{"id":164296,"date":"2026-10-04T23:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T07:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/04\/missouris-terrible-week-see-generally\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T23:00:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T07:00:38","slug":"missouris-terrible-week-see-generally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/04\/missouris-terrible-week-see-generally\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri\u2019s Terrible Week \u2014 See Generally"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three Time Losers:<\/strong> The Supreme Court shut down the third attempt to impose Missouri\u2019s gerrymandered map for this election in direct violation of applicable law. Along the way, the Court directed significant shade toward the Eighth Circuit, noting that the panel\u2019s theory didn\u2019t appear in any of the Court\u2019s precedents.<\/a><\/p>\n

Airball State:<\/strong> It didn\u2019t get any better for Missouri, as Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury when the special prosecutor denied attending an Atlanta Hawks game. It turned out, Smith went to an Iowa Hawkeyes game.<\/a> And the faceplant managed to sweep up Harvard Law and George Mason\u2019s ASSLaw program in the collateral damage.<\/a><\/p>\n

Tricky Dicks:<\/strong> The Justice Department eyes indirect exoneration of Richard Nixon. And if that seems like a ridiculous project for the Department of Justice to pursue in 2026, you need to understand the context.<\/a><\/p>\n

Glock-amole Is Extra:<\/strong> A Georgia judge reaching for his wallet at a taco restaurant fired the pistol in his pocket instead.<\/a><\/p>\n

Policy Cancellation:<\/strong> Twelve partners from Wiley Rein\u2019s top-ranked insurance practice walked out to launch Tyka, a 21-lawyer boutique in D.C.<\/a><\/p>\n

Help Wanted, Raise Implied:<\/strong> A since-removed White & Case job posting for a mid-level associate listed a $270,000 to $385,000 salary range that tracks the Milbank scale that W&C hasn\u2019t yet announced that it\u2019s matching.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Truth Will Set You Back $100K A Month:<\/strong> DLA Piper is representing Trump Media against a press freedom lawsuit over the subscription service selling early access to the president\u2019s market-moving Truth Social posts.<\/a><\/p>\n

The post Missouri\u2019s Terrible Week \u2014 See Generally<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Three Time Losers:<\/strong> The Supreme Court shut down the third attempt to impose Missouri\u2019s gerrymandered map for this election in direct violation of applicable law. Along the way, the Court directed significant shade toward the Eighth Circuit, noting that the panel\u2019s theory didn\u2019t appear in any of the Court\u2019s precedents.<\/a><\/p>\n

Airball State:<\/strong> It didn\u2019t get any better for Missouri, as Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury when the special prosecutor denied attending an Atlanta Hawks game. It turned out, Smith went to an Iowa Hawkeyes game.<\/a> And the faceplant managed to sweep up Harvard Law and George Mason\u2019s ASSLaw program in the collateral damage.<\/a><\/p>\n

Tricky Dicks:<\/strong> The Justice Department eyes indirect exoneration of Richard Nixon. And if that seems like a ridiculous project for the Department of Justice to pursue in 2026, you need to understand the context.<\/a><\/p>\n

Glock-amole Is Extra:<\/strong> A Georgia judge reaching for his wallet at a taco restaurant fired the pistol in his pocket instead.<\/a><\/p>\n

Policy Cancellation:<\/strong> Twelve partners from Wiley Rein\u2019s top-ranked insurance practice walked out to launch Tyka, a 21-lawyer boutique in D.C.<\/a><\/p>\n

Help Wanted, Raise Implied:<\/strong> A since-removed White & Case job posting for a mid-level associate listed a $270,000 to $385,000 salary range that tracks the Milbank scale that W&C hasn\u2019t yet announced that it\u2019s matching.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Truth Will Set You Back $100K A Month:<\/strong> DLA Piper is representing Trump Media against a press freedom lawsuit over the subscription service selling early access to the president\u2019s market-moving Truth Social posts.<\/a><\/p>\n

The post Missouri\u2019s Terrible Week \u2014 See Generally<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three Time Losers: The Supreme Court shut down the third attempt to impose Missouri\u2019s gerrymandered map for this election in direct violation of applicable law. Along the way, the Court directed significant shade toward the Eighth Circuit, noting that the panel\u2019s theory didn\u2019t appear in any of the Court\u2019s precedents. Airball State: It didn\u2019t get […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164296","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=164296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}