by RG | Jul 1, 2026 | above the law
The post House GOP Defectors Tank Procedural Vote To Bring NDAA To Floor appeared first on Above the Law.WASHINGTON — A gambit by House GOP leaders to tie the annual National Defense Authorization Act to a controversial voter restriction bill turned into a political...
by RG | Jul 1, 2026 | above the law
Lawyers continue to file hallucinated cases, which is, frankly, kind of an accomplishment at this point. Legal tools exist that guard against such hallucinations and even more tools exist to double check to make sure no hallucinations slipped in there. And then, of...
by RG | Jul 1, 2026 | above the law
(Image via Getty) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which Supreme Court Justice shook hands with both John Quincy Adams (6th president of the United States) and also John F. Kennedy (the 35th)? Hint: With more than 29 years on the...
by RG | Jul 1, 2026 | above the law
* In an exquisite use of concurring opinions, Ketanji Brown Jackson goes off on Clarence Thomas and his revisionist history of the 14th Amendment. [Bloomberg Law News] * The left can’t afford to get cocky about the birthright citizenship decision. [Huffington Post] *...
by RG | Jun 30, 2026 | above the law
Reports Of Samuel Alito’s Retirement Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: A lil’ oopsie from NPR. Small firms, big money: Raises and bonuses going around. No Holds Barred Take On Attorney General Nominee Todd Blanche: Sheldon Whitehouse is *not* a fan. Citations At The Root...
by RG | Jun 30, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights—to freely participate in our political community. The Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment extended that promise to “every free-born person in this land.”...
