{"id":161501,"date":"2026-08-26T06:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T14:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/26\/morning-docket-08-26-26\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T06:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T14:09:15","slug":"morning-docket-08-26-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/26\/morning-docket-08-26-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 08.26.26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Elon Musk won\u2019t be charged for offering $1 million dollars for people to vote in Wisconsin supreme court election. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/08\/25\/elon-musk-wisconsin-district-attorney-declines-election-bribery-charges-01049345\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Politico<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Lawyer\u2019s office turned into the coolest part of a Chuck E. Cheese. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalcheek.com\/2026\/08\/lawyers-office-transformed-into-giant-ball-pit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Legal Cheek<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Man arrested for impersonating John Roberts. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/man-arrested-for-impersonating-chief-justice-roberts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Judge orders release of witness to ICE killing. [<a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/post\/214730\/federal-judge-frees-witness-fatal-ice-shooting-houston\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Republic<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Homeland Security infiltrated churches, libraries, and even breweries in trying to round up people in Minnesota. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/08\/25\/nx-s1-5941135\/dhs-surveillance-minnesota-ice-surge\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NPR<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Judge freezes Ohio law that tried to rewrite the National Voter Registration Act. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/judge-freezes-ohio-proof-of-citizenship-voter-registration-requirement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Courthouse News Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Following Supreme Court tossing injunction as premature in one case over the attempted Post Office ballot blocking scheme, district court in the other case finds administration violated court order by issuing the final rule. [<a href=\"https:\/\/electionlawblog.org\/2026\/federal-district-court-finds-that-u-s-government-violated-its-order-when-usps-issued-its-final-rule-on-mail-ballots-judge-imposes-no-remedy-as-new-injunctions-are-in-the-pipeline\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Election Law Blog<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/morning-docket-08-26-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 08.26.26<\/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\">* Elon Musk won\u2019t be charged for offering $1 million dollars for people to vote in Wisconsin supreme court election. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/08\/25\/elon-musk-wisconsin-district-attorney-declines-election-bribery-charges-01049345\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Politico<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Lawyer\u2019s office turned into the coolest part of a Chuck E. Cheese. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalcheek.com\/2026\/08\/lawyers-office-transformed-into-giant-ball-pit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Legal Cheek<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Man arrested for impersonating John Roberts. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/man-arrested-for-impersonating-chief-justice-roberts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Judge orders release of witness to ICE killing. [<a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/post\/214730\/federal-judge-frees-witness-fatal-ice-shooting-houston\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Republic<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Homeland Security infiltrated churches, libraries, and even breweries in trying to round up people in Minnesota. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/08\/25\/nx-s1-5941135\/dhs-surveillance-minnesota-ice-surge\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NPR<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Judge freezes Ohio law that tried to rewrite the National Voter Registration Act. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/judge-freezes-ohio-proof-of-citizenship-voter-registration-requirement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Courthouse News Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Following Supreme Court tossing injunction as premature in one case over the attempted Post Office ballot blocking scheme, district court in the other case finds administration violated court order by issuing the final rule. [<a href=\"https:\/\/electionlawblog.org\/2026\/federal-district-court-finds-that-u-s-government-violated-its-order-when-usps-issued-its-final-rule-on-mail-ballots-judge-imposes-no-remedy-as-new-injunctions-are-in-the-pipeline\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Election Law Blog<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/morning-docket-08-26-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 08.26.26<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Elon Musk won\u2019t be charged for offering $1 million dollars for people to vote in Wisconsin supreme court election. [Politico] * Lawyer\u2019s office turned into the coolest part of a Chuck E. Cheese. [Legal Cheek] * Man arrested for impersonating John Roberts. [ABA Journal] * Judge orders release of witness to ICE killing. 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