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A Practical Guide to Estate-Planning Oversights That Can Hit Unmarried Women Harder

Did you know that only 34% of Americans have an estate plan? According to the American Bar Association, more than half (55%) die without a will. That can be especially devastating for singles.

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Trump DOJ Subpoenas 14 Law Firms as Unofficial Adviser's Secret Deals Exposed

The Trump DOJ subpoenas 14 law firms, intensifying a legal battle with the ABA over alleged intimidation tactics linked to executive orders and adviser Boris Epshteyn.

International Business Times UK

Trump’s crackdown on lawyers shows ‘no place is immune’, says US bar chief

Michelle Behnke says lawyers from around the world have given support as ABA challenges ‘policy of intimidation’

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Comment to the Texas Supreme Court On Whether To "Reduce Or End" Reliance on the American Bar Association

"What is good for Texas is not necessarily good for the University of Texas, and vice versa."

Reason

American Bar Association sues to block Trump’s attacks on law firms

The prominent legal organisation has called the US president’s executive orders against law firms unconstitutional.

Al Jazeera

Civitas Institute Symposium: Texas and the Future of Legal Education

Five scholars discuss what role, if any, the ABA should play in the regulation of legal education.

Reason

Is the American Bar Association's Accreditation Monopoly about to End?

My latest Civitas Outlook column looks at the growing pressure on the ABA's role in law school accreditation.

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Trump is using his assault on government to retaliate against women

The administration’s attacks on the American Bar Association are part of a long line of actions that have clear commonalities

The Guardian - US

Justice Sonia Sotomayor urges lawyers to stand up for embattled legal system

Supreme court justice does not mention Trump by name but called threats and harassment ‘an attack on democracy’

The Guardian - US

FTC Chair Throws Stones in a Glass House

Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson hypocritically engages in the very partisanship for which he faults the American Bar Association.

Reason

American Bar Association Condemns Trump Admin's 'Attacks' on Constitution and Rule of Law: 'This is Chaotic'

The American Bar Association condemned the Trump administration for undermining the rule of law, warning that its actions threaten constitutional protections and due process, while calling on lawmakers and lawyers to demand accountability.

International Business Times

President Biden, the ERA, and Constitutional Vandalism

A deeply mistaken decision on the way out of office.

Reason

Biden claims Equal Rights Amendment is ‘law of the land’ after decades-long ratification fight

Biden’s statement has no legal force and a White House official said courts would have to decide whether the amendment is a valid part of America’s constitution

The Independent UK

Supreme Court Denies Red State Effort to Intervene in Mifepristone Case

The Court also rejects a late-filed amicus briefs from the American Bar Association, but accepts one from former FDA Commissioners.

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ABA House of Delegates Adopts Resolution Opposing Single-Judge Divisions (Updated)

Long before Judges Kacsmaryk and Tipton, there was Judge William Wayne Justice.

Tribune News Service

Missouri man set for execution did not get good enough defense, state agency says

Missouri’s public defender system failed to adequately represent Michael Tisius, who was sentenced to death and is scheduled for execution next month, the head of the state office said.

Reason

New Essay in the ABA Journal: The ABA needs ideological diversity to ensure its future

"If the ABA does not arrest its progressive lurch, the organization risks its own obsolescence."

Reuters

Britain sounds alarm on spyware, mercenary hacking market

British officials are sounding the alarm over the widespread abuse of surveillance software and hackers-for-hire, saying that thousands of people were being targeted each year by an industry they described as posing an increasingly unpredictable threat.

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Donald Trump and the dying art of the courtroom sketch

For the first time in its history, The New Yorker featured a courtroom sketch on its cover.

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