Archives
August 04, 2026
Feature
- ‘Massive’ Supreme Court ruling means sea change in assessing defendants’ ability to argue mental capacity
- Consumer protection law, gutted 27 years ago by Supreme Court, revived in new ruling
- Democrats’ future is on the line as El-Sayed and Stevens make final push in Michigan primary
- Six-part TV series rekindles thoughts of a near tragedy
- Daily Briefs
Business
- U.S. faces new pressure to build weapons without China’s rare earth magnets
- At colleges, the AI boom means everyone wants to dabble in computer science
- Americans feel the sting of high prices every day, so why does the Fed need so many ways to measure inflation?
- ABA Commission on Women in the Profession finds women lawyers face persistent barriers
Courts
- A federal judge lets DHS proceed with a border wall through a small town’s levee system
- Court Digest
Column
- How an 1876 massacre of Black men in South Carolina turned racial terror into political power
- Trump administration moves to block public from enforcing environmental protection laws
Nation
- Blanche rescinds fund for Trump allies after GOP senators threaten to block his attorney general bid
- Trump blasts Pirro after she refutes his claim that Reflecting Pool was damaged by vandals
- National Roundup
State
headlines Detroit
- Michigan Law professor emeritus to receive Lifetime Achievement Award from AALS
- A century of justice: Historic Genesee County Courthouse in the spotlight at centennial event
- Meet the ‘independent voters’ who will likely decide which party triumphs in the 2026 midterm elections
- Daily Briefs
- Membership Roundup
headlines National
- Melissa Hart, the chair of the ABA Legal Ed council, dies
- Judge suspended after indictment over alleged perjury
- Bill Withers’ music publisher files copyright suit over Olivia Dean’s ‘I’ve Seen It’
- Judge reinstates US attorney in Washington fired by Trump
- Interim law dean of University of Florida named to permanent role
- Clio acquires Learned Hand, an AI company for courts, judges




