by RG | Jul 1, 2026 | above the law
(Image via Getty) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which Supreme Court Justice shook hands with both John Quincy Adams (6th president of the United States) and also John F. Kennedy (the 35th)? Hint: With more than 29 years on the...
by RG | Jul 1, 2026 | above the law
* In an exquisite use of concurring opinions, Ketanji Brown Jackson goes off on Clarence Thomas and his revisionist history of the 14th Amendment. [Bloomberg Law News] * The left can’t afford to get cocky about the birthright citizenship decision. [Huffington Post] *...
by RG | Jun 30, 2026 | above the law
Reports Of Samuel Alito’s Retirement Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: A lil’ oopsie from NPR. Small firms, big money: Raises and bonuses going around. No Holds Barred Take On Attorney General Nominee Todd Blanche: Sheldon Whitehouse is *not* a fan. Citations At The Root...
by RG | Jun 30, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights—to freely participate in our political community. The Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment extended that promise to “every free-born person in this land.”...
by RG | Jun 30, 2026 | above the law
Not every summer bonus announcement comes from a litigation boutique with nine-figure verdicts on the wall. Sometimes it comes from a corporate firm in Coppell, Texas, that represents people buying and selling dry cleaners and HVAC companies. SMB Law Group — a...
by RG | Jun 30, 2026 | above the law
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has written the most comprehensive argument yet against confirming Todd Blanche as Attorney General, published this week in The Contrarian under the headline “Todd Blanche Should Not Be Confirmed.” If you’ve been following our coverage of...
