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Morning Docket: 08.01.25 – Above the Law

*
Kavanaugh
tells
judges
that
the
Supreme
Court
can’t
explain
shadow
docket
opinions
because
it
might
suggest
to
lower
courts
that
the
Court
has
made
a
decision
about
the
legal
merits.
This
is
a
week
after
the
Court
explicitly
told
lower
court
judges
to
use
shadow
docket
opinions
to
guess
at
future
legal
changes.
[Bloomberg
Law
News
]

*
Judges
discuss
the
threats
they’re
receiving.
[National
Law
Journal
]

*
As
Trump
issues
new,
random
tariffs,
Federal
Circuit
questions
whether
he
even
has
that
authority.
[Law360]

*
Paralegal
tells
judge,
“I’m
giving
you
one
more
chance”
and
it
doesn’t
go
over
well.
[Roll
on
Friday
]

*
LA
fires
benefit
concert
hires
Latham
&
Watkins
to
review
its
finances
after
Trump
accused
them

without
any
basis

of
wasting
the
money.
[Hollywood
Reporter
]

*
Ryan
Powers
writes
about
his
Biglaw
firing,
praising
Harvard
values…
which
is
a
little
awkward
as
Harvard
begins
process
of
caving
to
Trump.
[Harvard
Crimson
]

*
Meanwhile
Brown
cut
its
own
deal
with
Trump.
[PrawfsBlawg]