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DOJ officials accused a nonprofit challenging Trump’s White House ballroom project of suffering from “Trump Derangement Syndrome” in a court filing containing multiple randomly capitalized words and exclamation points, @suzannemonyak.bsky.social reports
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The Trump admin was back in court today facing a skeptical Judge Richard Leon, as DOJ defended Trump’s authority to construct a massive White House ballroom.
DOJ’s position “takes some brazen interpretation of the laws of vocabulary,” Leon said. New: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
News: The judge reprimanded by the judiciary for having sex in chambers, in earshot of law clerks, is Judge Eleanor Ross of the Atlanta-based Northern District of Georgia, @bloomberglaw.com has confirmed. w/ @oliviaalafriz.bsky.social & @jacqthomsen.bsky.social news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
“The friendships I made and the bonds were much, much deeper than, I think, I’m able to form now,” Clarence Thomas said Thursday. “I came of age on that court.” @suzannemonyak.bsky.social reports
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ICYMI: Trump last night announced his picks for vacancies on the 8th and 10th Circuit, as well as district court seats in Texas, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.
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Chief Justice John Roberts says Supreme Court arguments are going too long and are "maybe not as focused as usual."
He suggested the court may look at reining them in a bit over the summer break. (via @suzannemonyak.bsky.social)
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A federal district judge engaged in an extramarital affair with a law enforcement officer in chambers, and in earshot of law clerks, a judicial conduct committee found, @suzannemonyak.bsky.social and @jacqthomsen.bsky.social report
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“The purpose, I think, is to diminish or destroy that trust in the judiciary, and in the rule of law, and thereby to pressure judges to rule for the administration, which is undermining judicial independence,” Judge Bates said, reports @suzannemonyak.bsky.social news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
New: ACS's new president Phil Brest hopes to rebuild a group some say has waned in relevance.
He doesn't have all the answers right now, but he doesn't need reminders of what's facing the progressive network founded to counter the conservative legal movement.
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Justice Department officials accused the nonprofit challenging President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project of suffering from “Trump Derangement Syndrome” in a court filing containing multipl...
A federal judge appeared skeptical that President Donald Trump may build a 90,000-square-foot ballroom at the White House after demolishing the East Wing to make way for it, criticizing the government...
Eleanor Ross is the federal district court judge who was subject to a private reprimand for having sex with a police officer in chambers in earshot of law clerks, according to a person familiar with t...
Chief Justice John Roberts lamented that Supreme Court arguments are dragging on and previewed possible changes to the format for questioning attorneys.
A federal district judge engaged in an extramarital affair with a law enforcement officer in chambers, and in earshot of law clerks, a judicial conduct committee found.
A veteran Washington federal judge condemned verbal attacks on the judiciary by members of Congress and executive branch leaders, warning the rhetoric undermines the courts’ independence.
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...
Federal courts, already fielding a deluge of requests to free adults from immigration jails, are now hearing pleas from a more vulnerable population: migrant children detained by immigration authorities without their parents.
Federal courts, already fielding a deluge of requests to free adults from immigration jails, are now hearing pleas from a more vulnerable population: migrant children detained by immigration authorities without their parents.
