by RG | Jun 8, 2026 | above the law
Judge Ryan Nelson of the Ninth Circuit has been charged with misdemeanor battery and malicious injury to property after an April confrontation in an Idaho Falls parking lot that ended, per police, with Judge Nelson swiping a man’s sunglasses off his face, hurling them...
by RG | Jun 8, 2026 | above the law
Combating the attack on the rule of law means fighting back on several fronts. Advocacy and legal push back are the obvious progs to resisting, but there also needs to be study. Attention to the rule of law, people’s (justified) belief in the efficacy of courts and...
by RG | Jun 8, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. The firms at the very top of the echelon have separated themselves from the rest and they’re competing for the same talent. Firms are now sometimes even going down market to pull someone up who has clients who...
by RG | Jun 8, 2026 | above the law
As soon as we all cracked the code and identified Judge Eleanor Ross of the Northern District of Georgia as the unnamed judge in a wild judicial discipline case about sex in chambers and then lying to investigators about it, the countdown to impeachment began. While...
by RG | Jun 8, 2026 | above the law
There is a quiet disconnect in how we are talking about AI governance. Most of the conversation is happening in policies. Frameworks. Principles. Responsible AI statements that read well, signal intent, and sit somewhere between compliance and aspiration. And yet, if...
