Lots of new stuff in here. One highlight is the letter of apology that Judge Ross was required to send to six of her clerks.
The three clerks we spoke with found it to be offensively vague.
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An important piece from @schwartzesque.bsky.social, about the destruction of DOJ norms in federal courts, and its costs.
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NEW: Special Counsel to Investigate Trump Administration Lawyer for Possible Misconduct 🎁https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/us/politics/special-counsel-lawyer-misconduct.html?unlocked_article_code=1.glA.Y3gx.ryzl8-8d84u2&smid=url-share
Mattathias Schwartz
NEW: Sex, Lies and Secrets: A Federal Judge’s Trysts Go Public
We talked to three of Judge Eleanor Ross’s clerks. Gift link >>
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by Nick Bogel-Burroughs and myself
Judge Ross told her colleagues that she made edits to 30-40 percent of the civil orders that her clerks drafted in her name.
Three of her clerks told us that it was more like 5 percent.
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NEWS: Federal judges in Rhode Island have chosen a special counsel to investigate possible misconduct by Kevin Bolan, a DOJ attorney.
NEW: First, DHS ordered that info be withheld from Judge Melissa DuBose. Now it is accusing her of an "intimidation campaign."
Authorities still can't find the man who she ordered released. He's wanted overseas, for homicide. But DHS didn't tell DuBose that. 🎁 >> www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/u...
NEW: Losing Trust in Justice Dept., Judges Call Out Its Lawyers’ Behavior
The federal courts have long assumed that the government’s lawyers are trustworthy. Now judges across the country are criticizing their lack of candor.
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