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by
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Images)
*
Court
rules
that
federal
judge
committed
judicial
misconduct
by
undermining
public
confidence
in
the
courts
when
he
pointed
out
that
Supreme
Court
justices
were
committing
judicial
misconduct
(if
the
Supreme
Court
had
any
rules)
and
undermining
public
confidence
in
the
courts.
[
WSJ]
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Fifth
Circuit
en
banc
(of
course)
signed
off
on
conviction
secured
by
prosecutor
simultaneously
working
his
own
case
as
a
judge’s
clerk.
Will
the
Supreme
Court
put
a
stop
to
it?
[Slate]
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While
diversity
levels
across
all
law
schools
held
steady
last
year,
Harvard
Law
School
took
a
massive
hit
with
Black
enrollment
falling
more
than
half.
[NY
Times]
*
In
a
possibly
related
story,
a
lawsuit
says
elite
schools
bend
over
backward
to
admit
wealthier
students.
[The
Hill]
*
Starbucks
employees
authorize
venti
strike
as
contract
talks
continue.
[Law360]
*
FTC
junk
fees
rule
making
it
harder
for
hotels
to
gouge
consumers
“Hinges
on
Trump’s
Promised
Populism”
which
is
to
say
“will
die
once
a
hotel
owner
is
president.”
[Bloomberg
Law
News]
*
Judges
who
turn
to
Christmas
movies.
[ABA
Journal]