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• U Michigan Student Sues Alleging Wrongful Discipline for Unauthorized AI Use­­—But Can't Sue as a Jane Doe
  July 29, 2026

  From Doe v. Regents of Univ. of Mich., decided yesterday by Judge Laurie Michelson (E.D. Mich.): Plaintiff, a student...

• Judge James C. Ho's Speech On "Judicial Courage" and Judicial Selection
  July 29, 2026

  "Nobody actually reads what people have said and written. And that’s why mistakes are made. Because if nobody reads, ...

• Today in Supreme Court History: July 29, 1942
  July 29, 2026

  7/29/1942: Supreme Court hears oral argument in Ex Parte Quirin. The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 29, 19...

• Open Thread
  July 29, 2026

  What’s on your mind?

• Updating The Wall of Receipts For President Trump's Three Appointees
  July 28, 2026

  How have Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett voted over the past year on the interim and certiorari dockets?

• Lawsuit Over Social Media Allegations of Hair Accessory Design Theft (with a Race Dimension) Can Go Forward
  July 28, 2026

  A sample allegation: "[T]his was orchestrated because at this point, you fucking know that this was not an original i...

• Not What Judges Want to See from Litigants
  July 28, 2026

  From today's sanctions order in Copycat Legal PLLC v. Peralo, by Judge David Leibowitz (S.D. Fla.), entered on the co...

• The New York Times On Heritage Foundation 2.0
  July 28, 2026

  With a flashback to my resignation.

• Eliminate the Summer Recess
  July 28, 2026

  A new series on SCOTUSBlog with recommendations for Unilateral Supreme Court Reform.

• Heartwarming? Appalling? On Whose Part? Whatever It Is, It's Strange Indeed
  July 28, 2026

  'Tis strange,—but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction; if it could be told, How much would novel...

• School District Wrongly Retaliated Against Parent for Making and Publishing Video of Rainbow Pride Flag on Display in School
  July 28, 2026

  A short excerpt from the long opinion in Pruitt v. Grosse Pointe Public School Sys., decided Friday by Judge Robert… ...

• Today in Supreme Court History: July 28, 1880
  July 28, 2026

  7/28/1880: San Francisco prohibits operation of laundires in wood buildings, "without having first obtained the conse...

• Open Thread
  July 28, 2026

  What’s on your mind?

• Justices Kagan and Barrett on the SCOTUS Leaks
  July 28, 2026

  All nine justices are frustrated by leaks yet confidential information somehow keeps leaking.

• My New UnPopulist Article on Why "Court-Packing is a Dangerous Gambit Best Avoided"
  July 27, 2026

  It responds to a creative court-packing proposal put forward by Andy Craig.

• Justice Kagan Understands The Conservative Legal Movement
  July 27, 2026

  For the Court's conservatives, there is a "playbook" that has nothing to do with Trump.

• Second Circuit Reinstates Death Penalty Charges in Buffalo Supermarket Federal Murder Trial
  July 27, 2026

  From today's decision in U.S. v. Gendron, by Judge Richard Sullivan, joined by Judges Joseph Bianco and Alison Nathan...

• Misrepresentation About Ex-Employees May Be Criminal Libel
  July 27, 2026

  Cal. Labor Code § 1050 provides, Any person, or agent or officer thereof, who, after having discharged an employee fr...

• My Interview with Judge Altman on Anti-Semitism, Israel, and Judging
  July 27, 2026

  "What happened after October 7 in our sacred institutions, at our universities, in our Western media outlets, in our ...

• § 230 Preempts Texas Mandates on Social Media Platforms, Fifth Circuit Holds by 2-1 Vote
  July 27, 2026

  An excerpt from the long opinion in Computer & Comm. Industry Ass'n v. Paxton, decided Friday by Fifth Circuit Judges...