Trump Lawyer diGenova to Take Over Miami Grand Conspiracy Probe Joe diGenova, the president’s former personal attorney who’s frequently advanced false conspiracy theories on conservative media, will take over the Justice Department’s investigation into former CIA ...

New: Trump DOJ brings in fresh blood to run grand conspiracy probe of Brennan & co. - former Trump lawyer/Fox News conspiracy theorist Joe diGenova.
At 81, the Reagan-era US attorney who called for execution of Chris Krebs, will be counsel to AG Blanche.
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Recommend Peter Canellos' new book, Revenge for the Sixties: Sam Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement. Among other things, I learned Justice Alito loves animals and dislikes the Sopranos

Sotomayor Apologizes for ‘Hurtful’ Criticism of Kavanaugh Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a public apology for criticism she levied toward colleague Brett Kavanaugh during a speaking appearance last week.

NOW: Justice Sonia Sotomayor issues rare public apology following her equally rare public swipe last week at Brett Kavanaugh.

"I regret my hurtful comments," Sotomayor says in a statement released by the court, adding that she's apologized to Kavanaugh. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...

Really enjoying @mollycrabapple.bsky.social 's Here Where We Live Is Our Country. Both all the serious stuff and your line, "Przytyk, a town too poor to even afford vowels" that manages to elicit a laugh in a paragraph about a pogrom

in case it's of interest, Bloomberg Law's @suzannemonyak.bsky.social wrote about the exchange here: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Sotomayor, who took an unusually public and pointed swipe at Kavanaugh, once again showed this week she’s more apt to vent her own frustrations publicly at events than her typically tight-lipped colleagues, @jordanonrecord.bsky.social reports

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Justice Sotomayor takes an unusual swipe at her colleague during an event last night in Kansas, @jordanonrecord.bsky.social reports

Sotomayor Faults Kavanaugh Over Immigration Stops Concurrence Justice Sonia Sotomayor criticized a fellow member of the US Supreme Court for failing to grasp the real-world effects of an unsigned order last year that allowed immigration enforcement sweeps in Los...

“I had a colleague in that case who wrote, you know, these are only temporary stops," Sotomayor said. "This is from a man whose parents were professionals. And probably doesn’t really know any person who works by the hour." @jordanonrecord.bsky.social reports

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DOJ Admits ‘Unprecedented’ National Security Staffing Challenges The Justice Department acknowledged facing “unprecedented” national security workforce constraints due to high turnover compounded by rising overseas threats and new responsibilities, according to a d...

In surprising candor, DOJ admits its National Security Division facing “unprecedented personnel constraints.” List of attrition and workload challenges - as NSD tackles threats during Iran war - are tucked into DOJ document accompany budget. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Top Prosecutor Defending Trump Policies Quits to Help Immigrants Until last week, Sara Miron Bloom oversaw the US attorney’s office in Rhode Island frequently defending Trump’s immigration crackdown and other core White House policies in court.

Earlier this month Sara Bloom oversaw a US attorney's office routinely defending Trump immigration policies in court. Last week she left DOJ and is already fighting against it on behalf of detained immigrants. My story: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Trump Calls on Republicans to Pass Bill to Curb ‘Rogue Judges’ President Donald Trump publicly called on Republican lawmakers to pass legislation to rein in “rogue judges” and slammed jurists as “criminals” who hurt the country with their rulings.

“A judge who knew nothing about sports, a female ... who knew nothing about sports, totally upended all of sports,” Trump said, who added two of his Supreme Court appointees "sicken me" after ruling against his tariffs, @suzannemonyak.bsky.social reports

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Judge Moves FDA Case From Texas Court, Deepening Venue Showdown A nicotine pouch manufacturer’s lawsuit against the FDA should be immediately sent to a North Carolina court, a Texas federal judge ruled, despite a new local rule that pauses case transfers.

Judge shopping in Texas isn't dead: Judge Pittman in Fort Worth got a FDA lawsuit from a North Carolina-based nicotine pouch manufacturer. He quickly transferred the case to a NC court in rejection of a new local rule that would've given the Fifth Circuit a chance to review his order.

Judges Flip Unitary Executive Theory on Trump Over Immigration Federal trial judges are starting to invoke President Donald Trump’s vision of a unitary executive against him in cases linked to his administration’s immigration crackdown.

Federal trial judges are starting to invoke President Donald Trump’s vision of a unitary executive against him in cases linked to his administration’s immigration crackdown. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

DOJ to Allow Hiring of US Prosecutors Straight Out of Law School The Justice Department has waived a policy requiring newly hired federal prosecutors to possess at least one year of experience practicing law, as US attorney’s offices struggle to find qualified repl...

SCOOP: DOJ has waived policy requiring newly hired prosecutors to have least a year (more often 3 years) experience practicing law. As DOJ struggles to replace mass departures w/ qualified applicants, this move allows hiring straight out of law school. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

This is @tianaheadley.bsky.social's final story on the judicial confirmation beat as she shifts to covering education. It's been great working with Tiana since she started as a @bloomberglaw.com intern.

Left Wing Answer to the Federalist Society Is Trying to Rebuild There are skeptics who say the American Constitution Society has long been resistant to change and that the legal left is overly fixated on anti-Trumpism. Phil Brest is hopeful the group not only help...

Phil Brest doesn’t need reminders of the challenges facing the American Constitution Society, the progressive networking organization founded a quarter-century ago to counter the conservative legal movement, @tianaheadley.bsky.social reports

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DOJ Lawyer Resigns Before Judicial Scolding for AI-Filled Brief An assistant US attorney in North Carolina said he’s resigning over AI-created fabricated quotes and erroneous citations in an AI-produced court brief.

An assistant US attorney in North Carolina said he’s resigning over AI-created fabricated quotes and erroneous citations in an AI-produced court brief, @kylejahner.bsky.social reports.

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Federal Public Defenders Launch Hub for Supreme Court Cases (1) Federal public defenders are launching a centralized effort to coordinate Supreme Court litigation in order to sharpen the defense bar’s performance before the justices.

Federal public defenders are standing up a new Supreme Court Advocacy Project.

To lead it, they've tapped Ashley Robertson, a former clerk to Justice Kagan who argued two cases this term for the SG's office. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Federal Prosecutor Used Fabricated Quotes in Court Filing An assistant US attorney in North Carolina filed a response with the court that included “fabricated quotations and misstatements of case holdings” and then made “false or misleading statements” of ho...

An asst US attorney filed a response with the court that included “fabricated quotations and misstatements of case holdings” and then made “false or misleading statements” of how they got included, a magistrate judge said - @benjaminpenn.bsky.social reports

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Trump has tapped more graduates from George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School to be judges in his second term than from any other law school in the nation, @suzannemonyak.bsky.social and @jacqthomsen.bsky.social report

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Seattle Bar Readies to Confront Trump on Next US Attorney Firing The Trump administration’s escalating confrontation with judges over US attorney appointments is next bound for an entirely Biden-selected trial court in Seattle, where lawyers want whomever is picked...

News: DOJ's war with judges on US attorney picks heads to Seattle, where an all Biden-selected trial court will soon appoint a chief prosecutor. Lawyers are strategizing on tapping someone who'd be ready to litigate a surefire Trump termination. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Ex-Judge Wolf’s Staff Describe Walking on Eggshells in Chambers Former Massachusetts federal Judge Mark Wolf, who said he stepped down from the bench last year to freely raise concerns about President Donald Trump, created a stressful culture for his chambers staf...

Retired MA federal Judge Mark Wolf created a stressful culture in chambers, including by yelling and throwing papers, some former staff told me.

Wolf resigned last year to speak freely about Trump's "assault on the rule of law" after decades on the bench. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Wolf, who said he stepped down from the bench last year to freely raise concerns about President Trump, created a stressful culture for his chambers staff, according to seven former employees, @suzannemonyak.bsky.social and Brian Dowling report

Tariffs Ruling Splits Court’s Conservatives Over Major Questions The US Supreme Court’s decision rejecting the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs divided its six conservative justices over a doctrine that they’ve used to rein in the administrative state.

The US Supreme Court’s decision rejecting the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs divided its six conservative justices over a doctrine that they’ve used to rein in the administrative state, @jordanonrecord.bsky.social and Robert Iafolla report

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US Judge Rebukes Masked ICE Arrests as ‘Secret-Policing’ Regime A federal judge excoriated immigration agents for making arrests while wearing masks that conceal their identities in a scathing opinion that references a “regime of secret policing” and mask-wearing ...

A federal judge excoriated immigration agents for making arrests while wearing masks that conceal their identities in a scathing opinion that references a “regime of secret policing” and mask-wearing by Ku Klux Klan members, @suzannemonyak.bsky.social reports
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In-Your-Face DOJ Aide Rides Prosecutors for ‘Chief Client’ Trump When leaders of all 93 US attorneys’ offices met for their weekly video chat last month, the 33-year-old Justice Department aide who presided had a blunt message.

Check out my profile of Aakash Singh, the 33-year-old DOJ bro who relishes clamping down on top prosecutors' autonomy, warning them Trump is their 'chief client' while steering many of this administration's most controversial cases news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

One message told Judges Reyes “the best way you can help America is to eat a bullet,” she said in a Thursday hearing, in which she upheld the order preserving Temporary Protected Status for Haiti

Pirro Enlists Dance Photographer-Lawyer in Lawmaker Video Case Washington’s US Attorney Jeanine Pirro tapped a dance photographer who worked for her decades ago as one of the prosecutors who tried—and failed—to convince a grand jury to indict six Democratic lawma...

NEWS: DOJ lawyer who tried & failed to indict 6 Dem lawmakers over military video runs an active dance photography studio & worked for US Atty Pirro decades ago. Grand jury rejected indictment from lawyers w/ no prior DOJ backgrounds. Experts were walled off. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Trump DOJ Seeks Judicial Impeachment Fodder From Top Prosecutors A Trump Justice Department official is soliciting examples of perceived judicial activism from all US attorney’s offices to inform potential impeachment referrals to Congress, portending an escalation...

Scoop: A Trump DOJ official recently asked all US attorneys for examples of perceived judicial activism -- i.e., adverse rulings -- to inform potential impeachment referrals to Congress. This would escalate DOJ's clash with the bench. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

America’s Best Idea — Sabotaged Political theater, plus Dracula, board books, and library joy

I subscribed to the new substack from Ron Charles, who was the Washington Post's fiction book critic until this week, and is the most talented and funny yet modest writer there is.

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