by HolAdmin | Mar 4, 2026 | American Legal News
Yesterday, the federal government defended the constitutionality of a statute — 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) — barring “unlawful users” of controlled substances from possessing firearms by citing local early American laws restricting the rights of “habitual drunkards.” You...
by HolAdmin | Mar 4, 2026 | American Legal News
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice waved the white flag in the Biglaw executive order cases, filing a voluntary dismissal request, seeking to quietly slink away from Donald Trump’s constitutionally suspect vendetta against major law firms. It was, by any...
by HolAdmin | Mar 3, 2026 | American Legal News
DOJ Drops Defense Of Biglaw Bullying Executive Orders: See what happens when you’re actually willing to fight in court? Political Appointments For Law Students? Political purity tests for law jobs! The Early Bird Gets The Litigation Finance Knowledge: Make the most...
by HolAdmin | Mar 3, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to an analysis by Adam Feldman’s substack Legalytics, who is the only U.S. President to appoint more women to the federal judiciary than men? Hint: Women have outnumbered men in law schools...
by HolAdmin | Mar 3, 2026 | American Legal News
In The Hunt for Red October, we learn that Soviet submarine carried a “political officer,” a Communist Party appointee whose job wasn’t navigating or torpedoing things, but making sure everyone on board remained sufficiently loyal to the regime. Not to spoil a...
by HolAdmin | Mar 3, 2026 | American Legal News
Down in the Southern District of West Virginia, four federal judges — appointed by presidents of both parties — have spent the last several weeks issuing rulings sounding the alarm over a MAGA immigration initiative dubbed “Operation Country Roads.” The policy, a...
