Jul 14, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Slush Fund Update! I'm sure that readers are as anxious as I am to see how Todd Blanche explains this all away during his confirmation hearings.
Jul 14, 2026 from Above the Law Morning Docket: 07.14.26 * States take up antitrust challenge to Paramount-Warner Bros. deal after DOJ looks the other way in deference to presidential donors. [Deadline] * Fifth Circuit overturns earlier panel decision an...
Jul 14, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Stop Posting "Personal, Confidential, or Humiliating Information" About Your Ex, Influencer Is Ordered The Texas Court of Appeals just upheld the order.
Jul 14, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Political Defamation Case Can Go to Jury as to "Actual Malice" When Defendants' Couldn't Explain How They Arrived at Their Accusations From yesterday's decision in Grasso v. Mottl, decided by Justice Matthew Bertani, joined by Justices Linda Davenport and John Anderson:… The post Political Defamation Case Can Go to Jury as to "Act...
Jul 14, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy How Does The Supreme Court Caption Cases? The briefs in the transgender sports cases were styled as "By next friend" but the Court captioned the case as "By her next friend."
Jul 14, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Today in Supreme Court History: July 14, 1913 7/14/1913: President Gerald R. Ford's birthday. He would appoint Justice John Paul Stevens to the Supreme Court. The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 14, 1913 appeared first on Reason.com.
Jul 13, 2026 from Above the Law ‘Trump v. Trump’ Did Not Impress The Judge — See Also Benchslapped By His Own Petard: Judge nixes Trump v. IRS settlement citing administration's unitary executive nonsense. Todd Blanche Loses Lindsey Graham: Contentious confirmation hearing set to be...
Jul 13, 2026 from Above the Law Biglaw Firm Is Growing Its Sports Law Practice And hiring an insider to hard launch the practice. The post Biglaw Firm Is Growing Its Sports Law Practice appeared first on Above the Law.
Jul 13, 2026 from Above the Law Yale Law Students Advise Their Own University: Knock Off This ‘Obey In Advance’ Nonsense Over 150 students and 26 organizations told Yale to stop negotiating away the rule of law. The post Yale Law Students Advise Their Own University: Knock Off This ‘Obey In Advance’ Nonsense appeared...
Jul 13, 2026 from Above the Law Carolyn Herzog On Why Legal Leaders Need Optimism, Not Certainty The old legal instinct to pause, assess, and draw hard boundaries no longer works. The post Carolyn Herzog On Why Legal Leaders Need Optimism, Not Certainty appeared first on Above the Law.
Jul 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Court Upholds Conviction for Possessing Gun as Unlawful Drug User (Who Is Presenting a Credible Threat to Safety) U.S. v. Baxter, decided today by the Eighth Circuit, upheld a conviction for "possessing a firearm as an unlawful drug… The post Court Upholds Conviction for Possessing Gun as Unlawful Drug User (W...
Jul 13, 2026 from Above the Law Arguments That Embarrass Only The Advocate Thinking about issues is a good idea. Making silly arguments that reflect poorly on your intelligence is a less good idea. The post Arguments That Embarrass Only The Advocate appeared first on Abov...
Jul 13, 2026 from Above the Law Rebecca Slaughter Has A Message For Yale: Grow A Spine The former FTC commissioner isn't buying the argument that a $44 billion university has no choice but to settle. The post Rebecca Slaughter Has A Message For Yale: Grow A Spine appeared first on Ab...
Jul 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Reminder: Second Annual Aspiring Free Speech Scholars Workshop We've already received several submissions, but you can submit until August 16.
Jul 13, 2026 from Above the Law Judge Cites Supreme Court’s Newfound Unitary Executive Theory To Blow Up Trump’s IRS Settlement If the President really is the entire executive branch, then he can't be on both sides of the 'v.' The post Judge Cites Supreme Court’s Newfound Unitary Executive Theory To Blow Up Trump’s IRS Sett...
Jul 13, 2026 from Above the Law Well, This Doesn’t Help Todd Blanche Lindsey Graham's death ahead of this week's confirmation hearing leaves a very conspicuous empty chair. The post Well, This Doesn’t Help Todd Blanche appeared first on Above the Law.
Jul 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Tariff Refund Update Important progress has been made on repaying illegally collected tariffs. But serious problems remain, including some caused by the Trump Administration's efforts to keep some of the illegally coll...
Jul 13, 2026 from Above the Law A ‘Projection’ Of The 2027 U.S. News Law School Rankings Which law schools are excluded from the T14 in this version of the rankings? And what happened to Yale? The post A ‘Projection’ Of The 2027 U.S. News Law School Rankings appeared first on Above the...
Jul 13, 2026 from Above the Law Legal Ethics Roundup: Lawyer ‘Negligence’ For Not Using AI, Cameras At SCOTUS, Law School Laptop Ban & More Your tour of all things related to lawyer and judicial ethics, with University of Houston law professor Renee Knake Jefferson. The post Legal Ethics Roundup: Lawyer ‘Negligence’ For Not Using AI, C...
