Politics
Court Leaks and Attorney-Journalists
The professional-ethics implications of making court confidences public.
After Mirabelli, The Other Foote Did Not Drop
Why was there no grant? Or at least a GVR to the First Circuit?
The Promise and Limits of Trump's Psychedelic Therapy Order
The president's facilitation of research and FDA review could help make psychedelics available to approved pat...
Procedural Twist in Kash Patel's Libel Suit Against Substacker Jim Stewartson (Filed in 2023)
From today's decision by Chief Judge Andrew Gordon (D. Nev.) in Patel v. Stewartson (for more on the $100K com...
Megan Thee Stallion's Request for Anti-"Cyberstalking" Injunction Against Online Defamer Denied as Prior Restraint
"Plaintiff is allegedly the target of hurtful, angry, offensive, humiliating, racial, and gender-based hate ma...
Jack Goldsmith on the NYT and the Leaked Supreme Court "Shadow Papers"
A critique of the New York Times "unfortunately tendentious reporting about the memoranda."
Don't Count on the 25th Amendment To Dethrone Donald Trump
Democrats can't muster the votes to impeach and remove Trump, or even to stop an illegal war. The 25th Amendme...
"It Will Be Your Name and License on the Line, Not Chatgpt's"
A lawyer's duties "do not disappear solely because an attorney chooses to outsource his labor to AI."
"The Biggest Scandal Here Is In Fact the Leaks Themselves"
The leak of internal Supreme Court memos could affect how the Court operates.
This Big Tech Firm Wants To Reinstate the Draft
A look at Palantir’s bootlicking new manifesto.
An Unusual GVR With Three Dissenting Votes
I've seen votes to grant instead of GVR, but I can't recall votes to deny instead of a GVR.
3 Disasters That Legal Weed Didn't Unleash—Despite the Forecasts
From higher crime to teenage stoners, here are things that the weed debate got wrong.
Afroman on Becoming the 2028 Libertarian Presidential Nominee
Afroman discusses his free speech court victory, why he thinks he could unite America, and whether he feels pr...
Trump Signs Psychedelics Order
Plus: ship seizures, the best free bread in America, and more...
America's First Drafts
Before it was history, the Declaration of Independence was news. Not everyone got the story right.
Cat out of the Bag? Just Shove It Back in!
Apropos the "cat out of the bag" objection to sealing or pseudonymity, I thought I'd note last month's P.F. v....
Troubling News for Jews from the Michigan Democratic Party
Weeks after a Hezbollah-linked terrorist tried to murder dozens of Jewish children, the party nominates a Hezb...
"Once the [Rainbow Flag] Cat Is out of the Bag, the Ball Game Is Over"
No pseudonymity for teacher challenging removal of pride flags from classroom, because his identity had alread...