by RG | May 18, 2026 | above the law
Welp, here’s a thing that happened. The Department of Justice — the nation’s largest law office, nominally the guardian of the rule of law — filed a notice of supplemental authority in its New Hampshire voter roll case. Except the exhibit attached to that filing had...
by RG | May 18, 2026 | above the law
What’s happening right now in Pennsylvania will determine the next two years — and perhaps two decades — for lawmaking, oversight, and government ethics and accountability. Regular Above the Law readers know I run a national court accountability nonprofit that holds...
by RG | May 18, 2026 | above the law
Let’s face it: tens of thousands of students enroll in law school every year, each with a dream in their hearts of saving the world. Whatever their public-interest cause may be, only a select few will go on to accept a position that goes hand-in-hand with their...
by RG | May 18, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. It really pisses me off. — President Donald Trump, in comments given during a recent interview with Fortune, concerning the Supreme Court ruling that invalidated his signature tariff policy. Trump was...
by RG | May 18, 2026 | above the law
At the end of another week and another big legal tech conference has wrapped up. The big headline: CLOC and legal ops folks take their conference very seriously. They ask hard questions, they attend the session religiously, and are by and large more mature than most...
