by RG | Jul 6, 2026 | above the law
(Photo by Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)I understand: The Supreme Court has decided Trump v. Slaughter, and independent agencies are no longer as independent as they were last week. President Trump is now empowered to fire at will employees of formerly...
by RG | Jul 6, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Welcome to what captivates, haunts, inspires, and surprises me every week in the world of legal ethics. Hello First Monday! What...
by RG | Jul 6, 2026 | above the law
A recent Wall Street Journal article by Allison Pohle raised the question: in these days and times where automated voice transcription services can create a written transcript sans humans, do we still need (or want) court reporters? As most know, traditionally, court...
by RG | Jul 6, 2026 | above the law
* FIFA Peace Prize recipient Donald Trump sent elite lawyers to get FIFA red card lifted. Finally, an advantage to a lawyer culture that never takes vacations like the rest of the world. [Yahoo Sports] * West Point professor wins injunction against speech restrictions...
by RG | Jul 6, 2026 | above the law
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by RG | Jul 5, 2026 | above the law
Roberts Writes Two Opinions With One Shrug Emoji: The Chief Justice declared independent federal agencies unconstitutional and then turned around and, without a note of irony, said that OF COURSE the Federal Reseve is a duly ordained independent federal agency...
