Venue roulette, a sham affidavit, and uninspected bloomin’ onions ..read more

The Olympics are a great sports event, but one that also often causes great harm. Here are five reforms that can fix that ..read more

From a Justice Department press release; Matar is also awaiting trial for murder in New York state court: A grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Hadi Matar, 26, of Fairview, New Jersey, with attempting to provide material support to Hizbollah, a designated foreign terrorist organization, engaging in an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries ..read more

From Doe v. Mast, decided Wednesday by Judge Norman Moon (W.D. Va.) (for more on the recent Virginia Court of Appeals decision voiding the adoption, see this AP story [Martha Mendoza, Juliet Linderman & Claire Galofaro]): The facts alleged in Plaintiffs' complaint tell a remarkable story of resilience and duplicity. In the aftermath of a September 2019 ..read more

7/26/1892: Justice George Shiras Jr. takes oath ..read more

Candid end of term comments from one of the Court's progressive justices ..read more

"Boneless wings" aren't wings, so does that mean they don't have to be boneless either? The Ohio Supreme Court weighs in ..read more

John McGinnis on Justice Amy Coney Barrett ..read more

There are tensions between Jarkesy, CFPB, and Vidal ..read more

Vice President Kamala Harris graduated from UC Hastings Law School in 1989, and sat for the July 1989 California Bar. She did not pass on her first try. (Brett Stephens flagged this issue in his column.) According to Politico, Harris spent her 2L summer at the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, which offered her a job as a deputy DA after she passed the bar. Harris was admitted one year later in June 1990. In July 1989, the pass rate for Hastings was 81.4%. The Hastings Law News had this report. Harris is in good company with other famous people who failed the bar. And in a coincidence ..read more