The author has plucked out rules without considering how they have been interpreted and applied. He is just wrong.

Winstead's hamburgers in Kansas City haven't been good for for decades.

I'm helping to lead a group of Senate Democrats who are planning to force a vote - every single week the Senate is in session - to end the war in Iran. We have that right under the Senate rules, and we are going to keep putting Republicans on record supporting this insane war.

This is another reason why it's so important for DC Bar Disciplinary Counsel to pursue LDAD's disciplinary complaint against DOJ lawyer Drew Ensign, who represented the government not only before Judge Boasberg, but in other very troubling cases. @ldadorg.bsky.social #lawyers #DOJ

I doubt that Pope Leo XIV will lose any sleep over this, before he begins his pilgrimage to Africa tomorrow. But the rest of us should. Because it is unhinged, uncharitable and unchristian. Is there no bottom to this moral squalor?

Chocolate covered matzah, done right, can be great.

In an amicus brief, 42 media outlets and advocates argue Trump's EO targeting some law firms restricts media access to pro bono and inexpensive legal counsel (The Intercept)

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If we are betting, can we also bet on him falling asleep?

HOLY SHIT UCONN

Massive turnout everywhere at No Kings protests including in Boise, Idaho which indicates how much of a piece of shit you have to be if this many people in Boise are protesting against you.

screenshot of a resignation letter expressing sadness at leaving NASA

My resignation letter

But what if holding Government lawyers in contempt is the only way to get the Government to comply with court orders?

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Minnesota sues US agencies for access to evidence in killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti Minnesota sued the federal government on Tuesday, seeking access to evidence in the fatal shootings ​by federal officers of Renee Good and Alex Pretti and a shooting that ‌injured another man during an immigration enforcement surge in the state, according to a complaint.

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The New York Times and Pentagon Press Association say the DOD's new press policy violates a judge's ruling last week; NYT says it "will be going back to court" (The Wrap)

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What a terrible idea. Let's give prosecutorial responsibility to untrained individuals who may lack a fully developed pre-frontal cortex.

The Brennan Center and @campaignlegal.org just filed a brief in the DOJ’s lawsuit against the CT secretary of state to obtain the state’s voter file. The DOJ is seeking access to highly sensitive voter info, incl. partial Social Security numbers. Read:

A headline reading “Camel pageant thrown into chaos after 20 competitors disqualified for using hump-plumping injectables”

Yes everything is terrible but let’s not lose sight of the fact that someone has written the Headline to End All Headlines.

Rep. Kevin Kiley has announced he is leaving the Republican Party effective immediately, making him the only independent member of the US House of Representatives. https://cnn.it/4lfdIgA

Because many peer reviewed journals rely on the authors and don't do the same sort of substantive cite checking routinely performed by student-edited law reviews.

You are correct.

So Florida will seemingly do nothing about misconduct by Bondi even though she is not required to be a member of any state bar to hold her position and even if she is convicted of a crime.

It is a terrible policy.

Texas Two-Steps Away from Government Lawyer Accountability, Montana Does not Follow The Texas high court cited separation-of-powers concerns when stripping a state disciplinary commission of the authority to pursue certain grievances against executive branch lawyers.

My thoughts about a Texas decision that shields executive branch lawyers from state lawyer disciplinary proceedings. (Summary: The court got it wrong.) @brennancenter.org @statecourtreport.org #lawyers

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Herbert v. Lando (1979). Floyd Abrams argued the case. I was a summer associate. (Yes, I am that old.)

You are right. Too often, the state disciplinary authorities are ducking these grievances. We saw it in NY(Bove), VA, and Florida. There may be places where investigations are underway, but the disciplinary process is typically opaque so it's hard to know.

This is awesome.

Trump DOJ Pushes to Sideline State Bar Ethics Investigations (3) The Justice Department is seeking to empower Attorney General Pam Bondi to suspend state bar ethics investigations into current and former DOJ lawyers—a step outside attorneys quickly criticized as an...

Another dangerous move by the DOJ.

DOJ seeking "to halt state-level ethics proceedings against DOJ lawyers while the department conducts its own review."
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‘Josephine’ Producer David Kaplan Talks Channing Tatum & Gemma Chan’s Commitment To Project; Sumerian Pictures Deal & ‘It Follows’ Sequel

DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law. They are tear-gassing schools, killing American citizens, and disappearing legal immigrants. Democrats shouldn’t fund an out of control ICE.

The disciplinary authority has abdicated its responsibility.

There is a clear ethics rule on this topic. It's within the disciplinary agency's jurisdiction. There is no reason for the State Bar to say that the court must address it...other than that the Bar does not want to touch it.

Justice Dept’s head of antitrust departs amid tensions on enforcement Gail Slater — an antitrust attorney who vowed to resist political interference at her confirmation hearing — announced her departure on social media.

Gail Slater, the Justice Dept.’s top antitrust attorney resigned amid conflict with department leaders over how aggressively to enforce the nation’s corporate competition laws. At her confirmation hearing, Slater vowed to resist political interference.

Love my senator.