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ABA Journal
- Judge suspended after indictment over alleged perjury
{mag_summary} A Texas judge has been suspended after being indicted on a third-degree felony charge of aggravated perjury. The Sept. 21 grand jury indictment alleges…
- Bill Withers’ music publisher files copyright suit over Olivia Dean’s ‘I’ve Seen It’
{mag_summary} The music publisher for the late R&B and soul singer Bill Withers is suing several record companies and others, claiming that singer-songwriter Olivia Dean’s…
- Judge reinstates US attorney in Washington fired by Trump
{mag_summary} In the tug of war over whether Roger Rogoff can serve as the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington, a federal judge…
- Melissa Hart, the chair of the ABA Legal Ed council, dies
{mag_summary}Updated: Melissa Hart, the chair of the council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, died Thursday. Hart, who retired…
- Interim law dean of University of Florida named to permanent role
{mag_summary} Merritt McAlister, the interim law dean at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, has been elevated to serve in the dean role…
Stanford Legal Aggregate Blog
- Can Environmental Law Deliver on Abundance and Democracy? Professor Deborah Sivas on Environmental Law’s Next Chapter
Building the infrastructure needed for the clean energy transition has renewed a long-running debate: How can the United States build projects faster without sidelining environmental protections and the communities most
- Pressure Testing Proposed Infrastructure Permitting Reforms
There is broad agreement that it takes too long to build “big things” in the U.S.—particularly large infrastructure projects that deliver essential services like power plants, transmission lines, and other
- Use of Flock Cameras Is Not a Fourth Amendment “Search,” District Court Rules
(Originally published in The Volokh Conspiracy on September 16, 2026.) For reasons explained in my draft article, The Fourth Amendment After Chatrie, there is good reason to believe that the
- The Emergency Presidency at Twenty-Five
(Originally published by City Journal on September 9, 2026.) Twenty-five years ago, we suffered the most devastating attack on U.S. soil since Pearl Harbor. Ratcheting up the shock from the
- Roles for AI in Implementation of Medicaid Work Requirements
(Originally published by JAMA Health Forum on September 3, 2026.) By January 2027, 44 state Medicaid programs must redetermine the eligibility of millions of beneficiaries under criteria in the 2025 budget reconciliation law (HR