Reposted by @kathoh.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Diane Seltzer and Amanda Molina won their DC Bar races 🍾 www.dcbar.org/news-events/... ht: @kathoh.bsky.social 3705885923
kathoh.bsky.social @kathoh.bsky.social · 07/03/2025The DC Bar president and treasurer lead the Bar's Board of Governors—which have important broader roles in attorney discipline. See article. Plus they have access to internal records, approve funding, etc Key is that the DC Bar is now a target for Trump loyalists washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202... 110
kathoh.bsky.social @kathoh.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Please see this article. The Board of Governors (led by the Bar officers) also reviews and approves proposed changes to the rules of professional conduct before transmission to the DC Court of Appeals www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...washingtonpost.comSenate Judiciary Democrats seek probe of D.C. U.S. attorney Ed MartinSen. Dick Durbin alleges the Trump loyalist abused power. Martin says Durbin “weaponized” D.C.’s legal disciplinary system against Trump’s lawyers. 010
kathoh.bsky.social @kathoh.bsky.social · 12/11/2024There will probably be big fights later around the Voting Rights Act’s protection of minority groups that (used to) vote as a bloc for the same party. If the current DOJ would want to issue any guidance/legal opinions about that, they should do so while they still can 010
kathoh.bsky.social @kathoh.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Lame duck ideas: - noms - legislative riders - long lame duck to shield final rules from CRA - protect civil servants - declassify/release records to public (like Trump prosecutions, OLC opinions) - fast track certain grant outlays & applications - safeguards against denaturalization abuse 100
