by RG | Dec 14, 2025 | above the law
Donald Trump signed an executive order yesterday purporting to block states from artificial intelligence regulation. Can a president unilaterally invent new laws and then assert that this counts as occupying the field to then preempt state laws? No, of course not. But...
by RG | Dec 12, 2025 | above the law
Donald Trump is thinking outside the box. He wasn’t elected because of his color-inside-the-laws, paint-by-Constitution thinking. MAGA wants results! Or at least a big MISSION ACCOMPLISHED sign, which is functionally the same thing when you get your news from social...
by RG | Dec 12, 2025 | above the law
Elon Musk is now calling for the dissolution of the European Union because it fined him $140 million for violating a law he once said was “exactly aligned” with his vision for (what was then called) Twitter. And he’s doing it by lying about what the fine is actually...
by RG | Dec 12, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. At the end of the day, everybody just wants to be paid what they consider to be market. And at this point, folding the special bonuses to the holiday bonus is the current market. People who don’t get bonuses...
by RG | Dec 12, 2025 | above the law
Arresting people and putting them under your custody is one of the most serious ways that the state can intervene in someone’s life. To do so comes with some obligations, namely the conditions of the custody have to be humane. And while there have been some gross...
by RG | Dec 12, 2025 | above the law
Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. “Alabama Is Asking the Supreme Court For Some Leeway On ‘Cruel and Unusual...
