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Clark Neily @conlawwarrior.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Poo-pooing today’s scandal may be inevitable—but it will not age well.

Clark Neily @conlawwarrior.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

I believe the Department of Justice is the most corrupt agency in an increasingly corrupt govt. But I don’t ask you to take my word for it. Instead, I’ll relate three things that I believe represent the quintessence of DOJ and that cry out for explanation:

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Short Circuit @shortcircuitij.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Want to learn more? And party in celebration? Come to our event on April 3 @ 7pm in DC! See Judges Diane Wood & Kent Jordan @adamliptak.bsky.social Eugene V @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social @conlawwarrior.bsky.social plus a bunch of us from IJ. Thanks for 10 years everyone! 6/6 ij.org/event/ten-ye...

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Ten Years of Short Circuit - Institute for Justice

Ten Years of Short Circuit On Thursday, April 3, 2025, at 7pm join us at the Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C. to celebrate Short Circuit’s […]

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Short Circuit @shortcircuitij.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

10 years ago today we dropped our 1st podcast, snappily titled "Short Circuit 1". @johnkennethross.bsky.social hosted @conlawwarrior.bsky.social & @evanbernick.bsky.social to discuss a 5th Cir & 2 6th Cir cases. Setting a theme, one of the topics was ... qualified immunity! ij.org/podcasts/sho...

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Short Circuit 001 (2/27/15) - Institute for Justice

Subscribe today to receive Short Circuit, a weekly email roundup of important decisions from the U.S. Courts of Appeal. It’s a Friday afternoon treat for […]

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Short Circuit @shortcircuitij.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

2025 marks 10 years of Short Circuit. We've holding a party & you're invited! April 3 @ 7pm in DC. See Judges Diane Wood & Kent Jordan @adamliptak.bsky.social Eugene Volokh @volokhc.bsky.social @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social @conlawwarrior.bsky.social plus @ij.org folks. Register below! #AppellateSky

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

One memo out of Trump's new Justice Department encourages federal prosecutors to go big with lurid charges, increasing plea bargain pressure on defendants. Does a second, more recent memo issued by AG Pam Bondi back off from some of the implications? [@foxmike90.bsky.social]

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A Glimmer of Hope in a Sea of Judicial Despair

Prosecutors are permitted to do just about anything short of physical torture to exert plea leverage and deter a defendant from going to trial.

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Clark Neily @conlawwarrior.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Trump should insist on a waiver of prosecutorial immunity as a condition of employment at DOJ. If it turns out prosecutors really do need absolute immunity from civil suits, let them persuade Congress. Heck, they’ve got their own in-house, taxpayer-funded lobbying shop. www.justice.gov/ola

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Clark Neily @conlawwarrior.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Anybody here feel like they have a persuasive definition of what it means to be “unfit” to hold a given senate-confirmed position anymore? Especially if graded on the curve? Because I sure don’t.

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Clark Neily @conlawwarrior.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

If you’re just now starting to worry about a Department of Justice that obtains 98.3% of its criminal convictions by inducing presumptively innocent defendants to waive their constitutional right to a jury trial and condemn themselves instead—sometimes falsely—all I can say is…

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ALT: a man in a bathtub with the words welcome to the party pal on the bottom

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Clark Neily @conlawwarrior.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

For my first post here, I’m going to note what an absolute disaster it is to have a judiciary whose main job is to enforce constitutional limits on govt that is wildly disproportionately composed of former prosecutors and other courtroom advocates for govt. www.cato.org/study/are-di...

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