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ABA Legal Ed council extends test-optional admissions variance
{mag_summary}Law schools can take three more years to determine whether they want to admit students without taking an admissions test. The council of the ABA…
Lawyer suspended, ordered to take anger management therapy after fight over eviction case
{mag_summary} A Minneapolis lawyer has been suspended and ordered to take anger management therapy following a fistfight with a woman who was facing eviction from…
SCOTUS again asked to address Ten Commandments in schools
Registration is now open for The SCOTUSblog Summit: 2026 Term Preview, which will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 16, in Washington, D.C. Programming will include a keynote address featuring Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA); a live taping of the...
Alcohol at the Supreme Court
During the 2025-26 term, the justices pondered the Founding Fathers’ drinking habits as they considered a law barring habitual drug users from possessing guns. In the term ahead, they may return to the topic of alcohol in early America if they take up a case on a...
The many layers of Landor
In recent years, the Supreme Court’s late June grand finale, headline-grabbing, crash-the-SCOTUSblog-live-feed decision-dumps have generally included salient church-state or religious-liberty cases. In 2021, for example, a unanimous court sustained, in Fulton v. City...
The orders docket, why it matters, and this term’s criminal law orders
Source: YouTubeSummaryThe Supreme Court divides its website for official writings by the justices into two main parts: “Opinions of the Court” and “Opinions Relating to Orders.” (The court also maintains another website location that is seldom used today, entitled...
Navy, Marines order annual mask fit training amid tighter grooming standards
All service members in the Navy and Marine Corps now must complete annual training in the proper fitting and seal of gas masks, a reflection of the stricter grooming standards that are limiting shaving exemptions.
Colombian Man Pleads Guilty in Money Laundering Case
Colombian man pleads guilty to laundering drug trafficking money through electronics.
Sixth Circuit Reinforces Circuit Split Over Preemption of Provider Claims
Laurel Hill Mgmt. Servs., Inc. v. La-Z-Boy Inc., No. 25-1727, __ F.4th __, 2026 WL 2427143 (6th Cir. Aug. 19, 2026) (Before Circuit Judges Gibbons, Murphy, and Hermandorfer)This week’s notable decision from the Sixth Circuit involves the same recurring fact...