by RG | Sep 16, 2025 | above the law
“Every time I listen to a lawyer-trained representative saying we should criminalize free speech in some way,” Justice Sotomayor told a New York Law School audience this morning, “I think to myself, that law school failed.” Supreme Court justices… they’re just like...
by RG | Sep 16, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: This is the latest installment in a series of posts on motherhood in the legal profession, in partnership with our friends at MothersEsquire. Welcome Elise Buie back to our pages. Click here if you’d like to donate to MothersEsquire. When I went to law...
by RG | Sep 16, 2025 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! At the biannual meeting of the Judicial Conference, which Democratic politician told Chief Justice John Roberts the rule of law “is at a Category 6 code red, six alarm fire” due to the Supreme Court’s...
by RG | Sep 16, 2025 | above the law
Getting your ears pierced at Claire’s is almost a rite of passage for adults of a certain vintage. Your mother either brought you to Claire’s to get it done, or your mother yelled at you after you went to Claire’s to get it done with your friends. Either way, it’s...
by RG | Sep 16, 2025 | above the law
Last night, Donald Trump filed yet another media trollsuit. As usual, he took full advantage of the ad damnum clause to juice the news cycle. “Today, I have the Great Honor of bringing a $15 Billion Dollar Defamation and Libel Lawsuit against The New York Times, one...
by RG | Sep 16, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. We successfully resolved our dispute with the Trump Administration in Q1 and, through the first eight months of the year, we are fortunate that all of our metrics are up double digits: revenues, demand,...
