Inside Courts: A look at presidential powers
The U.S. Supreme Court unleashed the unrestrained presidential power now on display from the Trump Administration.
Inside Courts: Nelsonville update and OU football coach case (Updated)
As Nelsonville continues to air its dirty laundry, the university’s now-fired football coach has kept his divorce sealed from public view.
Inside Courts: Cyber heist, Nelsonville and QuidelOrtho cases advance
Fire departments asked a judge to dismiss the QuidelOrtho case, among other recent happenings in three major Athens County cases.
Inside Courts: ICE case presents unique challenges to Judge Lang
Judge Patrick Lang has few precedents to draw on as he decides several unique cases. This week: the Laverde Laguna brothers.
Inside Courts: Officials lacked judicial authority to release men to ICE
Judge Patrick Lang has ordered the county to get the men back for a Nov. 12 hearing. Whether that will happen remains to be seen.
Inside Courts: Updates on Nelsonville, Quidel damage and Athens cyber theft
Civil litigation is a slow process. Here’s what’s happening with some of the cases I’ve written about this year.
Meet Tom Hodson
Inside Courts author Tom Hodson was a Judicial Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States (1986-87) in the Administrative Office of the Chief Justice during William H. Rehnquist’s inaugural year as Chief Justice. Additionally, Hodson spent over 15 years as a trial and visiting judge in Ohio and practiced as a trial attorney for three decades, handling numerous criminal defense cases.
Trained as a journalist, Hodson also co-hosts the podcast “Next Witness…Please” and writes “The 5 W’s of Law, Politics, and Journalism” on Substack.
