Legal Newsletter – The Gavel – January

Alito’s Ends Justify the Means?

Daphne Keller Calls Out Supreme Court Justice’s Questionable Tactics

Hold onto your gavels, folks, because legal scholar Daphne Keller just threw down the gauntlet, and it landed squarely at the feet of Justice Samuel Alito. Keller, never one to mince words, argues that Alito’s questioning during oral arguments has taken a turn for the, shall we say, strategically convenient. In simpler terms, she’s suggesting that the honorable justice might be bending the rules of logic to get the outcomes he wants.

Now, before we go full-on “judge, jury, and executioner” on Alito, let’s unpack this a bit. Keller points to a pattern of questioning where Alito seems more interested in advancing a specific agenda than in maintaining intellectual consistency. It’s like watching a master chess player sacrifice a pawn to set up a checkmate five moves later. Except, you know, with the Constitution and the fate of the nation hanging in the balance.

Justice Delayed is Justice Denied? The Court’s Ever-Growing Docket

With a backlog of cases, some issues may never see their day in court.

Remember that time you waited in line for what felt like forever, only to find out the thing you were waiting for was sold out? That’s kinda what’s happening at the Supreme Court these days, except instead of missing out on concert tickets, it’s justice itself that’s getting lost in the shuffle. The Court’s docket – basically, its to-do list – is seriously backed up, and it’s raising some big questions about whether justice delayed is truly justice denied.

Lawyers Living Large: A Look at the Lucrative Legal Profession

Forget athletes, lawyers are raking it in!

So, you’re thinking about a career change? Tired of that soul-crushing nine-to-five? Well, if you’re looking for a gig where the paychecks are fat and the problems are… other people’s problems, then boy, do we have a profession for you! That’s right, folks, we’re talking about the legal profession, where the only thing sharper than the suits are the legal minds wearing them. And let’s be real, those minds are making bank.