Morning Docket: 12.14.22

* Elon Musk has reportedly ousted Quinn Emanuel’s Alex Spiro as Twitter’s top — if not official — legal counsel. That makes sense, because Spiro is a noted litigator and, having looked at Tesla’s stock price, what Musk really needs these days is some bankruptcy counsel. [NY Times]

* Milbank adds 40 lawyers in London, which is a lot even in the metric system. [American Lawyer]

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* Ron DeSantis asks for a grand jury to investigate COVID “crimes” like “trying to save people” and other science-based heresies. [Law360]

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* Biden signed the same-sex marriage bill in a landmark achievement that will last just as long as it takes to get to the Supreme Court. [Guardian]

* Lawyers on both sides argue that federal judge can’t hire a historian to gauge the validity of originalism arguments. Because history is critical to constitutional law… but only when strung together from cherry-picked news clippings by lawyers. [CNN]

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