by RG | May 8, 2025 | above the law
(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)This morning, President Trump dumped Ed Martin, his first choice to lead the US Attorney’s Office in DC. Looks like Ed is resigning to spend more time with his unhinged correspondence. Look out, Jewish delis! Your illegal...
by RG | May 8, 2025 | above the law
A new organization — General Counsels United — just launched. Less than two weeks after it was created, it boasts over 500 members. The group’s purportedly nonpartisan goal is to “to share information, resources, and strategies on how to support the rule of law and...
by RG | May 8, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Over the last month, the surest path to electoral success is mercilessly dunking on the Trump administration. Canada’s Liberals were getting whipped like it was macaron challenge week on Bake Off before Trump started calling them...
by RG | May 8, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Impeachment is not how you register disagreement with decisions. That’s what we’re there for. This job is to obviously decide cases, but in the course of that, to check the excesses of Congress or the...
by RG | May 8, 2025 | above the law
(Image via Getty)Protestors and folks who are generally interested in the State not ejecting people for Thoughtcrime have been following two protestors who were faced with deportation. The first is Mahmoud Khalil. He was detained related to protests he took part in on...
by RG | May 8, 2025 | above the law
This year’s Law Day, May 1, was different from others. Entitled the National Law Day of Action, it was a day when more than 10,000 lawyers, including me, across the nation, reaffirmed our oaths as lawyers. The most important words are: “to preserve, protect, and...
