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Venue and Jurisdiction
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There has been a cat-and-mouse game about venue in several of the cases brought by people protesting the Trump adm…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Please Don't Hit Me
Paul Weiss is the third law firm to come under attack from the Trump administration and the first one to cut a deal, agreeing to certain terms about its practices in exchange for Trump withdrawing an…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Please Take Judicial Notice that Drake Is a Little Bitch
The latest, most brutal entry in the rap battle between Kendrick Lamar and Drake comes in the form of a motion to dismiss. Drake, you will remember, sued Lamar’s record label (which is also Drake’s r…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
At Least Everyone Knows How to Pronounce It Now
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For all subscribers: we have a discussion of President Trump’s jihad against Perkins Coie, and Long-Suffering Fede…
Published on 6 months ago
Short Staffing
Acting US Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin continues to make bizarre and political use of the DOJ for Trump’s political purposes — this time, he's trying to impanel a grand jury to hea…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
The New George Santos
The Trump administration continues to ice out the Associated Press, and now the AP is suing. We discuss how the administration changed its argument (not great, from a policy perspective, but it may a…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Not Like U.S. Attorneys
Emil Bove's weaponization of the Justice Department is leading to resignations, including of a former protégé; Pam Bondi's bark is worse than her bite; Alex Spiro is a good lawyer.
This is a public e…
Published on 7 months ago
Everyone Is Fired
This week: more firings — dozens of DOJ line prosecutors who worked on January 6 cases. Trump’s flurry of executive actions has drawn a flurry of litigation, much of it related to the Administrative …
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
Settlements and Separations
Just a week and a half back into the presidency, Donald Trump has seen to it that various federal prosecutors who were involved in prosecuting him have been fired. Can he do that? Also: the DOJ conti…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Thank You For Suing, Drake
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It's the first Serious Trouble of the new Trump administration. We start with a discussion of pardons: the ones Jo…
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago