by RG | Jan 28, 2026 | above the law
Harmeet Dhillon ascended to head the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division off a career backing election denialism and fronting Trump’s most nonsensical defamation suits. Ed Whelan is a conservative legal movement darling who spent the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings...
by RG | Jan 28, 2026 | above the law
I had a permit to carry some years ago. I let it expire. In this jurisdiction, they are only good for five years, and I’m not the kind of person who thinks armed thugs who want to murder my family are lurking around every corner. It seemed like an unnecessary expense....
by RG | Jan 28, 2026 | above the law
Law school closures are a sad thing. Even when they have low bar passage rates, seeing them close their doors is a somber occasion. One way for a struggling law school to save face is to merge with another school to alleviate their need for funding, student head...
by RG | Jan 28, 2026 | above the law
2026 is not a great time to be a government lawyer. They’re just getting HAMMERED by judges — over and over and over and over and over again — for shoddy litigation practices and outlandish legal arguments. And maybe this is hard to believe, but it’s happening again!...
by RG | Jan 28, 2026 | above the law
Tom Goldstein’s life was almost a TV show. Now, with his wild trial is in its second week, the drama just unveiled a First Amendment subplot. As Politico’s Josh Gerstein flagged, the government apparently subpoenaed Jeffrey Toobin and fact-checker Rudy Lee seeking...
by RG | Jan 28, 2026 | above the law
It’s time for an update on Above the Law’s favorite famous-for-the-wrong-reasons attorney: Crystal Clanton! Clanton is, on paper, exactly the kind of young lawyer who is supposed to represent the best of the profession. She landed a series of extraordinarily...
