{"id":161859,"date":"2026-08-31T05:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T13:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/31\/morning-docket-08-31-26\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T05:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T13:36:16","slug":"morning-docket-08-31-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/31\/morning-docket-08-31-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 08.31.26"},"content":{"rendered":"

* Why are there so many lawyer billboards? [Mental Floss<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* California legislature moves to block private equity from investing in law firms. [Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* DHS using law about customs violations to spy on journalists without a warrant. [Guardian<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Judge shopping crisis<\/a> goes mainstream as the Times dissects how the Northern District of Texas games the system to make sure right-wing activists can direct their cases through hand-picked judges. [NY Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Court strikes down State Department\u2019s speech-based deportation scheme. [Politico<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Fifth Circuit rejects \u201cserver test,\u201d deepening circuit split. [Courthouse News Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Trump asks Supreme Court to expedite Defense Department ban on transgender servicemembers. [CNN<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Milo Yiannopoulos deported. [Salon<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Indiana\u2019s Planned Parenthood suit over criminalizing cross-border treatment is the new frontline for reproductive rights. [Slate<\/a>]<\/p>\n

The post Morning Docket: 08.31.26<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* Why are there so many lawyer billboards? [Mental Floss<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* California legislature moves to block private equity from investing in law firms. [Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* DHS using law about customs violations to spy on journalists without a warrant. [Guardian<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Judge shopping crisis<\/a> goes mainstream as the Times dissects how the Northern District of Texas games the system to make sure right-wing activists can direct their cases through hand-picked judges. [NY Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Court strikes down State Department\u2019s speech-based deportation scheme. [Politico<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Fifth Circuit rejects \u201cserver test,\u201d deepening circuit split. [Courthouse News Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Trump asks Supreme Court to expedite Defense Department ban on transgender servicemembers. [CNN<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Milo Yiannopoulos deported. [Salon<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Indiana\u2019s Planned Parenthood suit over criminalizing cross-border treatment is the new frontline for reproductive rights. [Slate<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

* Why are there so many lawyer billboards? [Mental Floss] * California legislature moves to block private equity from investing in law firms. [Law360] * DHS using law about customs violations to spy on journalists without a warrant. [Guardian] * Judge shopping crisis goes mainstream as the Times dissects how the Northern District of Texas […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":161860,"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-161859","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\/08\/billboard-6761325_1920-8qVeUQ.jpg?fit=1920%2C1300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161859","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=161859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}