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Associational Disability Discrimination: It’s not you, it’s them.
Most people know the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects employees and applicants who have disabilities. Fewer know it also protects people who don’t have a disability themselves but are closely connected to someone who does. The ADA defines...
Morning Docket: 08.21.26
* Judge suspended for — among other things — not disclosing stepson’s appearance in front of him. [ABA Journal] * “Parking Company Apologizes to Formerly Dead Woman for $80 Ticket.” [Lowering the Bar] * Administration brings places...
How Appealing Weekly Roundup
Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. “Build First, Ask Questions Later: Trump’s Ballroom Puts...
Alleged Penn State Cocaine Ring Figure Was Headed To Law School On A $188,000 Scholarship… Emphasis On ‘Was’
New England Law Boston has a scholarship named after Justice Sandra Day O’Connor for incoming students who demonstrate “exceptional academic promise.” The scholarship covers full tuition for three years. This fall, the school awarded the...
Former public defender faces sentencing for healthcare fraud
{mag_summary}A former public defender from Iowa who had previously been arrested for shoplifting will be sentenced in September for defrauding Medicaid and cancer patients. Attorney…
Federal judge dismisses defamation suit filed by attorney-owned marijuana company
{mag_summary} A Chicago civil rights law firm that owns marijuana dispensaries has lost the latest round in an ongoing dispute with its lenders after a…
Justices navigate rising security threats
Justice James Wilson died on this day in 1798. This summer, Jesse Wegman published a biography of Wilson, highlighting, among other things, his time in debtors’ prison.At the CourtLast Friday, the Trump administration urged the Supreme Court to pause a lower-court...
The tenth justice’s strategy
Analysis of the Supreme Court’s decisions most often focuses on the opinions and votes of the justices. Sometimes, though, strategic decisions by lawyers about how to argue a case may play a significant role in what the justices decide. When those strategic decisions...
Six justices, five techniques: writing lessons from the 2025-26 term
I’ve spent two decades mining Supreme Court opinions for writing techniques that can inspire advocates, too. The best examples rarely feature the snarky or witty lines made for social media. Instead, they model how to navigate the toughest problems in legal reasoning:...