{"id":163377,"date":"2026-09-23T06:02:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T14:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/09\/23\/morning-docket-09-23-26\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T06:02:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T14:02:56","slug":"morning-docket-09-23-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/09\/23\/morning-docket-09-23-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 09.23.26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Brett Kavanaugh testily demands answers in the <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/09\/eighth-circuit-revives-missouri-gerrymander-supreme-court-already-blocked-time-for-impeachment-articles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Missouri gerrymander case<\/a> he\u2019s killed twice already. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/09\/22\/us\/politics\/supreme-court-missouri-congressional-map.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* \u201cJudge dismisses suit claiming James Cameron misappropriated likeness of actress for \u2018Avatar.&#8217;\u201d I\u2019ll say it, he hasn\u2019t made a good movie since Terminator 2. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-claiming-james-cameron-misappropriated-actress-likeness-for-avatar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Seyfarth admits social security numbers involved in hack. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2528717\/seyfarth-says-data-breach-exposed-social-security-numbers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* At some point, Trump can\u2019t just pretend every illegal act is \u201cto protect us from drones\u201d right? [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/us-law-week\/trumps-familiar-national-security-argument-for-arch-has-limits\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Supreme Court rules in favor of parents after surrogate fled to Texas to birth potentially fatally ill baby. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/09\/22\/texas-us-supreme-court-surrogacy-dallas-rumi-gabriel-mckenna-west\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Tribune<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* The good folks at ProPublica found the photographic evidence that Russian oligarchs paid for a Trump wedding. This is what CBS used to do before it became a Trump outlet. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/donald-trump-jr-wedding-umar-kremlev-reporting\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ProPublica<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/09\/morning-docket-09-23-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 09.23.26<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-single__featured-image post-single__featured-image--medium alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/09\/GettyImages-1041966798-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"post-single__featured-image-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Photo By Michael Reynolds-Pool\/Getty Images)\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Brett Kavanaugh testily demands answers in the <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/09\/eighth-circuit-revives-missouri-gerrymander-supreme-court-already-blocked-time-for-impeachment-articles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Missouri gerrymander case<\/a> he\u2019s killed twice already. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/09\/22\/us\/politics\/supreme-court-missouri-congressional-map.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* \u201cJudge dismisses suit claiming James Cameron misappropriated likeness of actress for \u2018Avatar.&#8217;\u201d I\u2019ll say it, he hasn\u2019t made a good movie since Terminator 2. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-claiming-james-cameron-misappropriated-actress-likeness-for-avatar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Seyfarth admits social security numbers involved in hack. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2528717\/seyfarth-says-data-breach-exposed-social-security-numbers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* At some point, Trump can\u2019t just pretend every illegal act is \u201cto protect us from drones\u201d right? [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/us-law-week\/trumps-familiar-national-security-argument-for-arch-has-limits\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Supreme Court rules in favor of parents after surrogate fled to Texas to birth potentially fatally ill baby. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/09\/22\/texas-us-supreme-court-surrogacy-dallas-rumi-gabriel-mckenna-west\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Tribune<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* The good folks at ProPublica found the photographic evidence that Russian oligarchs paid for a Trump wedding. This is what CBS used to do before it became a Trump outlet. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/donald-trump-jr-wedding-umar-kremlev-reporting\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ProPublica<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Brett Kavanaugh testily demands answers in the Missouri gerrymander case he\u2019s killed twice already. [NY Times] * \u201cJudge dismisses suit claiming James Cameron misappropriated likeness of actress for \u2018Avatar.&#8217;\u201d I\u2019ll say it, he hasn\u2019t made a good movie since Terminator 2. [ABA Journal] * Seyfarth admits social security numbers involved in hack. 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