5 Female Lawyer Role Models Who Easily Outstrip Dominatrixes
Set aside the fact that an article encouraging male lawyers to train their female colleagues into dominatrix-like submission could only be found in the deep recesses of 4chan.
Robert Mueller Laid A Trap For President Trump By Marking Him An Investigation ‘Subject’
Whether someone is a ‘target’ as opposed to a ‘subject’ of an investigation is a distinction without a difference.
In Absence Of Supreme Court Review, Massachusetts Judge Upholds Sweeping Gun Ban
On Thursday, a federal district court judge upheld Massachusetts’ ‘assault-weapon’ ban.
The Law Should Protect Children, Not Sexual Expressionism
Law professor Helen Alvaré’s new book, ‘Putting Children’s Interests First in US Family Law and Policy,’ details the alarming number of ways the law privileges ‘consensual adult sexual expression,’ regardless of the consequences.
Why Republicans Are Right To Impeach Pennsylvania’s Rogue Supreme Court Justices Over Gerrymandering
What is more in accord with the rule of law: four justices usurping the power of a co-equal branch of government, or a legislature doing exactly what the state constitution allows?
Judge’s Recusal From Michael Flynn Case Further Damages FBI, DOJ
Texts revealed a relationship between FBI agent Peter Strzok and Judge Rudolph Contreras. Does that cast suspicion on Contreras’ recusal from the Flynn case Strzok investigated?
Unraveling The Insane Story Of Gawker, Hulk Hogan, And Peter Thiel
Author Ryan Holiday examines the nearly unbelievable conspiracy of how Hulk Hogan and few secret individuals were able to dismantle the infamous Gawker.
How A Plea Reversal From Michael Flynn Could Uncover More Federal Corruption
Did Robert Mueller’s office withhold other evidence in Michael Flynn’s prosecution, either from the FISA court or from Flynn’s attorneys? There is reason to believe so.
Why It Shouldn’t Be A Federal Crime To Punch Reporters
Eric Swalwell’s bill would limit a universal freedom to a discrete class, and place the government—either through bureaucracy or through the courts—in charge of defining that class.
Why It’s A Big Problem If The FISA Court Relied On Steele’s Hearsay To Grant A Surveillance Order
The Trump dossier allegations came from unnamed Russian sources — not Christopher Steele or other known informants. That’s a big problem.
NYT Misconstrues Fifth Circuit Appointee’s Record On Wrongful Murder Conviction
Kyle Duncan had nothing to do with John Thompson’s criminal case. Duncan also had nothing to do with the prosecutors who withheld evidence from Thompson’s attorneys.
Supreme Court To Decide Whether You Own Your Own Data
The justices shouldn’t extend law enforcement’s reach beyond our borders. More importantly, Congress needs to update a 30-year-old law for the digital age.
The ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Case Should Make Courts Stop Issuing National Rules For Local Cases
Chicago’s ‘sanctuary’ cities case offers an important opportunity to challenge a dangerous practice of relatively recent advent: granting a nationwide injunction in a local dispute.
Oregon Court Holds Bakers Responsible For How People Feel About What They Say
The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a $135,000 fine against the owners of a local cake shop who declined to use their artistic skills to create a custom cake for a same-sex wedding.
Why It’s Impossible To Keep Judge Nominations Non-Political
We have divergent interpretive theories that map onto ideologically sorted parties, so is it any surprise that elections are high-stakes for judges?
Abortion Supporters Pretend To Care About Woman Judges To Hide Anti-Woman Legal Goals
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards is right: Courts matter. They matter because liberal judges long ago stopped interpreting the law and started inventing it.
How A Judge Halted The Trump Administration’s Abortifacient Mandate Exceptions
The judge crystalized not just that elections have consequences but that so does the reach of government, legislative abandonment, and the ideology-imposing of unelected judges.
Why The Supreme Court Is Likely To Rule For Jack Phillips While Dodging The Big Religious Liberty Question
While there is always a risk of reading too much into Supreme Court justices’ questions during oral argument, there is often much to be gleaned.
Why I Don’t Want To Force Anyone To Bake A Cake For My Gay Wedding
If I encountered an individual morally uncomfortable with participating in an activity with me and my boyfriend, it would be uncomfortable for me to force her.
Why The Cake-Baking Cases Are Really About Courts Deciding What Americans Can Believe
Most justices first frame the issue by using judicial discretion of one kind or another to remove from consideration the nature of the product requested for a same-sex wedding.
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