I’ll highlight the stories in the news that I covered in the Daily Find. Without a Duolingo reminder to keep me going, I’ve somehow managed to post something every day since I launched on May 9.

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August 15: DC attorney general sues Trump over police takeover efforts (Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, August 15, 2025) (continuing the discussion on D.C.’s unique structure and the litigation surrounding current events, looking at the complaint filed)

August 16: Trump nominates federal prosecutor to 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (Rachel Scully, The Hill, August 14, 2025) (focus on circuit courts, senior status, future vacancies, how people get nominated for Article III judgeships, and more)

August 17: Saying the Quiet Parts Out Loud: Teaching Students How Law School Works (Alexa Z. Chew & Rachel Gurvich) (Sunday focus on U.S. legal education & U.S. law practice) (connecting the general discussion on how law school works to my focus in LEALS on how law school works for LL.M. students)

August 18: Maryland Can Tax Internet Advertising, But It Cannot Prevent Advertisers from Disclosing Cost of Tax (Jonathan A. Adler, The Volokh Conspiracy, August 16, 2025) (discussing a Fourth Circuit decision from August 15, 2025, Chamber of Commerce v. Lierman; how federal courts look at what state law is or predict what it would be; First Amendment and history of the U.S.; Maryland’s Digital Advertising Tax; injunctions and remedies post-CASA).

August 19: Why Senate Republicans won’t scrap the ‘blue slip’ (Hailey Fuchs, Politico, August 19, 2025) (continuing our discussions about blue slips and why I focus LEALS on the nomination, confirmation, and departure of Article III judges to introduce the intersection of U.S. law and politics).

August 20: Is Trump jeopardizing an opportunity to remake the judiciary? (Russell Wheeler, Brookings, August 14, 2025)) (continued discussion surrounding President Trump and Article III judges and courts; focus on just how many openings will occur that President Trump will be able to fill; considerations surrounding whether judges are slower to retire under Trump 2.0).

August 21: Roberto Moncada V. Marco A. Rubio, 23-55803, United States Circuit Court for the Ninth Circuit, August 20, 2025 (a birthright citizenship case, but not one directly related to current events due to a long-held exception; discussions on separation of powers in this field between Article I, II, and III branches, circuits making their own precedents in the absence of SCOTUS precedent “on point;” and what the courts and cannot do, even in situations where an “injustice” may occur).