by HolAdmin | Nov 10, 2026 | American Legal News
With Rep. Thomas Massie expected to force a vote to impeach Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, how many times has a cabinet secretary been impeached by the House of Representatives? Hint: We aren’t asking about the outcome in the Senate… for example, if the Senate...
by HolAdmin | Nov 10, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Happy Monday! Hello (again) from DC. I’m back for a conference on college athletics governance, one of several governance and...
by HolAdmin | Nov 10, 2026 | American Legal News
I saw an opinion piece recently talking about the winners on Election Day: Decency, diversity, blah, blah, blah. That’s doing things the easy way. In this space, we do things the hard way. Who were the biggest losers on Election Day? Let’s start with John Fetterman, a...
by HolAdmin | Nov 10, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. It’ll take us a couple more years to see what kind of fallout in their ability to finance their education. It’s anecdotal at this point, but you can see it coming. There’s a slice of students who don’t realize...
by HolAdmin | Nov 10, 2026 | American Legal News
I recently wrote about Torsten Slok’s argument that outside of big tech, AI has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America. I suggested that could be even more true in legal. And I promised more on whether and how AI really reduces hours, an argument Melissa...
by HolAdmin | Nov 10, 2026 | American Legal News
Criminal law in America stands at the heart of the justice system, offering law students a front-row seat to the tension between accountability and fairness. Whether aspiring to become prosecutors seeking justice for victims or defense attorneys safeguarding the...