by RG | May 4, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Welcome to what captivates, haunts, inspires, and surprises me every week in the world of legal ethics. Hello First Monday! What...
by RG | May 4, 2026 | above the law
Todd Blanche had quite the Meet the Press appearance over the weekend. In between giving James Comey’s legal team a lot to look at, the Acting Attorney General of the United States offered a defense of voter ID laws, which, um, maybe didn’t go as well as he planned....
by RG | May 4, 2026 | above the law
It is May the 4th, which means that every social media intern is straining to make a half-relevant Star Wars reference. Sadly, the Department of Justice has joined this trend, with an entry that encapsulates the once-venerable institution’s precipitous fall from grace...
by RG | May 3, 2026 | above the law
Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming, Darin Smith, is an estate planning lawyer who has never tried a federal or state case. But he does boast the most important qualification — at least for this Department of Justice — to uphold law...
by RG | May 3, 2026 | above the law
Tell Me The DOJ Didn’t Check The Filing Without Telling Me: Justice Department files motion complete with giant “DRAFT” watermark on every page. Cracker jack lawyering! Somehow This Wasn’t The Most Racist Legal Story Of The Week: But this Georgetown professor gave it...
by RG | May 1, 2026 | above the law
He’s Being Told To Apologize For Noticing The Case That Gutted Voting Rights: Very rude of him to be honest, frankly. Habba Doubles Down On The 86 Gambit On The View: The crowd didn’t love her performance. Voter Privacy Is Under Attack: Jamie Ding is one of the people...
