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My colleague Jeff Welty has covered the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in New York Rife and Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), and subsequent lower court cases several times before on the blog. Under Bruen, “when the Second Amendment’s plain text covers an individual’s conduct, the Constitution presumptively protects that conduct.” Id….
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! In a rare GC-to-CEO promotion, the longtime general counsel of which NFL franchise was recently elevated to team CEO, chairman, and president? Hint: The Standford Law grad previously practiced at Thompson Hine and Heller Ehrman before taking his legal talents to the sports…
How Dare You Move My News Clippings!: Trump’s attorneys play up the “You Shouldn’t Have Moved My Boxes” card. Who Needs Dating Apps When You Have Power Imbalances?: Senior partner suspended from practice after turning the office NSFW. Georgia Supreme Court Removes Judge From The Bench: Gotta maintain the legitimacy of the profession. If You…
Chief Justice Roberts might be throwing his hands up at the Supreme Court’s legitimacy problem, but Georgia’s Supreme Court takes it very seriously. Today, Georgia’s highest court signed off on removing Judge Christina Peterson from her office. She’s faced other issues, namely her recent interaction with the police. While her actions leading up to her…
There’s been a lot of digital ink spilled discussing how out of order Chief Judge Glanville’s decision to host a private meeting with Lil Woody and others without the plaintiff’s permission or presence was. Rightfully, Brian Steel made a pretty big deal of it — such a meeting steps on the plaintiff’s right to due…
There’s something so ugly to me about the rising efforts to ban gender-affirming care for trans children. It’s taking the most vulnerable people in society, at a time when they are their most vulnerable and just turning the knife. So of course it’s connected to the Federalist Society’s Leonard Leo. Leo is the man most…
Hunter Biden (Photo by Moses Robinson/Getty Images for Usher’s New Look Foundation) Rudy Giuliani did more than almost anyone to flog the story of Hunter Biden’s laptop. Giuliani’s efforts in convincing the right-wing echo chamber that the laptop Biden left in a repair shop should join the Necronomicon and the Spellbook from Hocus Pocus in…
Jasvinder Gill was a senior partner at Hatten Wyatt in Kent, England. But he’s now suspended from the legal profession for two years — and ordered to pay £85,501 in costs — after a disciplinary tribunal found he “used his position of influence and authority in the workplace to create situations in which office relationships, sexual…
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Jonathan Turley more or less abandoned good faith argument years ago in his effort to extend his 15 minutes of fame one Fox cable news hit at a time. Holding onto his crown as the right’s favorite legal commentator hasn’t been easy for the George Washington Law professor, having forced…