Government Officials Invest in Companies Their Agencies Oversee Fox Business – Rebecca Ballhaus, Brody Mullins, Chad Day, Joe Palazzolo, and James Grimaldi (Wall Street Journal) | Published: 10/11/2022 Thousands of officials across the government’s executive branch reported owning or trading stocks that stood to rise or fall with decisions their agencies made, a Wall Street Journal investigation found. [read post]

  In any case, feel free to add your own examples and reflections in the comments (and be aware that those looking for baseball metaphors that have already been tested in the crucible of judicial argument can learn a lot more from fellow Prawfsblawger Chad Oldfather's article, The Hidden Ball: A Substantive Critique of Baseball Metaphors in Judicial Opinions, than they can from this blog post, fun though it was to write).1. [read post]

  If you can think of anyone whom I’ve inadvertently omitted from the list, please send me an email (chad@appeal.pro). [read post]

National/Federal Cassidy Hutchinson’s Testimony Highlights Legal Risks for Trump Yahoo News – Alan Feuer and Glenn Thrush (New York Times) | Published: 6/29/2022 The extent to which the Justice Department’s expanding criminal inquiry into the insurrection at the U.S. [read post]