Shadow Docket Opinion On Due Process Too Little, Too Late: Based on her dissent, Sotomayor has had enough of it. The Don Sets Sights On Cadwalader: Will they stand tall or fold over? US News Royally Messed Up Their Rankings Release: Come for the live ranking discrepancies, stay for the damage control and the seventeen […]
Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday paused an order by a judge in San Francisco that would require the federal government to reinstate more than 16,000 workers who were fired by six agencies earlier this year. A group of nonprofits challenging the layoffs argued that the terminations by the Office of Personnel Management violated several […]
The 2025 U.S. News & World Report law school rankings have finally arrived — complete with their fair share of drama and absurdity. Stay tuned for some extra shenanigans, because U.S. News has TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT RANKINGS listed in TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PLACES. Here’s the official list — maybe, but who knows? — of the top law […]
* Supreme Court decides Trump can continue disappearing people to El Salvador as long as he gives the people snatched off the street by masked agents and spirited away to interstate holding areas a de minimis opportunity to file a fully sufficient habeas petition. [One First] * Senate Dems probe Biglaw firms for allegedly trying […]
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Todd Blanche and Donald Trump (Photo by Brendan McDermid-Pool/Getty Images) Donald Trump has ben busy using the questionable power of Executive Orders to target Biglaw firms like Covington & Burling, then Perkins Coie, Paul Weiss, Jenner & Block, and WilmerHale. All for the grievous insult of having their attorneys take cases that Donald Trump or his allies just don’t like. […]
Cyber counsel frustrates (human) judges A screenshot of the proceedings The claimant in a New York employment dispute was reportedly given short shrift after attempting to use an AI-generated avatar to argue his case before a court. According to AP News, Jerome Dewald submitted a video to present his oral argument. But when Justice Sallie […]
Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Supreme Court Clears Way for Venezuelan Deportations to Resume, for Now (Abbie VanSickle, The New York Times) Supreme Court says Venezuelans Trump wants to deport must be able to ‘actually seek’ relief […]
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. It’s very alarming to think that all we’re doing is our job, and we have to fear. We should not have to fear that. We don’t want judges worried about the decisions that they’ll make in any particular case. It’s not fair to the […]
Getty Images It is nice to be a highly credentialed lawyer. I am a highly credentialed lawyer. However, nobody else really cares whether or not you are a highly credentialed lawyer. All those awards, articles, presentations, and certifications are perfectly reasonable things to pursue for a variety of reasons. It feels good to be recognized […]
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