by RG | Oct 22, 2026 | above the law
* Justice Department Inspector General refuses to investigate handling of Reflecting Pool matter… you know, the one where the administration ruined the pool and tried to send an innocent Olympian to jail as part of the cover up. [AP News] * Administration attacks...
by RG | Oct 21, 2026 | above the law
Elena Kagan Says The Supreme Court Majority Has ‘Blinded Itself’ To The Damage It’s Doing To Democracy: Kagan says the Court isn’t a Trump rubber stamp, but she thinks the majority is breaking the country anyway. The Supreme Court Has Told The Hastings Family To Kick...
by RG | Oct 21, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Every American law student who has ever dreaded a cold-call or slogged through a casebook can trace the torment to one man. Starting in 1870, which Harvard Law dean threw out the old model of lectures...
by RG | Oct 21, 2026 | above the law
Justice Elena Kagan is very, very good at taking apart conservative bullshit. This is the justice who looked at the majority’s major questions doctrine and labeled it a set of “get-out-of-text-free cards,” and whose dissents are the rare Supreme Court opinions people...
by RG | Oct 21, 2026 | above the law
A video showing a private equity bro describing his new strategy to take over law firms — despite the “Rule 5.4 drama” — made the rounds over the last couple days. Johnny Hilbrant has skewered private equity on social media for a while now, but he recently took aim at...
by RG | Oct 21, 2026 | above the law
It was a rough week for the Trump administration’s relationship with credentials… and email. New White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia spent years on cable news billed as a “lawyer,” but there was no record of her being licensed anywhere. It’s the move every law...
