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A voting booth at a polling place, credit Patrick T. Fallon, AFP, Getty Images

Wednesday August 21, 2024

The California teens advocating for wider voting rights
The DEI movement in California is crumbling amid attacks
SCOTUS “shadow docket” is back, just in time to break the election
A mother on a mission for police transparency

An unaccompanied migrant child seeking asylum, is registered by a border patrol agent after she crossed the Rio Grande, Photo by Adrees Latif, Reuters

Wednesday August 7, 2024

A bipartisan call for lawyers to defend democracy
A program that helps California teens fight deportation is on the chopping block
Newly discovered voting rights memo by Justice Lewis Powell uses racist language
The law as Justice Gorsuch sees it

Christopher Dunn walks out as a free man, Laurie Skrivan:St. Louis Post-Dispatch, via Associated Press

Wednesday July 31, 2024

After 30 years in prison, Missouri man is finally free after conviction is overturned
The federal judiciary has a sexual harassment problem
For the first time, a SCOTUS Justice calls for an enforceable code of ethics
Yes, we do have a real chance to reform the Supreme Court

Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-N.Y.) presents her views in Washington on June 24, 1972, credit James Palmer:AP

Wednesday July 24, 2024

The Black women who paved the way
Police killed Sonya Massey in her own home
Here’s what Project 2025 wants to do to the Justice Department
How mindfulness can help lawyers manage stress + reduce bias

Illustration of a judges robe with a tree, credit Pro Publica

Wednesday July 17, 2024

LA wants to give free lawyers to evicted tenants
Universities are ending millions in scholarships for BIPOC students
Project 2025 is taking cues from SCOTUS’ worst decisions
Why do so many judges fail to recuse themselves when they have conflicts?

Justice Sotomayor dissent last paragraph

Wednesday July 10, 2024

“With fear for our democracy, I dissent”
Our best hope for an out of control Supreme Court
Legal conservatives’ long game is powerful president and weak agencies
Introduction to Project Management for lawyers
SCOTUS roundup podcast