Aug 17, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Bloodright Citizenship (Citizenship by Descent): Who Decides? An excerpt from Friday's concurrence in Guerra Quezada v. U.S., by Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho: The Constitution vests Congress—not… The post Bloodright Citizenship (Citizenship by Descent): Who D...
Aug 17, 2026 from Above the Law Morning Docket: 08.17.26 * Trump's legal team at S&C just keeps shrinking. [Politico] * Armed men claiming to be ICE agents try to bust into immigration law firm. [Sacramento Bee] * Already facing ethical questions, the Ch...
Aug 17, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy U Pittsburgh Denied Due Process to Professor as to Sexual Harassment Allegations Some excerpts from Friday's longish decision by Judge Nora Barry Fischer (W.D. Pa.) in Bhattacharya v. Univ. of Pittsburgh: Plaintiff,… The post U Pittsburgh Denied Due Process to Professor as to S...
Aug 17, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Judge's Allegedly "Relying Wholly" on AI in Order Is Covered by Judicial Immunity, Court Rules From Wednesday's decision in Phillips v. Parlade, by Judge Gloria Navarro (D. Nev.), where a litigant sued a state court… The post Judge's Allegedly "Relying Wholly" on AI in Order Is Covered by Ju...
Aug 17, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Today in Supreme Court History: August 17, 1988 8/17/1988: Republican party nominates George H.W. Bush for President. He would appoint David Souter and Clarence Thomas to the Supreme… The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 17, 1988 appe...
Aug 17, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Judge Rudofsky Will Be An Excellent Addition To the Eighth Circuit I appreciate the trend of elevating District Court judges to the Circuit Court.
Aug 16, 2026 from Above the Law Vances Learn That If You’re Not In A Side Chat, The Side Chat Is About You — See Generally Yale Law Cool Kids' Chat: JD and Usha Vance's law school classmates have kept a private Signal chat running for years to gossip about the couple's improbable turn from Yale liberals to MAGA royalty...
Aug 16, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Today in Supreme Court History: August 16, 1933 8/16/1933: President Roosevelt adopts the Code of Fair Competition for the Governance of the Petroleum Industry. The Supreme Court declared… The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 16, 1933...
Aug 15, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Israeli Settler "Terrorists" Unjustly Expel West Bank Palestinians From Their Land I am generally pro-Israel. But these actions amount to ethnic cleansing and gross violations of property rights.
Aug 15, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Today in Supreme Court History: August 15, 1938 8/15/1938: Justice Stephen Breyer's Birthday. The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 15, 1938 appeared first on Reason.com.
Aug 14, 2026 from Above the Law Trump DOJ Uses Luigi Mangione Case To Spite Manhattan DA — See Also Double Jeopardy Mushroom: The DOJ works out interstate stalking plea deal with Luigi Mangione so his lawyers can claim New York murder charges amount to double jeopardy. Nicole Kidman Is About To P...
Aug 14, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Dissenting Parents' Defamation Claim Over School's Allegations of Racism Can Go Forward Some excerpts from the long Turpin v. Charlotte Latin Schools, Inc., decided today by the N.C. Supreme Court, in an… The post Dissenting Parents' Defamation Claim Over School's Allegations of Racis...
Aug 14, 2026 from Above the Law Congress Threw This Judge Off The Bench. The Voters Sent Him Right Back To Congress. Removed for bribery, then handed a vote on everyone else's impeachment. The post Congress Threw This Judge Off The Bench. The Voters Sent Him Right Back To Congress. appeared first on Above the Law.
Aug 14, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Fraud Claim Over "No Blowback" Assurance by Private School to Complaining Parents, Followed by Children's Expulsions, Can Go Forward Some excerpts from the long Turpin v. Charlotte Latin Schools, Inc., decided today by the N.C. Supreme Court, in an… The post Fraud Claim Over "No Blowback" Assurance by Private School to Complaini...
Aug 14, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Contract Claim Over Private School Expulsions, Allegedly Caused by Parents' Organizing Against Ideological Curriculum Changes, Can Go Forward "Beginning in the summer of 2020, the school began to change its curriculum to focus on politicized issues of race and gender identity. At some point, the Turpins learned that the school was teachi...
Aug 14, 2026 from Above the Law Dark Social For Lawyers: How To Track What You Can’t See The 'reputation' your firm is developing through dark social traffic can be hard to identify. There are a few tricks an astute digital marketing professional may suggest to try to get a sharper pic...
Aug 14, 2026 from Above the Law Lawyers Should Think Twice Before CCing Bosses To An Email Lawyers already deal with enough unnecessary conflict. The post Lawyers Should Think Twice Before CCing Bosses To An Email appeared first on Above the Law.
