Morning Docket: 03.01.22

// * The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 is up for SCOTUS review. How will the court rule on Native sovereignty? [NYT]

* It’s been 6 months since SB8 threw a wrench in how precedent is supposed to work — doctors and patients are still trying to find up. [NPR]

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* There’s more than one Jackson to add to your legal vocabulary! A new law school is coming to Jacksonville, Florida. [News4Jax]

* Quite the overcharge: This ATM antitrust case comes with a $20M fee. [Reuters]

* The Highest Court: Will SCOTUS weigh in on the spotty legality of weed with a federal decision? [Insurance Journal]

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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

Antitrust, ATM, Florida, Jacksonville, Law Schools, Legal Weed, Morning Docket, SB8, sovereignty