Morning Docket: 05.14.25

* Judge Luttig explains that we've reached the end of the rule of law. [The Atlantic] * Abrupt removal of Librarian of Congress looked like a Musk effort to seize control of copyright law for the benefit of his AI interests... but anti-tech MAGA lawyers might have thrown a wrench in those plans. [Verge] * Government strips Wilmer attorneys of security clearances in case DOJ will lose next. [American Lawyer] * Chuck Grassley suddenly wants a law to stop "universal injunctions" after four years of letting Amarillo run the FDA. These are not serious people. [Law360] * FBI ordered to divert work from white collar enforcement to immigration. [Reuters] * Attorney with big social media following accused of providing no value to clients. Wait until they learn what happens in Biglaw "internal team meetings." [ABA Journal] * In "you can indict a ham sandwich" news, the Wisconsin judge arrested in her courthouse for refusing to let ICE make arrests in her courtroom off an administrative warrant was indicted. [New York Times] The post Morning Docket: 05.14.25 appeared first on Above the Law.

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Morning Docket: 05.14.25

* Judge Luttig explains that we’ve reached the end of the rule of law. [The Atlantic]

* Abrupt removal of Librarian of Congress looked like a Musk effort to seize control of copyright law for the benefit of his AI interests… but anti-tech MAGA lawyers might have thrown a wrench in those plans. [Verge]

* Government strips Wilmer attorneys of security clearances in case DOJ will lose next. [American Lawyer]

* Chuck Grassley suddenly wants a law to stop “universal injunctions” after four years of letting Amarillo run the FDA. These are not serious people. [Law360]

* FBI ordered to divert work from white collar enforcement to immigration. [Reuters]

* Attorney with big social media following accused of providing no value to clients. Wait until they learn what happens in Biglaw “internal team meetings.” [ABA Journal]

* In “you can indict a ham sandwich” news, the Wisconsin judge arrested in her courthouse for refusing to let ICE make arrests in her courtroom off an administrative warrant was indicted. [New York Times]

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