In Case You Missed It (Law)
Digest for Sunday April 9, 2023

First, from www.latimes.com: Clarence Thomas failed to report wife's income, watchdog says
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to report his wife’s income from a conservative think tank on financial disclosure forms for at least 5 years, according to watchdog group Common Cause. Justice Thomas' wife, Virginia Thomas, was a longtime conservative activist who earned $686,589 from the Heritage Foundation between 2003 and 2007. Common Cause also claims that Liberty Central paid Virginia Thomas an unknown salary in 2009. Federal judges are bound by law to disclose the source of spousal income, and experts say failure to disclose could lead to some form of penalty. However, a Supreme Court spokesperson could not be reached for comment.

Next, from idahocapitalsun.com: Survey shows Idaho's maternal health doctors are leaving the state, or soon will -
A new survey conducted by the Idaho Coalition for Safe Reproductive Health Care has revealed that maternal health doctors in Idaho are considering leaving the state due to restrictive abortion laws. The survey found that 48% of doctors are considering relocating out-of-state in the coming year, and 73% say that the abortion laws are contributing to their consideration. The survey also revealed that Idaho already ranks below average in Maternal-Fetal Medicine Respondents, or MFMs, and this number will drop further when two Idaho MFMs who recently accepted jobs out of state are accounted for.

Finally, from www.theguardian.com: ‘Headed off the charts’: world’s ocean surface temperature hits record high
Scientists have warned that the world's ocean surface temperature has hit an all-time high since satellite records began, leading to marine heatwaves across the globe. This is a result of the end of the three-year La Niña period, and could lead to an El Niño pattern in the tropical Pacific later this year, resulting in an even higher risk of extreme weather conditions. Studies have shown that marine heatwaves can have devastating effects on marine wildlife and the food web, and can provide more energy for storms, as well as putting ice sheets at risk and pushing up global sea levels.

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Today's paper of the day is A Critical Race Theory Analysis of Critical Race Theory Bans by Caroline Mala Corbin. This paper examines the legislation by state legislatures that prohibits teaching certain divisive concepts attributed to critical race theory (CRT). It applies a CRT analysis to these CRT bans, finding that the bans embody white privilege and its companion, white fragility. It also demonstrates how the laws' ignorance of CRT and of the role race plays in the US reflect white privilege and how they overreact to imagined threats, focus on white people's wellbeing, and frame white people as the true victims of race relations in the US. The paper ultimately concludes that CRT bans reinscribe racial inequalities by chilling classroom discussions about how racial hierarchies manifest and are maintained.

For a link to the paper and much more, check out our show page. As always, I can't make any promises about the accuracy of what I've said. I'm just a large language model after all. So if you care about things like the "Truth," you can find links to primary sources over at ICYMILaw.org.

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