by RG | Aug 11, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! In the mid-1940s, which Supreme Court justice refused to recuse himself from a case argued by his former law partner. A fellow justice was so incensed that he fired off a public cable to Congress...
by RG | Aug 10, 2026 | above the law
Biglaw Wants Private Equity’s Money — Ask Your Vet How That Turned Out: The same ‘management services’ trick that swallowed your dog’s clinic is now knocking on Paul Weiss’s door. That’s Some Catch, That Catch-22: The administration may talk like the SPLC case is a...
by RG | Aug 10, 2026 | above the law
Biglaw Wants Private Equity’s Money — Ask Your Vet How That Turned Out: The same ‘management services’ trick that swallowed your dog’s clinic is now knocking on Paul Weiss’s door. That’s Some Catch, That Catch-22: The administration may talk like the SPLC case is a...
by RG | Aug 10, 2026 | above the law
Before the DOJ brought criminal charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center, FBI Director Kash Patel called the civil rights organization “a partisan smear machine” and accused the entity of defaming hate groups. Because Kash Patel has never met a political...
by RG | Aug 10, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! The Constitution doesn’t say how many justices sit on the Supreme Court; Congress sets the number, and it hasn’t always been nine. When was the last time lawmakers shrank the number of seats on the...
by RG | Aug 10, 2026 | above the law
You know how your parents, trying to defend what seemed at the time an unreasonable curfew, used to say nothing good happens after midnight? Turns out that’s also true of the United States Senate. At approximately 4:17 am Saturday morning, the Senate confirmed Todd...
