An election night error overshadowed Milwaukee’s improvements at processing absentee ballots
Votebeat: Milwaukee election officials spent Tuesday trying to prove they had a better way to count absentee ballots — faster, smoother, and with less reason for anyone to doubt the process. Then, after 15 hours of nearly flawless work, a few minutes of…
Trump informs Lisa Cook that he is “considering” her removal
President Donald Trump has renewed his effort to fire Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. The Supreme Court on June 29 temporarily thwarted Trump’s initial effort to remove Cook, emphasizing the need for the Federal Reserve…
The Militia of the Sea
Jonathan Goldstein, Adjunct Professor at University of Pennsylvania Law School, has published a comprehensive analysis of the power of Congress to “grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water,”…
No Second Amendment Right to Export Guns (Including to Haiti)
An excerpt from the longish decision in Monday’s U.S. v. Clerfe, written by Third Circuit Judge David Porter, joined by Chief Judge Michael Chagares and Judge Jane Roth: Derby Clerfe purchased handguns in the United States and smuggled them to the…
Florida Bar takes over lawyer addiction program
Home Daily News Florida Bar takes over lawyer addiction program Bar Associations Florida Bar takes over lawyer addiction program By Shirley Henderson August 6, 2026, 11:17 am CDT The Florida Bar is in-housing a program that had a long history of aiding…