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Seth Stern

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Bloomberg Law editor for Supreme Court, federal judiciary, Justice Department and Homeland Security news; author of Speaking Yiddish to Chickens and co-author of Justice Brennan biography; Jonathan Hurtarte photo illustration

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Ben Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 15h
JUST IN: Justice Dept. employees have been directed by a top official to start using Trump's preferred term "Super Intelligence" instead of AI - including in court filings when appropriate. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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DOJ Staff Told to Refer to AI as ‘Super Intelligence’ in Court
A senior Trump Justice Department official directed the workforce to replace the term “AI” with “Super Intelligence” in their official communications — including in court filings “when appropriate” — ...
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 21h
Justice Samuel Alito said he plans to remain on the Supreme Court even if Democrats capture the Senate in next month’s midterms, dismissing speculation that he might quickly retire to ensure a successor gets confirmed, @gregstohr.bsky.social reports news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Supreme Court’s Alito Plans to Stay Even If Democrats Win Senate
Justice Samuel Alito said he plans to remain on the Supreme Court even if Democrats capture the Senate in next month’s midterms, dismissing speculation that he might quickly retire to ensure Donald Tr...
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
He has a book coming out next week: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/justi...
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So Ordered
Justice Samuel A. Alito elaborates on his judicial philosophy and reflects on the roles of the law, the Constitution, and the courts in preserving America’...
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 02/10/2026
US District Judge Christopher “Casey” Cooper’s handling of the case involving President Donald Trump and the Kennedy Center, while meticulously legal, reflects how richly he was steeped in the arts, including at center performances, as a child by his influential aunt.
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Kennedy Center Judge Was Shaped by Upbringing Steeped in Arts
US District Judge Christopher “Casey” Cooper’s handling of the case involving President Donald Trump and the Kennedy Center, while meticulously legal, reflects how richly he was steeped in the arts, including at center performances, as a child by his influential aunt.
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Ben Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Now official: DOJ obtains cyberstalking indictment of man for allegedly making dozens of harassing calls to Katie Miller and her parents, per Brian Dowling news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Federal Prosecutors Charge Man With Cyberstalking Katie Miller
Federal prosecutors in Boston have charged a Massachusetts man with allegedly stalking an unnamed top Republican official’s wife by leaving disturbing phone messages and texts over a two months period...
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Ben Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
JUST IN: Federal judge has blocked Trump's termination of court-appointed Seattle US attorney Roger Rogoff, for now, ordering AG Blanche to give him access to the office right away. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Judge Invalidates Trump’s Firing of Seattle US Attorney For Now
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s termination of the court-appointed US attorney in Seattle, ordering the Justice Department to restore his appointment in response to a ...
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 30/09/2026
US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said his withdrawal from a high-stakes climate change case involving the oil and gas industry was a “difficult judgment call” he made even after the court’s legal office said he didn’t have to disqualify himself.
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Alito Says Recusal in Climate Case Is ‘Prudent’ But Not Required
US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said his withdrawal from a high-stakes climate change case involving the oil and gas industry was a “difficult judgment call” he made even after the court’s legal office said he didn’t have to disqualify himself.
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Justice Department accused Minnesota federal judges of misconduct by speaking to the New York Times about government lawyers violating court orders during the Trump administration’s immigration surge in the state, @suzannemonyak.bsky.social reports news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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DOJ Accuses Minnesota Judges of Misconduct for Media Remarks (2)
The Justice Department accused Minnesota federal judges of misconduct by speaking to the New York Times about government lawyers violating court orders during the Trump administration’s immigration su...
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Ben Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Exclusive: Fed prosecutors in Boston readying to charge a veteran for allegedly harassing calls to Stephen Miller wife, Katie. Trump DOJ wants imminent charges but career AUSAs have concerns about evidence. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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DOJ Prepares to Charge Veteran Who Called Stephen Miller’s Wife
Federal prosecutors in Boston are under mounting pressure to imminently charge a military veteran for allegedly making threatening phone calls to Stephen Miller’s wife, despite internal evidentiary co...
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Jacqueline Thomsen @jacqthomsen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
News -- Trump will be able to appoint another member of the Fifth Circuit, as Judge Leslie Southwick plans to go senior: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Trump Gets Fifth Circuit Vacancy as Bush Appointee Steps Back
President Donald Trump will have another opportunity to appoint a judge to the influential US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
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Ben Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
JUST IN: FBI co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey quits after one year serving under Kash Patel. Former Missouri AG Bailey tells colleagues he wants to spend more time with family. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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FBI Deputy Bailey Resigns After One Year as Top Kash Patel Aide
FBI co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey has resigned following a brief and tumultuous tenure sharing the duties as No. 2 to Kash Patel, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
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Ben Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
SCOOP: FBI removes two veteran counterterrorism leaders over frustrations from Stephen & Katie Miller that they hadn't made progress in probing allegedly threatening phone calls Katie received news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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FBI Ousts Officials Probing Threats to Stephen Miller’s Family
FBI leadership removed two counterterrorism leaders due to dissatisfaction with their investigation of allegedly threatening phone calls made to senior White House aide Stephen Miller’s wife, said thr...
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A trio of Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices landed invitations to a state dinner honoring Chinese President Xi Jinping, including two of President Donald Trump’s picks he’s sharply criticized recently. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Trump Invites Supreme Court Picks to State Dinner After Barbs
A trio of Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices landed invitations to a state dinner honoring Chinese President Xi Jinping, including two of President Donald Trump’s picks he’s sharply criticize...
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the Supreme Court’s recent approach to its emergency docket has had a corrosive effect on litigation practices and strained the court’s relationship with the lower courts, @jordanonrecord.bsky.social reports news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Jackson Says Supreme Court ‘Less Restrained’ on Emergency Docket
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the Supreme Court’s recent approach to its emergency docket has had a corrosive effect on litigation practices and strained the court’s relationship with the lower c...
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Ben Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEWS: DOJ is recruiting military lawyers for October prosecutor posts supporting immigration related law enforcement surges in Manhattan, LA, & Sacramento, per Pentagon email reviewed by @BLaw. I’m told this is unheard of for SDNY. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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DOJ Seeks Military Lawyers for New York Law Enforcement Surge
The Justice Department is enlisting military attorneys as temporary prosecutors supporting law enforcement surges in Manhattan, Los Angeles, and Sacramento, according to a Defense Department email rev...
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Trump administration says it has found a replacement case for Genalo v. Black, the migrant detention case the Supreme Court dismissed earlier this month. SG Sauer pushed for the new case to be heard in October, but the court seems unlikely to agree. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
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US Proposes Stand-In for Supreme Court Migrant Detention Case
The Trump administration says it has identified a replacement for an immigrant detention case that had been set for argument but then dismissed by the US Supreme Court.
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
President Donald Trump is invoking a familiar legal tactic to justify plans to build a triumphal arch in Washington: claiming the proposed monument is necessary to protect US national security, @suzannemonyak.bsky.social reports news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Trump’s Familiar National Security Argument for Arch Has Limits
President Donald Trump is invoking a familiar legal tactic to justify plans to build a triumphal arch in Washington: claiming the proposed monument is necessary to protect US national security.
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Ben Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NEW: AG Todd Blanche’s attempt to show DOJ attorneys he has their backs got off to a bumpy start in closed-door Atlanta meeting. Prosecutors confronted him with tough questions on staff firings & low morale. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Blanche Gets Pushback From DOJ Staffers He’s Trying to Win Over
Several career Justice Department prosecutors recently confronted Attorney General Todd Blanche about politically motivated firings and low morale during a closed-door meet-and-greet in Atlanta, highl...
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Justice Barrett told the UVA audience Thursday that it’s a “lonely job” in many ways, adding she finds it harder to make new friends as a justice. She’s more “guarded” and leans on old friends she knows she can trust, she said.
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“I don’t want to talk about anything that the president has said in particular,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett said Thursday during a question-and-answer session at the University of Virginia, report Holly Barker and @jordanonrecord.bsky.social news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Barrett Sidesteps Question About Trump Attacks on Supreme Court
Justice Amy Coney Barrett declined to weigh in on President Donald Trump’s attacks on the Supreme Court, even as he revived his sharp criticisms of her and his other appointees.
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Judges of Asian American descent nominated by Trump in his second term represents 2% of appointments, compared to the 13, or 6% of Article III judges during his first full term, @oliviaalafriz.bsky.social reports news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Trump Makes Fewer Asian American Judicial Picks in Second Term
President Donald Trump has nominated far fewer Asian Americans or Pacific Islanders as judges so far in his second term compared to his first, while continuing to appoint fewer members of other minori...
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
President Trump once again raged on social media against his Supreme Court nominees after the mail-in ballot order this week. He should't be so surprised, experts say. He got what he appointed. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Trump Got What He Appointed in Supreme Court Mail-Ballot Ruling
Donald Trump appointees to the US Supreme Court appeared to stay consistent with past positions they’ve staked out on the bench as the court rejected the president’s effort to reshape mail-in voting, ...
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Celine Castronuovo @ccastronuovo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
DOJ’s gutted Civil Rights Division is rebuilding with lawyers steeped in conservative advocacy and Republican politics with a new mission to wage partisan fights and defend gun rights, a @bloomberglaw.com analysis found. With @suzannemonyak.bsky.social: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Civil Rights Recast Under Trump’s Vision of Justice Department
The Justice Department’s gutted Civil Rights Division is rebuilding with lawyers steeped in conservative advocacy and Republican politics with a new mission to wage partisan fights and defend gun rights, a Bloomberg Law analysis found.
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Judge Indira Talwani, who again paused President Donald Trump’s mail-ballot rule last week, is the only judge on a Boston bench flooded with challenges to the administration to have one of those rulings fully reversed on appeal, Brian Dowling reports news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Mail-Ballot Judge’s Appellate Losses Sharpen Right’s Attacks
Judge Indira Talwani, who again paused President Donald Trump’s mail-ballot rule last week, is the only judge on a Boston bench flooded with challenges to the administration to have one of those rulin...
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Ben Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
News: DOJ pushes US attorneys to ramp up rare noncitizen voting charges ahead of midterms, while some officials question how prosecutors can prove criminal intent of foreign nationals who are sometimes registered to vote accidentally by states news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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DOJ Urges Expanding Rare Noncitizen Voting Cases Before Midterms
Justice Department leaders are pressing prosecutors nationwide to boost noncitizen voting charges before the midterms, relying on a rarely-used statute that some officials acknowledge presents evident...
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“It’s brutal,” Peter Byrne, professor emeritus at Georgetown Law who studies historic preservation tells @suzannemonyak.bsky.social of the Supreme Court ballroom ruling's impact on other challenges to Trump construction projects. “Devastating, I would say.”
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Supreme Court’s decision allowing construction to continue on a White House ballroom could hinder legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s other efforts to leave his mark on Washington’s historic landmarks, reports @suzannemonyak.bsky.social news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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High Court’s Ballroom Order Imperils Other Trump Building Cases
The Supreme Court’s decision allowing construction to continue on a White House ballroom could hinder legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s other efforts to leave his mark on Washington’s histo...
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Ben Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
SCOOP: Justice Dept. plans activating long-dormant maritime war court to streamline capture of Iranian oil tankers as US prizes. Legally uncertain plan intended to bolster blockade of Iran. A feature of 1700s naval combat, prize courts set to return in Houston. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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US Aims to Revive Civil War-Era Court to Claim Iran Oil as Prize
The Justice Department is preparing to activate a long-dormant maritime war court to streamline military capture of Iranian oil tankers as US prizes, according to three people familiar with the plans.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Justice Clarence Thomas made a rare media(ish) appearance on Sen. Ted Cruz's podcast this week—timed with the release of Cruz's new book about Thomas—to discuss his role as the court's chief precedent skeptic. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Clarence Thomas Says Farm Work Helped Shape View on Precedent
Justice Clarence Thomas says his experience working a farm as a young child has underpinned his characteristic skepticism on the Supreme Court toward deferring to precedents that he believes were wron...
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Ben Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
NEW: DOJ appointed right-wing Judicial Watch FOIA lawyer Katie Blankenberg to lead Office of Information Policy - overseeing all federal records disclosures. My story on the stark departure from nonpartisan traditions & concerns of FOIA favoritism: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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FOIA Chief Brings Right-Wing Bonafides to Nonpartisan DOJ Office
The Justice Department’s new overseer of executive branch FOIA records disclosures brings a right-wing background working to expose alleged Democratic wrongdoing to a formerly apolitical position.
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Trump administration and red states have repeatedly been on the same side of litigation, with some judges signing off on settlements. That’s left advocacy groups to defend challenged actions, instead of government lawyers, @jacqthomsen.bsky.social reports news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Courts Offer Way for DOJ, Red States to Score Quick Policy Wins
Republican attorneys general and the Trump Justice Department are teaming up in court to quickly block laws that cut against their agenda.
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
President Donald Trump put forward a new batch of nominees for district court judgeships, largely clearing the backlog of red state vacancies as time dwindles for the Senate to process his picks, @oliviaalafriz.bsky.social reports news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Trump Announces Red State District Judge Picks, Cutting Backlog
President Donald Trump put forward a new batch of nominees for district court judgeships, largely clearing the backlog of red state vacancies as time dwindles for the Senate to process his picks.
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Judges are fielding more requests to enforce preliminary orders against the federal government in President Donald Trump’s second term, as advocates accuse the administration of sidestepping court orders, @suzannemonyak.bsky.social reports news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Ben Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
JUST IN: DOJ has its first newly sworn in inspector general in over 14 years. Don Berthiaume instantly sends staff a memo that underscores delicate balancing act for any Trump watchdog that'll be particularly challenging at this DOJ. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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DOJ’s Internal Watchdog Walks Tightrope in Opening Memo to Staff
Don Berthiaume outlined plans for vigorous yet restrained Justice Department oversight shortly after his swearing-in as inspector general, highlighting the delicate balancing act he must perform as a ...
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
President Donald Trump will nominate Arkansas federal trial court judge Lee Rudofsky to the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, @oliviaalafriz.bsky.social reports news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Trump Plans to Tap Federal Trial Court Judge for Eighth Circuit
President Donald Trump will nominate an Arkansas federal trial court judge to the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
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Ben Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
NEW: Top LA prosecutor Bill Essayli hired his former state assembly chief into leadership team of US attorney’s office despite him being on probation for 3rd DUI conviction. New hire was charged w/ battery & theft week before 1st day on job. With Mitch Black: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Top LA Prosecutor Essayli Hires Ally With Multiple Arrests
The top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles hired his former senior state legislative aide who faces potential imminent jail time for violating a drunk-driving probation due to new battery and grand the...
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Federal judge ran PR firm for 6 mos. But since it was a family business, it was a "gray area," apparently. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
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‘Is she even allowed to be doing this?’: Inside a federal judge’s side gig running a PR firm
Jennifer Mascott’s tenure at public affairs firm Adfero sparked questions around conflicts of interest and partisanship.
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Ben Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Scoop: FBI Director Kash Patel wants to shrink his general counsel's office, as tensions escalate with bureau's chief legal adviser. OGC is pushing early retirement to reduce staff, but has contemplated terminations. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Patel Aims to Cut FBI Lawyers as General Counsel Tensions Rise
FBI Director Kash Patel is planning to shrink his legal advisory office, deepening divisions with his general counsel as outside lawsuits challenge prior staff terminations, said people familiar with ...
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
“This CYA motion is an attempt to prevent the court from engaging in the kind of scrutiny that frankly the court needs to pursue anyway at this point,” Washington University's Kathleen Clark tells @ccastronuovo.bsky.social
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
“My life has been disrupted and some people’s lives have been ruined,” Subway sandwich thrower Sean Charles Dunn tells Bloomberg Law's Keith Alexander. Dunn wouldn’t say where he now lives, except that it is on the East Coast. news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar...
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A Year After DC Federal Surge: Cases Dropped, Lives Uprooted
In the weeks that followed President Trump’s order last August to send the National Guard into Washington, federal prosecutors filed more than two dozen cases charging people with assaults on federal ...
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
President Trump's 9th Circuit appointees have written separately, to agree or disagree with a case outcome, more frequently than other judges, @suzannemonyak.bsky.social reports. The separate opinions aim to “course correct” said fmr 9th Cir Judge Paul Watford news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Trump Picks Flex Rising Influence on Largest US Appeals Court
Trump’s 11 appointees to the 29-seat Ninth District have written separate opinions at a higher rate than their colleagues, with several cited by the Supreme Court in major decisions this year.
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
NEW: The US government is on the hook for potentially millions of taxpayer dollars in legal bills sought by successful challengers to some of the Trump administration’s most controversial actions and policies www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The Trump Justice Department likes to say it's doing more cases with fewer prosecutors, but the numbers it heralds in Nevada don't line up with their own case data, report @benjaminpenn.bsky.social and Owen Auston-Babcock news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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DOJ Data Contradicts Claims of Big Indictment Bump, Review Shows
The Justice Department is overstating the extent to which the Nevada US attorney’s office has increased criminal charges and indictments while losing prosecutors during President Trump’s second term, ...
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Ben Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
NEW: Justice Dept. claimed indictments are up under fiery Trump loyalist leader in Las Vegas, Sigal Chattah. Our analysis of DOJ’s own case data showed the opposite. My dive with Owen Auston-Babcock: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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DOJ Data Contradicts Claims of Big Indictment Bump, Review Shows
The Justice Department is overstating the extent to which the Nevada US attorney’s office has increased criminal charges and indictments while losing prosecutors during President Trump’s second term, ...
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Retired Justice Stephen Breyer said “it’s possible, of course,” that who occupies the White House plays a role in when justices opt to leave the US Supreme Court, in a podcast interview with @bloomberglaw.com's Matthew Schwartz youtu.be/6ve1iJydFeo?...
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The need for Kennedy’s support is one likely reason the White House went with St. John, @oliviaalafriz.bsky.social reports. Another reason: the limited time to confirm nominees due to summer breaks and midterm campaigning. St. John, just went through the process and has her paperwork in order.
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
President Donald Trump announced he plans to nominate Anna St. John to a seat on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Trump Announces Plans to Nominate St. John to Fifth Circuit (1)
President Donald Trump announced he plans to nominate Anna St. John to a seat on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Four Supreme Court justices reported a combined income of roughly $2.4 million from recently authored books, further demonstrating how lucrative the publishing world is for members of the court, @jordanonrecord.bsky.social and @justinfwise.bsky.social report news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Supreme Court Justices Report $2.4 Million in Book Income (1)
Four Supreme Court justices reported a combined income of roughly $2.4 million from recently authored books, further demonstrating how lucrative the publishing world is for members of the court.
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