{"id":155516,"date":"2026-06-28T16:20:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T00:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/06\/28\/sam-alito-complains-that-dog-ate-his-homework-see-generally\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T16:20:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T00:20:31","slug":"sam-alito-complains-that-dog-ate-his-homework-see-generally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/06\/28\/sam-alito-complains-that-dog-ate-his-homework-see-generally\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Alito Complains That Dog Ate His Homework \u2014 See Generally"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sam Alito Huffed That He Totally Could\u2019ve Made Better Arguments (Spoiler: He Could Not Have)<\/strong>: Alito broke protocol at the Supreme Court this week to whine from the bench that Sotomayor\u2019s dissent made him look bad for gutting Holocaust-era asylum protections in Mullin v. Al Otro Lado<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Everybody Loves Living By The Sword Until The Sword Turns Around<\/strong>: While star partners are hauling in packages approaching $40 million, consultants estimate that 10 to 30 percent of partners are heading into mid-year reviews with a pay cut coming, because lockstep\u2019s replacement is a system that concentrates rewards at the top and somebody has to be at the bottom.<\/a><\/p>\n

Ben Sasse Is Either Totally Oblivious Or The Funniest Man Alive<\/strong>: The former senator argues that adding cameras might make the Supreme Court seem political<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stan Woodward Sends Judge Strongly Worded Note; The Judge Sends Back Scheduling Order<\/strong>: Stan Woodward, the DOJ\u2019s go-to signature for its most embarassing filings, sent a two-page \u201cnotice\u201d informing Judge Leonie Brinkema that her recent order was \u201cunnecessary.\u201d She was not amused<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Faintest Praise Money Can\u2019t Buy<\/strong>: Bill Barr wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed arguing that Todd Blanche should be confirmed as AG because he \u201cwill run the department as effectively as anyone could<\/em> under President Trump.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

The Swamp Is Real And It\u2019s At The Lincoln Memorial<\/strong>: Trump spent millions of taxpayer dollars painting the Reflecting Pool blue, and now Jeanine Pirro\u2019s Justice Department is arresting citizens for the president\u2019s pool maintenance failures<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s Favorite Law Firm Loves A Pay Raise<\/strong>: Sullivan & Cromwell \u2014 Donald Trump\u2019s preferred law firm these days \u2014 has apparently matched the new Milbank salary scale<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Machine Had The Right Answer; The Court Had The Law<\/strong>: An AI transcript accidentally rendered a defendant\u2019s ambiguous \u201cDo I need to have an attorney here?\u201d as a clear invocation of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel, but the judge decided it wasn\u2019t THAT clear and evaporated the defendant\u2019s Miranda rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Law Review Article That Made Me Chuckle (Once, Then Twice When He Explained The Joke)<\/strong>: A Vermont Law Review article argues that humor improves legal pedagogy and retention, is itself funny enough to prove the thesis, and then undermines its own credibility by following two of its better jokes with \u201cSee what I did there?\u201d \u2014 which is, somewhat poetically, a lesson in why timing matters.<\/a><\/p>\n

The post Sam Alito Complains That Dog Ate His Homework \u2014 See Generally<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sam Alito Huffed That He Totally Could\u2019ve Made Better Arguments (Spoiler: He Could Not Have)<\/strong>: Alito broke protocol at the Supreme Court this week to whine from the bench that Sotomayor\u2019s dissent made him look bad for gutting Holocaust-era asylum protections in Mullin v. Al Otro Lado<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Everybody Loves Living By The Sword Until The Sword Turns Around<\/strong>: While star partners are hauling in packages approaching $40 million, consultants estimate that 10 to 30 percent of partners are heading into mid-year reviews with a pay cut coming, because lockstep\u2019s replacement is a system that concentrates rewards at the top and somebody has to be at the bottom.<\/a><\/p>\n

Ben Sasse Is Either Totally Oblivious Or The Funniest Man Alive<\/strong>: The former senator argues that adding cameras might make the Supreme Court seem political<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stan Woodward Sends Judge Strongly Worded Note; The Judge Sends Back Scheduling Order<\/strong>: Stan Woodward, the DOJ\u2019s go-to signature for its most embarassing filings, sent a two-page \u201cnotice\u201d informing Judge Leonie Brinkema that her recent order was \u201cunnecessary.\u201d She was not amused<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Faintest Praise Money Can\u2019t Buy<\/strong>: Bill Barr wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed arguing that Todd Blanche should be confirmed as AG because he \u201cwill run the department as effectively as anyone could<\/em> under President Trump.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

The Swamp Is Real And It\u2019s At The Lincoln Memorial<\/strong>: Trump spent millions of taxpayer dollars painting the Reflecting Pool blue, and now Jeanine Pirro\u2019s Justice Department is arresting citizens for the president\u2019s pool maintenance failures<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s Favorite Law Firm Loves A Pay Raise<\/strong>: Sullivan & Cromwell \u2014 Donald Trump\u2019s preferred law firm these days \u2014 has apparently matched the new Milbank salary scale<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Machine Had The Right Answer; The Court Had The Law<\/strong>: An AI transcript accidentally rendered a defendant\u2019s ambiguous \u201cDo I need to have an attorney here?\u201d as a clear invocation of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel, but the judge decided it wasn\u2019t THAT clear and evaporated the defendant\u2019s Miranda rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Law Review Article That Made Me Chuckle (Once, Then Twice When He Explained The Joke)<\/strong>: A Vermont Law Review article argues that humor improves legal pedagogy and retention, is itself funny enough to prove the thesis, and then undermines its own credibility by following two of its better jokes with \u201cSee what I did there?\u201d \u2014 which is, somewhat poetically, a lesson in why timing matters.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sam Alito Huffed That He Totally Could\u2019ve Made Better Arguments (Spoiler: He Could Not Have): Alito broke protocol at the Supreme Court this week to whine from the bench that Sotomayor\u2019s dissent made him look bad for gutting Holocaust-era asylum protections in Mullin v. Al Otro Lado. Everybody Loves Living By The Sword Until The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":155517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-1163818439-620x413-VPxGM6.jpg?fit=620%2C413&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}