Government
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Government
Are The Trump Indictments Political? Test Yourself With A Thought Experiment.
How do you deafen yourself to the partisan screaming and decide independently whether the prosecutions are political? -
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Government, Health Care / Medicine
Congressman Launches Investigation Into Medicaid Prior Authorization Denials
U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-New Jersey) announced that he is looking into high prior authorization denial rates by Medicaid managed care health plans. It follows a report by the Office of Inspector General that found that Medicaid MCOs denied one out of every eight prior authorization requests in 2019.
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Government
DeSantis Crony Overseeing Disney Tax District Serving Illegally Because OF COURSE!
Ethics panel concludes DeSantis ally broke state law in accepting seat in Reedy Creek board takeover. -
Government
Donald Trump Calls Off Press Conference, Will Present 'Irrefutable' Evidence Of Vote Fraud During Infrastructure Week
Include those fraud claims in a court filing. Dare ya. -
Government
Rudy Giuliani Sold His Soul To Donald Trump. The Price: $340,000.
The devil went down to Georgia. But first he sent his lawyer. -
Government
Judge Who Crashed Into A School While License Suspended From Another DUI Approved Warrant To Raid Newspaper
Judge: First Amendment? Hold my beer. -
Courts, Government
CMS Lowers No Surprises Act Fee After Court Nixes Price Hike
This move came a week after the Texas Medical Association won a court case challenging HHS over its 600% price hike on the fee. - Sponsored
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Government
Michael Cohen, Trump's Ex-Fixer, May Run For Congress
From the Big House to the House of Representatives? -
Government
Mark Meadows Says He Was Just Doing His White House Job When He Offered GA Officials Campaign Money For 2020 Recount
The crazy thing is, it might actually work. -
Government
Ron DeSantis So Sure He's Going To Win Disney Lawsuit That He's Publicly Begging Bob Iger To Drop It
DeSantis says he's personally 'moved on' so Disney should stop trying to get their legal rights back. -
Government, Health Care / Medicine
House Reps Introduce Bill To Ease State Medicaid Staffing Shortages Amid Redeterminations
The bill would allow state Medicaid agencies to hire outside contractors to help with Medicaid redeterminations, as many agencies don’t have the workforce to handle the return to the redetermination process. -
Law Schools
Jonathan Turley Brings Flair For Blatantly Misstating Basic Legal Concepts To The Trump Indictment
Do you know what an 'overt act' means? Because Jonathan Turley does not.
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Courts
Texas Rationalized Killing Poor People With Water Saws By Using Creationism. The Establishment Clause Is Done.
'The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'' -
Government, Health Care / Medicine
HHS Launches Civil Rights Investigation Into Vanderbilt’s Sharing Of Transgender Patient Data
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is under federal investigation after it turned transgender patients’ medical records over to Tennessee’s attorney general. HHS launched the investigation a couple weeks after two VUMC patients filed a class-action lawsuit against the hospital for releasing their records to the attorney general. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.15.23
* Keep track of who’s who in the latest indictment. [Politico]
* Meanwhile, Abbe Lowell and Winston & Strawn have stepped up their collective role in the Hunter Biden case, arguing that the original plea agreement included binding government promises that didn’t evaporate just because the judge rejected the deal. [Law360]
* CFPB going after data brokers selling people’s personal data. Yet again, the government agency making the most direct, tangible impact for people is the one that still worries that every election might be its last. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Justice Department urges Supreme Court to deal with unconstitutional social media laws out of Texas and Florida. [Reuters]
* Has “flexibility” lost all meaning when it comes to law firm office scheduling? No. Just because some law firms try to engage in flexibility newspeak, doesn’t actually change its meaning. [American Lawyer]
* AI may not be ready to replace lawyers, but the California Innocence Project is leveraging the tool to assist in pursuit of justice. [ABA Journal]
* London Kirkland team headed to Paul Weiss resigned on a Sunday in a power move. [LegalCheek]
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Law Schools
Jonathan Turley Still Can't Figure Out Calendar, Constitution
'Constitutional law expert' Jonathan Turley forgets how the Constitution schedules elections in his latest Trump criminal case analysis. -
Government
John Eastman Would Like To Overturn Democracy Legally. But If That Can't Be Arranged, Violence Is Cool, Too.
Beginning to think this guy may not have the best judgment. -