Morning Docket: 07.08.26

* Yale Law School is working behind the scenes to convince Yale University to stop trying to cut a deal with the Trump administration. [ NY Times ] * Latham cleaning up on AI power demands. [ Bloomberg Law News ] * Former Wisconsin judge faces sentencing for refusing to allow ICE to use her courtroom to kidnap migrants. [ Reuters ] * Biglaw pro bono chill may be thawing a bit. [ American Lawyer ] * DOJ sent letters to threatening to prosecute election officials if noncitizens vote. Which they won't, since we've had years of investigations unable to prove it even happens in any significant way. [ NBC News ] * Eleventh Circuit strikes higher education provision in Florida's Stop W.O.K.E. Act, with Trump appointee writing for the court "[i]f the First Amendment offers any boundary of protection at all for public university classrooms, this statute crosses it." [ ACLU ] * Government wants judge to stop release of documents covering Todd Blanche's role in Epstein coverup currently due right before his confirmation hearing. [ The New Republic ] * Kalshi loses effort to keep New York from treating it as a gambling site. Because it is... a gambling site. [ Law360 ] The post Morning Docket: 07.08.26 appeared first on Above the Law .