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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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Incredible art of gritty playing fiddle on the roof of a west Philadelphia row home. In Yiddish it says Fidler Oyfn Fakh פֿידלער אױפֿן דאַך)

We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was

US Attorneys Decry Resource Strain From Migrant Detention Cases Six US attorneys warned a “flood” of litigation by migrants challenging their detention has created a “substantial drain on the resources” of their offices in declarations filed in December with the U...

Two months ago, six US attorneys warned a “flood” of litigation by migrants challenging their detention has created a “substantial drain on the resources” of their offices, @benjaminpenn.bsky.social, @ccastronuovo.bsky.social and Megan Crepeau report.

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Trump Judicial Appointee Appears in Epstein Files Advising Uncle A federal appeals court judge appointed by President Donald Trump advised her uncle, who faced sexual misconduct allegations, prior to her judicial appointment, according to materials released related...

NEW: NEW: US appeals judge Rebecca Taibleson advised her uncle, who faced sexual misconduct allegations, prior to her appointment by President Trump, according to materials released related to DOJ's investigation of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein 1/2
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DOJ Takes Lawyer Who Said ‘Job Sucks’ Off Minnesota Detail (1) The Justice Department removed an attorney from a detail with the US attorney’s office in Minnesota after she expressed frustration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s noncompliance with court ...

Le said she was “put on this special mission to help” the US attorney’s office with habeas claims on Jan. 5. “They are overwhelmed and they need help,” Le said, adding that she “stupidly” volunteered. Her detail has now ended, reports @ccastronuovo.bsky.social

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Government Lawyer in ICE Case Tells Judge: ‘This Job Sucks’ A US government attorney expressed unusual frustration in a courtroom proceeding about the difficulty in ensuring Immigration and Customs Enforcement complies with rulings ordering the release of migr...

Julie Le compared pushing ICE and DHS to comply as pulling teeth and said she wished the judge would hold her in contempt so she could get 24 hours of sleep, reports @ccastronuovo.bsky.social. Credit to FOX9's Paul Blume for having it first

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DOJ Demands Emergency Surge Prosecutors From All US Attorneys The Justice Department is requiring all US attorneys to rapidly assign prosecutors for “emergency jump teams” supporting districts handling alleged assaults or obstruction of law enforcement, accordin...

Exclusive: DOJ is requiring all 93 US attorneys to designate prosecutors for "emergency jump teams" supporting surge districts dealing with assaults & obstruction of federal officers, per internal memo. Comes as more Minn. prosecutors resign. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Update - judge orders DOJ to explain how FIFA corruption dismissal would serve interests of justice and impact numerous other convictions and hundreds of millions in penalties news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

DOJ Posts Touting Lemon Arrest Risk Eroding Credibility in Court The Justice Department’s boasts on social media of federal charges against protesters and journalists in Minnesota is undermining the Trump administration’s credibility in court, legal ethics scholars...

“Government lawyers’ indifference to the ethical restrictions invites defendants to argue that the prosecutions are vindictive, the prosecutors are biased, and the proceedings are unfair,” Fordham's Bruce Green tells @ccastronuovo.bsky.social

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Bondi Hands St. Louis Prosecutor Nationwide Election Fraud Remit The St. Louis-based US attorney overseeing the FBI search warrant executed on Fulton County’s election office Wednesday received a special appointment by Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate elec...

Scoop: AG Bondi gave St. Louis US Attorney Thomas Albus special appointment with nationwide authority to probe voter fraud. This explains why Albus, not the Atlanta US attorney, was on FBI's Fulton County search warrant yesterday. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Supreme Court Has Made It Difficult to Sue Immigration Agents Two fatal shootings by immigration agents during an enforcement blitz targeting Minneapolis spotlight a Supreme Court doctrine that has steadily narrowed, but not eliminated, families’ ability to seek damages for harms caused by federal officers.

Two fatal shootings by immigration agents during an enforcement blitz targeting Minneapolis spotlight a Supreme Court doctrine that has steadily narrowed, but not eliminated, families’ ability to seek damages for harms caused by federal officers.

Trump Tactics in Minnesota Irk Longtime Conservative Chief Judge The chief judge of the Minnesota federal trial court rebuked the Trump administration’s approach to its sweeping immigration operation in court filings this week, adopting a sharp tone seen as out-of-...

Judge Schiltz rebuked the Trump administration’s approach to its immigration operation in court filings in a tone seen as out-of-character for a judge known to be even-tempered and conservative, @jacqthomsen.bsky.social and @suzannemonyak.bsky.social report
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Trump Reigns Supreme in High Court Emergency Docket Decisions The Supreme Court is siding overwhelmingly with President Donald Trump when challenges arrive via the emergency docket, a Bloomberg Law analysis found.

The Supreme Court is siding with President Donald Trump 75% of the time when challenges arrive via the emergency docket, a Bloomberg Law analysis found by @jacqthomsen.bsky.social and @suzannemonyak.bsky.social found

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Patel Pushes Out More FBI Leaders and Agents in Renewed Purge FBI Director Kash Patel resumed terminating and sidelining senior officials and agents from offices across the US this week who were involved in investigations against President Donald Trump or the Ja...

News: Kash Patel renews purge of senior FBI officials & agents across US, including some involved in J6 & Mar-a-Lago cases.
Some were investigated by FBI internal misconduct body, which didn't recommend they be fired, but Patel overrode those conclusions.
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DOJ’s Novel Use of Religious Statute in Minnesota Draws Scrutiny Charges against protesters who interrupted a Minnesota church service are the latest example of the Justice Department’s selective enforcement of a law Trump administration officials have accused pred...

Charges against protesters who interrupted a Minnesota church service are the latest example of the Justice Department’s selective enforcement of a law Trump administration officials have accused predecessors of weaponizing, @ccastronuovo.bsky.social reports

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Trump to Pardon Venezuelan Banker, Ex-Puerto Rico Governor President Donald Trump plans to pardon Puerto Rico’s former governor and a Venezuelan banker accused of bribery, the president’s latest use of clemency power to nullify a long-running corruption case,...

NEWS: Trump is about to pardon a wealthy Venezuelan bank owner whose daughter paid $3.5M to MAGA Inc., & the ex-Puerto Rican govenor who'd endorsed Trump in 2020. Prosecutors accused the duo of a bribery scheme.
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Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking Supreme Court System (1) A Tennessee man has pleaded guilty to computer fraud after prosecutors said he stole credentials to access the Supreme Court’s electronic filing system and posted screenshots to an Instagram account.

Tennessee man pleads guilty to stealing credentials to access the Supreme Court’s electronic filing system and posting screenshots on an Instagram account under the handle “@ihackedthegovernment,” @suzannemonyak.bsky.social reports

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Military, Fraud Lawyers Replacing Minnesota Prosecutors Who Quit The Justice Department is attempting to offset a spike in Minnesota prosecutor resignations by deploying reinforcements from the military, other US attorney offices, and its health care fraud unit, ac...

News: To replace the Minnesota fed prosecutors who quit in protest, DOJ is sending military lawyers, healthcare fraud specialists, & volunteer line prosecutors from Detroit & LA, per senior official. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...