{"id":164548,"date":"2026-10-08T05:23:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T13:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/08\/morning-docket-10-08-26\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T05:23:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T13:23:52","slug":"morning-docket-10-08-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/08\/morning-docket-10-08-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 10.08.26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* First Circuit hears the challenge to RFK Jr\u2019s decision to replace the nation\u2019s vaccine authority with a bunch of conspiracy loons. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/us-appeals-court-weighs-block-kennedys-vaccine-panel-appointments-2026-10-06\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* L.A. judge accused of inappropriate sexual and racial comments struggled in disciplinary hearing. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/litigation\/los-angeles-judge-stumbles-through-awkward-discipline-hearing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* DOJ investigating Wells Fargo for helping Black people get home loans. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/finance\/banking\/wells-fargo-faces-regulator-probe-over-efforts-to-boost-black-homeownership-a337b46e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WSJ<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Court strips federal agent of qualified immunity in case where FBI held mother at gunpoint in front of her child\u2026 because they had the wrong house. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/11th-circuit-lets-georgia-family-sue-fbi-agent-over-wrongful-raid\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Courthouse News Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Government that ran CIA black sites around the world expected to bring criminal torture charges against Maduro. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/10\/07\/politics\/maduro-face-new-torture-charges\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Supreme Court\u2019s assault on long-settled legal precedent has started to come back to haunt them. [<a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2026\/10\/supreme-court-shattered-precedents-fail-haunting-gorsuch.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Slate<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Texas considers allowing AI to generate deposition transcripts. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/texas-supreme-court-could-allow-ai-generated-transcripts-of-depositions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Christa Pike is reportedly walking after failed execution attempts. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c60rln74yzvxo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/10\/morning-docket-10-08-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 10.08.26<\/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\">* First Circuit hears the challenge to RFK Jr\u2019s decision to replace the nation\u2019s vaccine authority with a bunch of conspiracy loons. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/us-appeals-court-weighs-block-kennedys-vaccine-panel-appointments-2026-10-06\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* L.A. judge accused of inappropriate sexual and racial comments struggled in disciplinary hearing. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/litigation\/los-angeles-judge-stumbles-through-awkward-discipline-hearing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* DOJ investigating Wells Fargo for helping Black people get home loans. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/finance\/banking\/wells-fargo-faces-regulator-probe-over-efforts-to-boost-black-homeownership-a337b46e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WSJ<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Court strips federal agent of qualified immunity in case where FBI held mother at gunpoint in front of her child\u2026 because they had the wrong house. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/11th-circuit-lets-georgia-family-sue-fbi-agent-over-wrongful-raid\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Courthouse News Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Government that ran CIA black sites around the world expected to bring criminal torture charges against Maduro. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/10\/07\/politics\/maduro-face-new-torture-charges\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Supreme Court\u2019s assault on long-settled legal precedent has started to come back to haunt them. [<a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2026\/10\/supreme-court-shattered-precedents-fail-haunting-gorsuch.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Slate<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Texas considers allowing AI to generate deposition transcripts. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/texas-supreme-court-could-allow-ai-generated-transcripts-of-depositions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Christa Pike is reportedly walking after failed execution attempts. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c60rln74yzvxo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* First Circuit hears the challenge to RFK Jr\u2019s decision to replace the nation\u2019s vaccine authority with a bunch of conspiracy loons. [Reuters] * L.A. judge accused of inappropriate sexual and racial comments struggled in disciplinary hearing. [Bloomberg Law News] * DOJ investigating Wells Fargo for helping Black people get home loans. 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