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fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks agoWhy international law is still the world's best defence
The post-World War II international legal order faces erosion from ultranationalism, great-power rivalries, and norm violations, risking a return to force-based politics where power supersedes principle.
Law
fromAbove the Law
5 days agoBiglaw To D.C. Circuit: This Isn't Just About Us - It's About Whether The President Can Put Lawyers On A Leash - Above the Law
The fight over Trump-era executive orders targeting Biglaw firms intensifies as firms argue these orders threaten constitutional independence and the rule of law.
Philosophy
fromAbove the Law
2 weeks agoYou Can't Salvage A Bad Judge By Calling Them Postmodern - Above the Law
Postmodern analysis offers useful concepts for understanding contemporary disenchantment with traditional meaning systems, exemplified by judicial figures like Lawrence VanDyke who adopt unconventional approaches to legal writing.
fromemptywheel
3 weeks agoMixing The Mixed Constitution - emptywheel
Burke's was a broadside that not only excoriated the social upheavals effected by the French revolutionaries and (by extension) commended by Marx, but the continual economic and social instability prized by modern liberal economic philosophy and practice. Against a new class of elites-mainly, an alliance between ideological progressive theorists and a rising financial oligarchy-Burke urged protection of the stability, tradition, and social continuities vital for the flourishing of ordinary people.
Left-wing politics
LGBT
fromAbove the Law
3 weeks agoFourth Circuit Removes Autonomy From Adults In Healthcare Ban Decision - Above the Law
West Virginia's Medicaid ban on gender-affirming surgeries for adults was upheld by a federal appeals court, extending discrimination beyond minors despite Supreme Court precedent suggesting adults could access treatment.
#judicial-independence
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2 weeks agoLaw
Pauline Newman Petitions Supreme Court To Hear Her Case - Above the Law
Judge Newman's case at the Federal Circuit raises critical questions about judicial independence and the interpretation of Article III's good behavior clause, potentially reaching the Supreme Court.
US politics
fromAbove the Law
2 weeks agoMorning Docket: 03.18.26 - Above the Law
Chief Justice Roberts calls for ending personal attacks on judges, while questions arise about presidential official acts; meanwhile, legal developments span judicial conduct, cryptocurrency regulation, Section 230 reform, and national security concerns.
Law
fromAbove the Law
2 weeks agoPauline Newman Petitions Supreme Court To Hear Her Case - Above the Law
Judge Newman's case at the Federal Circuit raises critical questions about judicial independence and the interpretation of Article III's good behavior clause, potentially reaching the Supreme Court.
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks agoThe Supreme Court Just Heeded One of Ketanji Brown Jackson's Sharpest Dissents
The Supreme Court unanimously refused to immediately revoke Temporary Protected Status for over 350,000 immigrants from Haiti and Syria, instead allowing full judicial review while maintaining their legal protections.
US politics
fromThe Nation
3 weeks agoAnthropic's Lawsuit Should Absolutely Destroy the Pentagon in Court
Anthropic sued the Department of Defense over a supply chain risk designation that bans government use of Claude AI, alleging First Amendment violations after the Trump administration demanded removal of safety safeguards preventing autonomous weapons and surveillance applications.
Law
fromAbove the Law
2 weeks agoThe Rule Of Law Joins America's Dead Pets On The Rainbow Bridge - Above the Law
Trump attorney John Lauro claimed the DOJ improved under Attorney General Pam Bondi, contradicting legal observers who view current conditions as a constitutional crisis threatening prosecutorial independence.
Intellectual property law
fromComputerworld
3 weeks agoAnthropic's US gov't lawsuit says federal action "unprecedented and unlawful"
Anthropic sued the US government over being designated a supply chain risk, arguing the decision punishes the company for expressing safety concerns about AI capabilities rather than legitimate security reasons.
Intellectual property law
fromAbove the Law
4 weeks agoThe Heppner And Warner Rulings: Hobgoblin Consistency Or An Application Of Principle? - Above the Law
Warner v. Gilbarco and U.S. v. Heppner reach different conclusions on AI tool discoverability because Warner involved irrelevant materials and pro se representation, not because of conflicting privilege waiver standards.
Law
frompatentlyo.com
3 weeks agoJudge Newman Asks the Supreme Court to Intervene: Framing Judicial Independence as a Constitutional Imperative
Judge Pauline Newman, barred from judicial duties since 2023 without impeachment or disability finding, petitioned the Supreme Court to challenge the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act's bar on reviewing judicial council orders.
Intellectual property law
fromPatently-O
4 weeks agoPatently Unreasonable: Hyatt's Return to the Supreme Court and the Fight Over Prosecution Laches
Gilbert Hyatt petitions the Supreme Court to challenge the Federal Circuit's prosecution laches doctrine, arguing it conflicts with statutory patent timing provisions in the Patent Act.
Law
fromAbove the Law
3 weeks ago'We Are Better Than This,' Say Ninth Circuit Judges Despite All Evidence To The Contrary - Above the Law
Judge Lawrence VanDyke of the Ninth Circuit has authored inflammatory and unprofessional dissents using crude language and personal attacks against colleagues, contradicting the ABA's initial assessment of his qualifications.
Law
fromAbove the Law
1 month agoFederal Circuit Dissents Plummet After Pauline Newman's Ersatz Impeachment - Above the Law
Dissenting opinions reveal judicial disagreement and can vindicate alternative legal reasoning over time, as demonstrated by Judge Pauline Newman's dissents on the Federal Circuit being later affirmed by the Supreme Court.
fromAbove the Law
2 months agoDOJ Attacks Judge, Claims Judicial Immunity For Itself - Above the Law
If you are a lawyer, are interested in being an AUSA, and support President Trump and anti-crime agenda, DM me. We need good prosecutors. And DOJ is hiring across the country. Now is your chance to join the mission and do good for our country.- Chad Mizelle (@chad_mizelle) January 31, 2026
US politics
fromemptywheel
2 months agoThis Is Not A Constitutional Moment - emptywheel
This script is based on a theory proposed by Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale Law School. Ackerman's idea is laid out in his 1991 book We The People: Foundations, and is discussed in the second of his Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures of 2006. It's gained prominence since the 2024 election and the wholesale assault on our governmental system by Trump.
US politics
US politics
fromAbove the Law
2 months agoHomeland Security & Hilton Introduce Us To Third Amendment Jawboning! - Above the Law
A Hilton franchise allegedly refused to house ICE agents in Minnesota, prompting Department of Homeland Security public criticism and raising a rare Third Amendment controversy.
fromABA Journal
2 months agoChemerinsky: The Fourth Amendment comes back to the Supreme Court
From 2021 until 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court did not decide one case involving traditional Fourth Amendment issues-such as what is a search, when is a warrant required and whether the exclusionary rule applies. I taught Criminal Procedure - Investigations in the fall semester and struggled to explain to my students why the justices seemingly had lost interest in the Fourth Amendment. But this term, there are two Fourth Amendment cases, one already decided and one to be argued this spring.
Law
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 months agoResearchers May Be Forced to Rely on an Obscure Court
A majority of justices say this 16-judge court likely has jurisdiction over lawsuits regarding thousands of National Institutes of Health federal research grants that the Trump administration has tried to terminate, as well as other fights concerning canceled grants. If the Supreme Court sticks by its current thinking in final rulings, the Court of Federal Claims could be handling fights over countless grants that the Trump administration and future higher ed-targeting presidencies may try to cancel in the future.
Law
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