Tell Me The DOJ Didn’t Check The Filing Without Telling Me: Justice Department files motion complete with giant “DRAFT” watermark on every page. Cracker jack lawyering!
Somehow This Wasn’t The Most Racist Legal Story Of The Week: But this Georgetown professor gave it his best effort until the Supreme Court eclipsed him.
Donald Trump Scolds Democrats For Disrespecting The Supreme Court He Just Called A Disgrace: He might not like a Court that strikes down tariffs, but he’ll defend to the death a Supreme Court taking voting away from Black people.
DOJ Can’t Help But Feed The Conspiracy Theories: Hours after the White House Correspondence Dinner attack, the DOJ put aside the serious task of criminal justice to lean into “false flag” conspiracies by reorienting the response around salvaging Trump’s illegal ballroom project. If that wasn’t enough, Todd Blanche followed this up in the grand tradition of JFK and Trump’s Butler attempt, by inventing a new magic bullet — suggesting this attacker’s bullet vanished into thin air.
Dementia Take The Wheel: The government followed up with a new brief demanding an end to the ballroom lawsuit and it reads as though the lawyers gave Donald Trump final cut.
The Biglaw To OnlyFans Pipeline: A 20-year Skadden veteran bolts for new business cards only slightly more awkward to hand out at bar association events.
Jeopardy Champ’s Next Opponent: The DOJ: While Seton Hall law student turned Jeopardy megachamp preps for the Tournament of Champions, he’s adding a new battle, taking on intervenor status in the fight in New Jersey’s ongoing fight to protect its voter rolls from the Trump DOJ.
The Upper Crust Does Not Appreciate Bottom-Feeders: Todd Blanche is trying to join an exclusive Washington club — members are not enthusiastic about it.
Shell Game: James Comey indicted over seashell picture.
The Invoice Says $2,000; The Check Says ‘Let’s Talk’: Biglaw’s optimistic quarter has some problematic caveats.
Drake Law Saves On Overhead By Eliminating The ‘Justice’ Part Of ‘Justice Clinic’: Law school shutters wrongful convictions clinic after a dispute involving a $154,000 estate.
Your Motion To Reconsider Has Been Reconsidered, And The Answer Is Now Worse: A federal judge received the government’s motion to reconsider a prior ruling, thought about it carefully, and realized the DOJ had successfully argued itself into a less favorable position.
The Bar Is A Vague Suggestion For Federal Prosecutors Now: Trump’s latest U.S. Attorney pick has a thin trial record but an impeccable resume for at least one very specific day in January 2021, which in this administration apparently counts as a distinguished credential.
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