Legal

Free speech study finds surprising similarities between 'very liberal' and 'very conservative' Americans

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 11, 2026 — They may not agree on much, but Americans who identify as “very liberal” or “very conservative” have strikingly similar attitudes toward free speech, according to a new s...

2026-08-11

Homeland Security Task Force Investigation Leads to Five Year Prison Sentence for Tallahassee Felon

Tallahassee, Florida– Kelveont’a Lamar Dennis, 32, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Allen C. Winsor to 5 years in federal prison following his conviction at...

2026-08-11

Cornell Bans Processing Wild Game on Campus After Students Butcher Bear in Dorm Kitchen

“We made sure we did everything by the book because we knew we were going to be under scrutiny” This is probably one of those things that the school never thought they would need a rule for. The Colle...

2026-08-11

Exclusive: Coming Out Of Stealth, Paravo Launches What It Calls The First AI ‘Revenue Engine’ For Law Firms

It is a platform that combines lead generation, AI-powered intake and follow-up, and automated client reactivation, all in a single product aimed at flat-fee practices.The postExclusive: Coming Out Of...

2026-08-11

The court should hold oral argument outside of the capital

This is the third piece in a series on what I believe the court can, and should, do better. *** Over the years, the Supreme Court found its home in several places, following Congress from New York to ...

2026-08-11

Türkiye enacts conditional legal framework for PKK members as ‘terror-free Türkiye’ process advances

Türkiye’s Parliament on Monday announced that it had passed a new law creating conditional legal mechanisms for certain members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a shift signifying advancing the ...

2026-08-11

Saving Big Blue, Part Two

The U.S. has a negative seafood balance of $20 billion. There is a solution for that. But it makes too much sense.

2026-08-11

Evansville Man Lands Back in Federal Prison for Dealing Meth and Heroin While on Supervised Release

2026-08-11

Massachusetts Governor Signs Law Allowing Abortion Up to Birth

Shorter Massachusetts Democratic Gov. Maura Healey: If you disagree with the law then you hate women. Evil. Disgusting. Horrible. Massachusetts Democratic Gov. Maura Healey signed a new law, eliminati...

2026-08-11

Bipartisan Lawmakers Are Fighting HHS’ 340B Rebate Push

A bipartisan group of six senators introduced a bill to reform the 340B drug program, locking in hospitals' use of contract pharmacies and adding new transparency and compliance rules. The legislation...

2026-08-11

Weakening the protection against sex discrimination?

Few were surprised by the court’s ruling in West Virginia v. B.P.J. upholding a West Virginia law prohibiting transgender girls and women from participating in sports corresponding to their gender ide...

2026-08-11

UN experts decry July surge in civilian casualties across Gaza and West Bank as humanitarian conditions continue to decline

UN experts on Monday decried the recent surge of violence and human rights abuses against civilians across Gaza and the Occupied West Bank, voicing concern that the human rights crisis continues to de...

2026-08-11

Pennsylvania Man Sentenced for Interstate Travel to Have Sex with a Child

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Matthew Kilgus, age 30, of Berwick, Pennsylvania, was sentenced July 15th, 2026, to 70 months in federal prison for a charge of interstate travel to engage in illicit sexual condu...

2026-08-11

Trump Signs Executive Order Trimming Childhood Vaccine Schedule, Separate MMR Shots

This EO isn’t about pitting “pro-vaccine” against “anti-vaccine” camps. Rather it’s about giving Moms and Dads the actual data, not talking points, so they can make the call for their own children. Pr...

2026-08-11

Morning Docket: 08.11.26

* Biglaw firms hit with data breaches. [Law360]* Office of Legal Counsel takes position that executive privilege extends to unofficial, unconfirmed people the president talks to. [Alternet]* Court app...

2026-08-11

SCOTUS’s October Preview

Sarah and David are off this week – David is on what Sarah calls a “fancy” vacation, Sarah herself is in “moving hell” – so David Lat is taking the wheel, joined by SCOTUSblog Executive Editor Zach Sh...

2026-08-11

Happy 25th Anniversary to Professor Glenn Reynolds and the Instapundit Blog!

“Prof. Reynolds’ kindness to Legal Insurrection put us on the blogosphere map, and kept us there to this day.” The Instapundit blog was launched in August of 2001 by Professor Glenn Reynolds of the Un...

2026-08-11

Carnegie Mellon Tightens Fence Rules After Repeated Antisemitic Messages

”We want the Fence to remain a safe and welcoming part of our campus community” The ‘Free Palestine!’ mob thinks nothing of scrawling their hatred for all to see. Campus Reform reports: Carnegie Mello...

2026-08-11

A reflection on John Roberts

On this day in 1965, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Abe Fortas to the Supreme Court. Fortas ultimately served on the court for under four years, resigning in May 1969 amid a financial scandal...

2026-08-11

WaPo: Trump Took Secret Flight to Evade Iranian Assassination Plot After NATO Summit

An elaborate “deception operation” undertaken to conceal the president’s departure flight from Ankara. President Donald Trump secretly switched planes to evade an Iranian assassination attempt while d...

2026-08-11