WJI's Daily Reads for April 8, 2022

WPR: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos produces 10,000+ emails in response to open records request, though judge says he can stop searching private email and voicemail for deleted messages.

"I just don't see that at this point, any more time, expense or money is really relevant to the issues at hand to see if there's possibly some way to recover deleted messages on a private phone," (Dane County Circuit Judge Valerie) Bailey-Rihn said. "Speaker Vos is the speaker of the house, but he also is a private citizen. And I don't see how you can separate his private messages from his public messages, if in fact you could even recover deleted messages, which I think is doubtful."

The Guardian: Hon. Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed for Supreme Court; President Joe Biden and Judge Jackson watch confirmation hearing together.

(President Joe) Biden shared a photo taken with Jackson at the White House, saying on Twitter: “Judge Jackson’s confirmation was a historic moment for our nation. We’ve taken another step toward making our highest court reflect the diversity of America. She will be an incredible justice, and I was honored to share this moment with her.”

The Guardian: New York attorney general asks judge to hold Donald Trump in contempt of court.
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(Attorney General Letitia) James asked that Trump be fined $10,000 a day until he complies.

“The judge’s order was crystal clear: Donald J Trump must comply with our subpoena and turn over relevant documents to my office,” James said in a statement.

CBS: Six moderate Democrat senators join Republicans seeking to continue pandemic border restrictions.

Reuters: Two more named plaintiffs in class-action lawsuit alleging discrimination against top-level Black coaches and management by National Football League and its teams.

In the amended complaint, two new plaintiffs - former Arizona Cardinals head coach Steve Wilks and league veteran Ray Horton - were included.

NBC: In Prison TikTok posts those who've experienced incarceration tell the world what it’s like and humanize the issue of mass incarceration.

“People are just giving you a real example about what that life looks like,” (Michael Lacey a/k/a Comrade Sinque) told me. And the community of formerly incarcerated creators and their followers have been overwhelmingly supportive, he said. “It’s kind of ironic,” he added, “but prison TikTok is one of the most positive places on the app.”