Aug 12, 2026 from Above the Law Florida’s AG Wants To Charge WNBA Player With Crime Of Playing Basketball James Uthmeier saw a white-grievance layup and took the shot. The post Florida’s AG Wants To Charge WNBA Player With Crime Of Playing Basketball appeared first on Above the Law.
Aug 12, 2026 from Above the Law If You Really Want To Work For The Department Of Justice, Then Do It Regardless Of Who The President Is In this prestige-obsessed profession, this opportunity may not come again for a long time. The post If You Really Want To Work For The Department Of Justice, Then Do It Regardless Of Who The Presid...
Aug 12, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Court Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's Constitutional Challenge to Epstein Files Transparency Act From Judge Loretta Preska (S.D.N.Y.) in yesterday's Giuffre v. Maxwell: On March 18, 2016, the late Judge Sweet issued a… The post Court Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's Constitutional Challenge to Epst...
Aug 12, 2026 from Above the Law Lobbing Multimillion-Dollar Munitions At Targets Worth Less Than The Missiles Themselves Remains A Bad War Strategy It is not possible to bomb an entire country into submission from the air using conventional weapons. The post Lobbing Multimillion-Dollar Munitions At Targets Worth Less Than The Missiles Themselv...
Aug 12, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Journal of Free Speech Law: "Milton, Mill, and (Maybe) Aristotle on Why Hearing Horrible Speech Makes You a Better Person," by Andrew Koppelman The article is here; here's the part of the Introduction that summarizes the core of the argument: How do you… The post Journal of Free Speech Law: "Milton, Mill, and (Maybe) Aristotle on Why Heari...
Aug 12, 2026 from Above the Law Small Businesses Could Face Double-Digit Premium Hikes In 2027 Small group insurers are proposing a median 14% premium increase for 2027, driven by rising healthcare costs. The post Small Businesses Could Face Double-Digit Premium Hikes In 2027 appeared first ...
Aug 12, 2026 from Above the Law Morning Docket: 08.12.26 * Elite firms warn that AI spending could impact profits, though most continue to believe they'll be fine. Ahem... then where are the associate raises? [ABA Journal] * ICE wants $20 million worth o...
Aug 12, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy No Second Amendment Right to Export Guns (Including to Haiti) "John Adams, Oliver Ellsworth, Rufus King, Albert Gallatin, Robert Morris, James Monroe, Joseph Story, Jonathan Trumbull, James Madison, Henry Clay, [and] John Quincy Adams ... knew a thing or two ...
Aug 12, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Libel Lawsuit Over Highly Publicized L.A. Landlord-Tenant Dispute Thrown Out The court is unmoved by the claims that defendants' coverage of the underlying dispute led to people threatening her.
Aug 12, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Today in Supreme Court History: August 12, 1795 8/12/1795: Chief Justice John Rutledge takes judicial oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 12, 1795 appeared first on Reason.com.
Aug 12, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy First Legal Challenges to Trump's New Birthright Citizenship Executive Order They were filed by plaintiffs in two cases challenging his earlier order, which was struck down by the Supreme Court.
Aug 12, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy NH Federal Court Provisionally Certifies Class Of Pregnant ISIS Brides Seeking Birthright Citizenship For Their Children No, that didn't actually happen, but it is ripe for the Babylon Bee. In reality, the ACLU has filed a… The post NH Federal Court Provisionally Certifies Class Of Pregnant ISIS Brides Seeking Birthr...
Aug 12, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Justice Clarence Thomas Talking About Thomas Sewell with My Hoover Colleague Peter Robinson In this episode of The Sowell Legacy, Justice Clarence Thomas joins Peter Robinson for a wide-ranging conversation about the thinker… The post Justice Clarence Thomas Talking About Thomas Sewell wi...
Aug 12, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Justice Clarence Thomas Talking About Thomas Sowell with My Hoover Colleague Peter Robinson In this episode of The Sowell Legacy, Justice Clarence Thomas joins Peter Robinson for a wide-ranging conversation about the thinker… The post Justice Clarence Thomas Talking About Thomas Sowell wi...
Aug 11, 2026 from Above the Law Someone Is Keeping Up With Milbank — See Also Keeping That Raise On Ice: Ice Miller increases associate pay in New York, but not until 2027. Blame It On The AI: Company tried to pin labor law violation on ChatGPT. The Tech Isn't The Key: Legal...
Aug 11, 2026 from Above the Law The Most Infamous SCOTUS Feud Comes complete with a public airing of grievances. The post The Most Infamous SCOTUS Feud appeared first on Above the Law.
Aug 11, 2026 from Above the Law Teaching Judgment In The Age Of AI: Building Legal Professionals Who Rely On AI Responsibly Comfort and adoption with AI are rising faster than judgment maturity. The post Teaching Judgment In The Age Of AI: Building Legal Professionals Who Rely On AI Responsibly appeared first on Above t...
Aug 11, 2026 from Above the Law Mark Zuckerberg Thinks Everyone Should Have A Superintelligent AI Lawyer Because justice is apparently what happens when everyone brings a robot lawyer to court. The post Mark Zuckerberg Thinks Everyone Should Have A Superintelligent AI Lawyer appeared first on Above th...
Aug 11, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy "In Its 870 Paragraphs, 269 Pages, and 63 Causes of Action," the Complaint "is just too damned long"—no, actually, it "includes the kind of extraordinary level of extraneous detail that necessitates repleader."