by RG | Oct 7, 2026 | above the law
I consider myself a bit of a lay expert when it comes to museum closures. I worked at a museum for two years before it was suddenly shuttered. Both of those years being ones in which Donald Trump was either running for or serving as president, there were always vague...
by RG | Oct 7, 2026 | above the law
There are many ways to rank law schools, but the way that the National Jurist’s preLaw Magazine does it is quite interesting. Rather than concentrating on the prestige factors that usually dominate law school ranking systems, this ranking focuses solely on factors...
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...
