Judge comes down much closer to defense than prosecution in Binance CEO sentencing with Changpeng Zhao getting 4 months instead of 36 feds wanted

JUST IN: Fox News takes down Hunter Biden 'mock trial' miniseries, one day after lawsuit threat. A surprisingly swift move from Fox, which was defending the program a few hours ago. Fox says it was scrubbed 'out of an abundance of caution in the interim.' cnn.com/2024/04/30/pol…

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids drag queens and people who vehemently despise drag queens from putting on women's clothing putting on a drag show.
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Students inside Columbia’s Hamilton Hall hoisting what look like supplies up into the building.

FAA allowed 35X for decades, so..... 🤷‍♂️

Will be interesting who bowdlerizes the question to remove the reporter's gendered reference politico.com/news/2021/09/1…

VP AUDITIONS AT TRUMP TRIAL: TX AG Ken Paxton in Manhattan court w/Trump at hush money trial politico.com/live-updates/2…

JUST IN: Another #J6 defendant sprung from jail due to #SCOTUS decision to review obstruction statute. Brian Gundersen of State College, Pa., serving 18 months for obstruction & assault on police. Doc: documentcloud.org/documents/2462… Earlier: politico.com/news/2024/04/1…

JUST IN: #SCOTUS denies emergency request from ACLU to block Texas law mandating age-verification for adult websites. Alito referred to the full court. No comment or noted dissent. Order: documentcloud.org/documents/2462…

One of my takes on the Harvard encampment, in brief.

The EU is demonizing essential privacy tools like VPNs, Signal, TOR, & encrypted email services like Tutanota & ProtonMail. They also plan to monitor cryptocurrency use, so public chain users should be aware!

JUST IN: On a 9-4 vote, 3rd Circuit denies en banc review in PA case about whether date requirement for absentee ballots is enforceable Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco… 3rd Cir Panel held 2-1 last month it is enforceable under federal law www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/23316…

Students at the University of Chicago have setup an encampment.

Here is the response from the university’s president:

JUST IN: Hunter Biden lawyers press his claim he should be able to pursue pretrial appeal in gun case, tries to leverage tax case ruling he lost. Special counsel counters. Docs: documentcloud.org/documents/2462… documentcloud.org/documents/2462…

Protesters who raised Palestinian flag in Harvard Yard initially flew it upside down, much like Trump's Bible, per The Harvard Crimson tick-tock thecrimson.com/article/2024/4…

As a former State Department official responsible for enforcing the Leahy Laws, which prohibit US assistance to units of foreign militaries that commit gross human rights abuses, here are a few thoughts on what's going on with the Leahy Laws and Israel. 1/

SCOOP: Lawyers inside & outside the Biden admin are urging the WH to halt military aid to Israel, arguing they aren't complying with US & intl law

The letter comes ahead of the WHs deadline certifying Israel's use of US-supplied weapons adhere to US & IHL politico.com/news/2024/04/2…

Israeli-American Harvard professor Boaz Barak says leave the tents up thecrimson.com/article/2024/4…

JUST IN: #SCOTUS declines to hear Elon Musk's complaint that settlement he agreed to with SEC violates his First Amendment rights. Earlier: politico.com/news/2022/04/2…

JUST IN: Supreme Court denies release to former Trump aide Peter Navarro, serving sentence for contempt of Congress. Chief Justice Roberts previously denied the request. Now, court has without noted dissent. Earlier: politico.com/news/2024/03/1…