JD Supra

The Divestiture Rule Explained: A Judge-Made Doctrine Doesn’t Necessarily Deprive a Lower Court of Ongoing Subject Matter Jurisdiction

The filing of an appeal in federal court generally divests the lower court of jurisdiction. This rule of appellate jurisdiction applies both to appeals from a district court to a court of appeals and ...
Los Angeles Magazine

The Erosion of the Rule of Law: Executive Power and the American Legal Order

On July 8, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court discreetly issued an emergency order permitting the Trump administration to move forward with sweeping layoffs across federal agencies. The unsigned ruling did ...
Charlotte Observer

The Rule of Law is indispensable to democracy and under threat | Opinion

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. NC legal leaders: Recent threats to the Rule of Law — such as the harassment of judges ...
Law

Letter From London: The Rule of Law Can’t Survive If Only Lawyers Talk About It

Letter From London: The Rule of Law Can’t Survive If Only Lawyers Talk About It Blaming Paul Weiss and Skadden misses the point: fighting for the rule of law doesn’t work if it stays a conversation ...
Libertarianism.org

The Boston Massacre and the Rule of Law

For the anniversary of the Boston Massacre, Paul Meany examines how ancient and Enlightenment thinkers ultimately influenced ...