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MARKETSEquities drift as traders assess Fed rate trajectory and bond yields•MARKETSTreasury market volatility remains elevated amid monetary policy uncertainty•MARKETSCommodities broadly steady; energy sector watches supply-demand balance•TOP CASEDobbs v. Jackson revisited state authority over reproductive rights law•TOP CASE303 Creative ruling expanded First Amendment protections for expressive services•TOP CASESCOTUS continues shaping scope of administrative agency deference doctrine•USAFederal judiciary faces growing backlog of civil and criminal cases nationwide•USACongress periodically debates reforms to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act•USALegal-aid organizations report rising demand amid access-to-justice funding gaps•WORLDInternational arbitration filings trend upward as cross-border disputes increase•WORLDEU continues harmonizing data-protection enforcement across member states•WORLDUN treaty bodies urge broader ratification of international human-rights instruments•MARKETSEquities drift as traders assess Fed rate trajectory and bond yields•MARKETSTreasury market volatility remains elevated amid monetary policy uncertainty•MARKETSCommodities broadly steady; energy sector watches supply-demand balance•TOP CASEDobbs v. Jackson revisited state authority over reproductive rights law•TOP CASE303 Creative ruling expanded First Amendment protections for expressive services•TOP CASESCOTUS continues shaping scope of administrative agency deference doctrine•USAFederal judiciary faces growing backlog of civil and criminal cases nationwide•USACongress periodically debates reforms to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act•USALegal-aid organizations report rising demand amid access-to-justice funding gaps•WORLDInternational arbitration filings trend upward as cross-border disputes increase•WORLDEU continues harmonizing data-protection enforcement across member states•WORLDUN treaty bodies urge broader ratification of international human-rights instruments•
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FRESH BUSTFormer Federal Employee Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the Federal Government of Approximately $194 Million⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez convicted — bribery, extortion & acting as a foreign agent — 11 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. George Santos pled guilty — wire fraud & aggravated identity theft — 87 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FBI agent Robert Hanssen — espionage for Russia — life without parole⚖ON THE RECORDFormer CIA officer Aldrich Ames — espionage against the United States — life in prison⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FBI counterintel chief Charles McGonigal pled guilty — sanctions violations for a Russian oligarch⚖ON THE RECORDFormer Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich — convicted of corruption — 14 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick — racketeering & extortion — 28 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah — racketeering & fraud — 10 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter pled guilty — conversion of campaign funds⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. pled guilty — $750K in campaign funds — 30 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn — stole & leaked tax returns — 5 years⚖ON THE RECORDBaltimore Gun Trace Task Force — 8 police officers convicted of racketeering & robbery⚖ON THE RECORD'Fat Leonard' scandal — dozens of Navy officials convicted of bribery & fraud⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FCI Dublin warden Ray Garcia convicted — abuse of incarcerated women — 70 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer DHS acting IG Charles Edwards pled guilty — stealing government software & data⚖ON THE RECORDFormer VA pathologist Robert Levy — fraud & involuntary manslaughter — 20 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — convicted of corruption — 6.5 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer NSA contractor Reality Winner — Espionage Act — 63 months⚖FRESH BUSTFormer Federal Employee Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the Federal Government of Approximately $194 Million⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez convicted — bribery, extortion & acting as a foreign agent — 11 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. George Santos pled guilty — wire fraud & aggravated identity theft — 87 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FBI agent Robert Hanssen — espionage for Russia — life without parole⚖ON THE RECORDFormer CIA officer Aldrich Ames — espionage against the United States — life in prison⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FBI counterintel chief Charles McGonigal pled guilty — sanctions violations for a Russian oligarch⚖ON THE RECORDFormer Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich — convicted of corruption — 14 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick — racketeering & extortion — 28 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah — racketeering & fraud — 10 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter pled guilty — conversion of campaign funds⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. pled guilty — $750K in campaign funds — 30 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn — stole & leaked tax returns — 5 years⚖ON THE RECORDBaltimore Gun Trace Task Force — 8 police officers convicted of racketeering & robbery⚖ON THE RECORD'Fat Leonard' scandal — dozens of Navy officials convicted of bribery & fraud⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FCI Dublin warden Ray Garcia convicted — abuse of incarcerated women — 70 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer DHS acting IG Charles Edwards pled guilty — stealing government software & data⚖ON THE RECORDFormer VA pathologist Robert Levy — fraud & involuntary manslaughter — 20 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — convicted of corruption — 6.5 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer NSA contractor Reality Winner — Espionage Act — 63 months⚖
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The road to Nashville is long, but the ledger travels light. These days, parcels from the Skunk Store find Nashville doorsteps every season, and McSkunkville keeps a porch light on for Nashville.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was recorded. So opens the Book of the Stripe, the founding scripture of McSkunkville, kept chained to the courthouse lectern — not to protect the book from the people, but to remind the people it belongs to all of them.

Its three great commandments are known to every child on the planet: BE SUPERSONIC HONEST. BE SUPERSONIC POLITE. ONLY FIGHT WHEN YOU ARE RIGHT. Every other verse — the Psalm of the Receipt, the Proverbs of the Ledger, the Lamentations of the Missing Transcript — is commentary.

The book's final verse is the town's benediction, spoken at every graduation, every trial, and every goodbye: 'Make a record, and the record will keep thee.'

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