\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* State sues Kalshi on the grounds that it runs an illegal gambling site. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/new-york-sues-kalshi-follows-coinbase-gemini-lawsuits-2026-07-31\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Alien Terrorist Removal Court holds first-ever hearing. It only took 30 years. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtwatch.news\/p\/185-a-quarter-life-crisis-for-a-court\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Court Watch<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Court hikes up AI misuse sanctions as nothing seems to be working. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/illinois-appeals-court-imposes-higher-sanction-on-attorney-to-deter-unacceptable-misuse-of-ai\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/07\/morning-docket-07-31-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 07.31.26<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Even if the Senate rejects Todd Blanche, he\u2019s going to stay in the job indefinitely, no matter how questionably constitutional that may be. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/07\/30\/todd-blanche-attorney-general-confirmation-01018319\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Politico<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Judge seems to think Pentagon\u2019s designation of Anthropic as a security risk is bogus. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2507363\/judge-wary-of-dod-rationale-for-anthropic-risk-label\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Lawyer seeks restraining order against client\u2019s Congress member ex-husband. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/30\/politics\/max-miller-restraining-order\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Data brokers refusing requests to delete personal information. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/privacy-and-data-security\/data-brokers-deny-a-million-pleas-to-delete-personal-information\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* State sues Kalshi on the grounds that it runs an illegal gambling site. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/new-york-sues-kalshi-follows-coinbase-gemini-lawsuits-2026-07-31\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Alien Terrorist Removal Court holds first-ever hearing. It only took 30 years. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtwatch.news\/p\/185-a-quarter-life-crisis-for-a-court\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Court Watch<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Court hikes up AI misuse sanctions as nothing seems to be working. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/illinois-appeals-court-imposes-higher-sanction-on-attorney-to-deter-unacceptable-misuse-of-ai\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Even if the Senate rejects Todd Blanche, he\u2019s going to stay in the job indefinitely, no matter how questionably constitutional that may be. [Politico] * Judge seems to think Pentagon\u2019s designation of Anthropic as a security risk is bogus. [Law360] * Lawyer seeks restraining order against client\u2019s Congress member ex-husband. [CNN] * Data brokers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":159021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/todd-blanche-donald-trump-GettyImages-2148007199-QWBaId.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}