The Abrego Garcia Appeal Is A Trojan Horse — See Also

Above the Law's 'See Also' roundup reports that the DOJ is using a vindictive prosecution case, Abrego Garcia, as a Trojan horse to push for abolishing the doctrine of vindictive prosecution, amid a rising number of such motions. The roundup also covers Milbank opening a Chicago office with its pay scale, a court ruling that judges cannot handcuff children for falling asleep on field trips, a case for slowing agentic AI development, and the death of a former acting U.S. Attorney found dead in a federal building.

The DOJ Is Using One Vindictive Prosecution To Help Kill The Doctrine Altogether: Funny timing, given how the vindictive prosecutions are piling up. https://abovethelaw.com/2026/08/an-administration-drowning-in-vindictive-prosecution-motions-would-like-to-abolish-the-category/ Milbank Plants Its Flag In Chicago... Now About That Salary Match, Kirkland? A new office, an energy-transition star, and a pointed reminder to the locals about associate pay. https://abovethelaw.com/2026/08/milbank-is-opening-a-chicago-office-and-bringing-its-pay-scale-with-it/ Falling Asleep On A Field Trip -- Not A Crime Turns out we needed a ruling on that one. https://abovethelaw.com/2026/08/judges-cant-handcuff-and-threaten-children-for-falling-asleep-on-field-trips-court-rules/ The Case For Slowing Agentic AI Down On Purpose: Speed up drafting to 11 minutes and you don't get the same brief faster — you get a different animal. The QWERTY keyboard is a reminder that sometimes the inefficiency is the feature https://abovethelaw.com/2026/08/agentic-ai-and-the-qwerty-problem/ . 'One Of The Darkest Days In Our Office’s History' : Former acting U.S. Attorney found dead at his office after being reported missing https://abovethelaw.com/2026/08/former-acting-u-s-attorney-found-dead-inside-federal-building/ . The post The Abrego Garcia Appeal Is A Trojan Horse — See Also https://abovethelaw.com/2026/08/the-abrego-garcia-appeal-is-a-trojan-horse-see-also/ appeared first on Above the Law https://abovethelaw.com .