Partisan Judges Are Inconsistent with Basic Fairness – Both in the Olympics and Our Courts
Remember how Russian judges have long outraged Olympic fans for ruling in favor of “their side” in so many competitions? At the 2014 Sochi Olympic figure skating competition, most observers believed reigning champion Yuna Kim of South Korea had prevailed. Yet two Russian judges caused Russian figure skater Adelina Sotnikova to win gold by awarding her the highest scores of her career. The Russian skated off the ice into the arms of one of the Russian judges–for a hug.
The Trump administration’s recent firing of more than 100 immigration judges suggests it wants the equivalent of only “Russian judges” on our immigration courts—judges who always take the administration’s side. In our American system of justice, that is no “judge” at all.
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A Free Press and National Security
“Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press and that cannot be limited without being lost” said Thomas Jefferson in 1786. The Trump administration has treated fact-based journalism as an enemy to be derided, delegitimized, and defanged. An important battleground...
Invitation: Defending the Rule of Law Webinar
In partnership with Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG) we are excited to announce our first webinar, Defending Democracy: How Georgia Lawyers Can Take Action on April 29 and 12 PM
Pilfering the Public’s Tax Funds
No individual, not even the President, should be both a litigant and, in effect, a supervisor of the institutions responsible for adjudicating or resolving that dispute.
Lawyers, Legal Professionals & Organizations — Your Voice Is Needed TODAY
The deadline to submit public comments on the DOJ’s proposed ethics rule (OAG199 / Docket DOJ-OAG-2026-0001) is 11:59 PM ET tonight, April 6, 2026. This rule would allow the Department of Justice to review — and potentially block — state bar ethics investigations of...
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