Morning Docket: 02.09.22

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* We all know about pleading the 5th, but the 14th might keep Trump out of office. [Denver Gazette]

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* Big Family is watching — because they care: Esther’s Law will make it easier for families to put cameras in nursing homes to make sure their family is safe. [Cleveland 19]

* New JD advantage job just dropped: helping clients confront their mortality. No, it doesn’t involve being a criminal defense attorney. [Insider]

* Doing the rights thing: New York’s Office of the Advocate for People with Disabilities is back. Get the word out! [Chronicle Newspaper]

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* Pot of Avarice is back on the ban list: NY regulators say “gifting” weed doesn’t make it any more legal. [Law360.com]

Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.  He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.

Topics

14th Amendment, Death Doula, Legal Weed, Morning Docket, New York, Nursing Homes, Surveillance, Trump