by RG | Oct 7, 2026 | above the law
Last week, a D.C. Superior Court judge made sure the Trump administration can never again prosecute David Hearn for touching a piece of the Reflecting Pool that was already falling off. Now Hearn’s lawyers want to know how the case happened in the first place. On...
by RG | Oct 7, 2026 | above the law
Under normal circumstances, there are good reasons why the government keeps a lid on investigation materials that don’t pan out. Accusations are not findings, and we don’t want to brand someone based on an ultimately fruitless inquiry. After all, casting someone as...
by RG | Oct 7, 2026 | above the law
Being late for jury duty is annoying. Getting arrested for it, in front of everyone else waiting to be questioned in a capital murder case, is something else entirely. On Monday, Justice Sonia Sotomayor used the Supreme Court’s denial of cert in Mulkey v. Alabama to...
by RG | Oct 7, 2026 | above the law
In a display that could only be described as cartoonish, Senator Eric Schmitt thought he had Jack Smith dead to rights, before he tripped over himself and fell into a heap of mousetraps. After the special prosecutor denied attending an Atlanta Hawks game, Schmitt...
by RG | Oct 7, 2026 | above the law
Lots of talk and money these days are being focused on AI in legal. And like much of the talk, a recent survey and report from Everlaw is a classic case of viewing the GenAI glass as half full. (Well, perhaps 49% full, see below.) That’s not to say Everlaw is wrong,...
by RG | Oct 6, 2026 | above the law
Samuel Alito Isn’t Retiring, But He’d Like Republicans To Vote Like He Might: Nothing gets the base out like a vacancy that may or may not exist. Today, I’ll Be Performing A Monologue From…: Judge James Ho elevates his desperate audition for the Supreme Court by...
