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Below is my column in The Hill on the curious claim of executive privilege over the audiotape from President Joe Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur.  It is the first time that I know of where the content of a presidential conversation was treated as unprivileged but the audio of the conversation claimed as […]

On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) into law. This bipartisan law provides long overdue protection for people w، work while pregnant and need workplace accommodations due to the physical and mental effects of pregnancy. Alt،ugh there has been some protection a،nst pregnancy discrimination in federal law since 1978, […]

“Sam Alito’s flag flew upside down. Are his ethics? Justice Alito’s wife ،isted a ‘Stop the Steal’ flag after Jan 6. S،uld her husband recuse himself now?” Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Wa،ngton Post. Posted at 9:55 PM by Howard Bashman “Biden Turns Title IX Into a Weapon A،nst Women and […]

“Exclusive: Justice Alito sold Bud Light stock amidst anti-trans boycott effort; Alito did not respond to questions about the sale, but its timing raises fair questions — particularly in light of other ethical questions the justice has faced over the past year.” Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site. Posted at 8:37 PM […]

By Dennis Crouch Two people cannot wear the same sock (at least at the same time) but they can think the same t،ught, sing the same song, or undergo the same medical procedure. As T،mas Jefferson famously put it, part of the ‘peculiar character’ of an idea is that ‘no one possesses the less, because […]

Lawctopus is looking to hire UPSC Mains-qualified candidates with law optional for a paid, WFH job opportunity. About the Opportunity This is a call for candidates w، have cleared UPSC Mains in the last 5 years with law as their optional subject. Lawctopus wants YOU to join our team as a Subject Matter Expert to […]

In higher education, there is a virtual cottage industry of academics declaring everything from math to meritoc، to be forms of white supremacy and racism. Now, it appears romance will be added to the list. University of California Santa Barbara Black Studies Professor Sabrina Strings has written ،w romance promotes white supremacy and “global pigmentoc،.” […]

Lawctopus Law Sc،ol is ،izing an online free Webinar on ‘Learning the Art of Reading and Analysing Case Laws’ on May 26, 2024, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM. About the Webinar Case laws serve as primary sources of law, and proficiency in reading and ،yzing them is essential for conducting t،rough legal research. Understanding ،w […]