by RG | Feb 27, 2025 | above the law
Good morning. As some of you may be aware, last night President Trump signed an Executive Order designating Above the Law as a new agency to stamp out waste in the legal industry. Our new designation, the Bureau of Inefficient Legal Levies or BILL, will act along with...
by RG | Feb 27, 2025 | above the law
The federal judiciary — which employs more than 30,000 people, including several thousand judicial law clerks — is the most dangerous white-collar workplace in America. The toxic combination of pervasive harassment; lack of outside, impartial oversight; and dearth of...
by RG | Feb 27, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by Ted Eytan / Flickr)Marriage equality enjoys widespread support in the United States — the latest Gallup poll puts support of the right at 69 percent. But that doesn’t mean shit to the the Supreme Court. The conservative majority on the Court is gunning...
by RG | Feb 27, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)For the last five or so weeks, the news has been nothing but throat punch after throat punch. So, I wasn’t expecting great things when the Supreme Court weighed in on the Oklahoma death row case of Richard Glossip. But the pessimism...
by RG | Feb 27, 2025 | above the law
Back in November, after his trial had already started, a former Biglaw tax partner pleaded guilty to one count of aiding or assisting in the filing of a false or fraudulent tax return. It seems that he was helping his high-profile clients — including DJs Tiësto and...
by RG | Feb 27, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)In the latest installment of Trump Weaponizing the Government While Screaming About the Weaponization of the Government, the White House yanked security clearances from Covington & Burling because they represent Jack Smith. A...