Sad, scary days for the The Wall Street Journal, journalists everywhere and our readers. When reporters are targeted anywhere, it hurts all of us. #IStandwithEvan cpj.org/2023/03/cpj-me… wsj.com/articles/u-s-r…

I haven't seen a headline this good since 1999. 5⭐️effort, The Wall Street Journal

Billionaire Harlan Crow took Clarence Thomas on lavish trips and more, and that’s shining a spotlight on U.S. gift taxes for everyone. ‘It’s not a gift, it’s a party,’ one tax pro says. wsj.com/articles/you-t…

Arkansas is home to a complex legal battle over how to reconcile school choice programs with earlier consent decrees meant to ensure equal education in a state where federal troops were called in to integrate schools in the 1950s. Mariah Timms wsj.com/articles/arkan…

A Delaware federal judge is on a campaign to eliminate hidden funding of patent-infringement lawsuits, via Jacob Gershman wsj.com/articles/delaw…

A Tennessee man was released from prison after serving more than 20 years for a murder that a court found he didn’t commit, the latest in a series of convictions tossed after judges gave inmates more room to make fresh innocence claims. Mariah Timms wsj.com/articles/tenne…

As state legislatures wrap up their first full sessions since SCOTUS overruled Roe, Republican-led bodies found the votes to pass new abortion restrictions, but not without considerable political turbulence along the way. Laura Kusisto Jen Calfas wsj.com/articles/abort…

Texas lawmakers are set to consider impeachment proceedings against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after a hearing where a team of investigators spent three hours laying out crimes they said they believe Paxton has committed on.wsj.com/3WxOH3Y

Third Circuit weakens ban on gun possession by people convicted of serious crimes, via Jacob Gershman wsj.com/articles/court…

From family law to evictions, some of the most common legal issues are the ones in which it's most difficult to find a lawyer. States and courts are considering a solution that has sparked debate: allowing nonlawyers to give legal advice. wsj.com/articles/state…

The law was meant to make life easier for people allergic to sesame seeds. Instead, the opposite occurred. wsj.com/articles/sesam…

A bitter court fight over hedge fund compensation has spawned a side battle over public access to offensive emails exchanged among a financier, Donald Trump Jr. and other businessmen, including former RNC co-chair Thomas Hicks Jr. Corinne Ramey James Fanelli wsj.com/articles/offen…

The mens rea (degree of intent) for charges against Trump is “willfulness”, which means he had to know his actions were illegal. That’s why DOJ is citing his “lock her up” statements about Clinton. Thanks to The Wall Street Journal and Byron Tau for quoting me today. wsj.com/articles/donal…

America one year after Dobbs: Support for at least some measure of abortion rights, even in red states, has scrambled political dynamics and divided abortion opponents. via Laura Kusisto wsj.com/articles/abort…

New from me: The Supreme Court will take a rare dive into the 16th Amendment. The justices said Monday they will hear a case that questions whether a key part of the 2017 tax law was unconstitutional. Implications are large. wsj.com/articles/supre…

Justices Thomas & Sotomayor are among the first products of affirmative action—and carry away very different views about both the legality and the value of higher education’s efforts to promote student diversity. via @jessbravin.bsky.social wsj.com/articles/justi…

Great showing by The Wall Street Journal DC bureau at the ⁦James W. Foley Legacy Foundation⁩ annual run. We ran for James’s legacy and for ⁦Evan Gershkovich⁩. Congratulations to ⁦Ted Mann⁩ for placing 1st. #IStandfor Evan.

Happy 32nd birthday to our friend and colleague Evan Gershkovich, who has now been in prison in Russia awaiting trail on absurd charges of espionage for nearly 7 months. We continue to call for his release. Evan, we miss you.

Today is my The Wall Street Journal friend and colleague Evan Gershkovich’s 32nd birthday. He’s spending it behind bars in Russia, where he is wrongfully detained for just doing his job. I’m in court today covering Sam Bankman-Fried’s expected testimony. The SBF press corps stands with Evan.

Joe Biden’s desire to cut short what he saw as disproportionately long drug sentences granted mercy to many with violent histories who didn’t deserve it, officials say on.wsj.com/4hjp9kN