Morning Docket: 01.13.22

// DNA Scissor* Virginia cops got caught using forged DNA reports to extract confessions. Due process, schmue process. [Associated Press]

* The FTC gets the go-ahead to try and force Meta to divest Instagram and WhatsApp. Love me some antitrust! [The Guardian]

* A court heavily influenced by big money with no binding code of judicial conduct (read: the Supreme one) will be giving their say on money’s role on politics. I’m sure their decision won’t be a blank check for oligarchs. [Esquire]

* Turns out there was a bit of electoral voter fraud in Nevada. But what’s a little forgery and disruption of democracy between friends, really? [8NewsNow]

* Students are boycotting firms based on the causes they get their money from. Will you put your heart where your billables are too? [The Nation]

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* No WWJD defense: Court nixes religious exemption to vaccine mandate for school kids. [Courant]

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Topics

Antitrust, Boycott, Morning Docket, Religious vaccine exemptions, Supreme Court, Voter Fraud


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