Apr 28, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Loper Bright and Preemption An unexpected roundabout in the Roundup case.
Apr 27, 2026 from Above the Law Suspicious Time To Talk About The Ballroom — See Also No Room For Thoughts And Prayers This Time: Bad White House Correspondents’ Dinner optics fan false flag flames. Did They Forget Other People Would Read This Email?: What's worse? That a Perkins Co...
Apr 27, 2026 from Above the Law The Biglaw Attorney Who Billed 3,451 Hours Last Year Deserves A Nap Please, someone check on them. The post The Biglaw Attorney Who Billed 3,451 Hours Last Year Deserves A Nap appeared first on Above the Law.
Apr 27, 2026 from Above the Law The First Draft Is the Power Move Law Firms Keep Ignoring Every experienced litigator knows this, even if the profession rarely names it outright. The post The First Draft Is the Power Move Law Firms Keep Ignoring appeared first on Above the Law.
Apr 27, 2026 from Above the Law Todd Blanche Sued Over Epstein Files Cover Up The topic that will not go away... because the DOJ keeps refusing to comply. The post Todd Blanche Sued Over Epstein Files Cover Up appeared first on Above the Law.
Apr 27, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Judge Reaffirms: EEOC May Subpoena Penn's Records as to "Jewish-Related Organizations" (and Others) in Investigation of Anti-Semitic Harassment at Penn But the judge suspends his decision pending appeal, so that the appellate court has "time to consider and decide the merits of this case, absent unnecessary procedural deadlines."
Apr 27, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy A Few Thoughts on the Chatrie Oral Argument On the whole, a good morning for the government.
Apr 27, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy SCOTUS Summarily Reverses Three-Judge Panel In Mandatory Jurisdiction Case Based On Earlier Shadow Docket Ruling In Same Case Judge Brown's "bumpy night" ends not with a bang, but a whimper.
Apr 27, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Justice Breyer Says Not to Worry about the Shadow Docket A retired liberal justice does not credit the shadow docket hysteria, nor does former Judge Michael McConnell
Apr 27, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Maine Governor Vetoes Broad Criminal Records Sealing Bill From Gov. Janet Mills' message Friday "vetoing L.D. 1911, An Act to Automatically Seal Criminal History Record Information/or Certain Crimes":… The post Maine Governor Vetoes Broad Criminal Records...
Apr 27, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Comedy Club Can't Get Injunction Blocking Claims of Sexual Assault, Racism, Anti-Semitism, and Sexism From Manhattan trial judge Judy Kim in Rodney's Comedy Club v. Omari, decided April 17 but just posted on Westlaw… The post Comedy Club Can't Get Injunction Blocking Claims of Sexual Assault, Racis...
Apr 25, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Links to My Posts on Chatrie v. United States, the Geofence Warrant Case Fourteen posts in all, from 2022 to the present.
Apr 25, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Plaintiffs Can't Sue the Chinese Government with Largely Sealed Complaint From Chief Judge James Boasberg (D.D.C.) Friday in Shofner v. Shenyang Dadong District People's Court: Plaintiffs … bring this action… The post Plaintiffs Can't Sue the Chinese Government with Larg...
Apr 25, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Thought Experiment: It's 2030, and the Newsom Justice Department Indicts a Conservative Group for Paying Antifa Leaders I blogged Wednesday about the indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center for, among other things, supposedly defrauding donors. The… The post Thought Experiment: It's 2030, and the Newsom Justic...
Apr 25, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Eighth Circuit Upholds Ban on Trespassing for Surveillance Purposes From PETA, Inc. v. Reynolds, decided Thursday by the Eighth Circuit (Judge Steven Grasz, joined by Judges James Loken and… The post Eighth Circuit Upholds Ban on Trespassing for Surveillance Purpos...
Apr 25, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Today in Supreme Court History: April 25, 1938 4/25/1938: United States v. Carolene Products decided. The post Today in Supreme Court History: April 25, 1938 appeared first on Reason.com.
Apr 24, 2026 from Above the Law Big Names Polking Around — See Also Kannon Shanmugam Is Headed To Davis Polk & Wardwell: Best of luck to the firm's new Supreme Court and appellate practice! Wave Goodbye To The ICE/IRS Firewall: One small step toward losing billions...