Category «Courts»

Study finds law grads are ‘stacking’ judicial clerkships, curtailing opportunities for others

George, Tracey E. and Yoon, Albert and Gulati, Mitu, Stacking the Deck (May 29, 2026). Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2026-33, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2026-10, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6850719 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6850719 – A federal judicial clerkship is a government-funded Golden Ticket that opens …

Subjects: Courts, Education, Legal Research

Trump and Allies Are Working on Plan to ‘Expunge’ Impeachments

Wall Street Journal [no paywall via Yahoo – see also The Guardian — Trump asking Congress for symbolic expunging of his two impeachments. President is first in US history to be impeached twice, over abuse of power and inciting an insurrection.] Republican-backed symbolic resolution would put lawmakers on record regarding the two impeachments during Trump’s …

Subjects: Censorship, Congress, Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

Tracking retaliatory use of arrests, prosecutions, investigations by Trump administration

Protect Democracy – “Since Donald Trump has returned to the presidency, we have seen numerous Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations and prosecutions against his political opponents, often presaged by direct threats from President Trump himself. In a healthy democracy, the justice system must not be weaponized to punish political opponents, chill dissent, or pretextually achieve …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Courts, Free Speech, Government Documents, Legal Research

Who won the redistricting fight? GOP with +8 to +10 seats

Data is Beautiful: “The GOP is forecasted to pick up +8 to +10 U.S. House seats via legislative redistricting as new congressional maps are finalized. Legal challenges may still overturn some maps. Geographically, most projected GOP gains are concentrated in Deep South states which have a long history of Voting Rights Act litigation. Several of …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

The Voting Rights Act: Historical Development and Policy Background

CRS Report R47520. The Voting Rights Act: Historical Development and Policy Background, June 2, 2026. The Voting Rights Act (VRA) is one of the most significant elections statutes ever enacted. The law prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or language-minority status in registration and voting nationwide. The VRA also provides protections for blind, disabled, or …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, Courts, E-Records, Free Speech, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

The Supreme Court Has Invented a Right to Discriminate

The Atlantic Gift Article: “…Alabama willfully drew a map that flouted the District Court’s preliminary injunction and hoped that this Court would eventually see things its way,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in her dissent, which was joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson. “After today, it is hard to call Alabama’s cynical gambit …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Courts, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

How Donald Trump is insulating himself from future investigations

CNN – no paywall: “The deal that President Donald Trump reached with his own administration to set-up an “anti-weaponization fund” for his allies is the latest example of how his second stint in the White House has focused on undermining checks on presidential power and insulating himself from future investigations. The agreement highlights the new …

Subjects: Censorship, Congress, Courts, Financial System, Government Documents

DOJ Finds Loophole to Pay January 6th Rioters

Raw America: “The Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” may be dead, but the effort to pay Trump’s allies with taxpayer dollars is very much alive. After Republican lawmakers threatened to sink an ICE funding bill if the slush fund moved forward, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress the Justice Department wouldn’t proceed with …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

Retired Federal Judges Unite Against Trump

Raw America – “Scores of retired federal judges are now waging war against Trump in the courts, filing briefs challenging his administration. And they’re not pulling any punches. In Florida, a federal judge took a motion from 35 former federal judges so seriously that she ordered the Trump administration to respond to their request to …

Subjects: Censorship, Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

Trump Administration Sees Striking Exodus of Legal Talent

The New York Times Gift Article: “President Trump’s upheaval of the federal government has led to an exodus of more than 10,000 lawyers since the beginning of 2025, a striking loss of legal talent that has left some agencies pushing to find attorneys to carry out his agenda. Roughly one in five lawyers who worked …

Subjects: Courts, Education, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

The Cookware Industry Has a Major Fight Brewing Over PFAS Claims

Wired: “The war over forever chemicals in cookware has seen celebrity chefs, major cookware makers, and state legislatures enter into battle. Now, a new front has opened over advertising claims. Cookware company Caraway is alleging that “Big Cookware” is using a lawsuit to try to “silence” the company, which rose to prominence making forever-chemical-free pans. …

Subjects: Courts, Food and Nutrition, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research

Access to Justice in the Age of AI: Evidence from U.S. Federal Courts

Shah, Anand and Levy, Joshua, Access to Justice in the Age of AI: Evidence from U.S. Federal Courts (March 20, 2026). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6766859 – This paper studies how generative AI has reshaped entry into the federal civil court system. Drawing on administrative records covering more than 4.5 million non-prisoner federal civil court cases from …

Subjects: AI, Courts, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

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