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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · 11h

Senior Judge Mark Wolf writes he’s resigning to be able to speak out:

“Trump is using the law for partisan purposes, targeting his adversaries while sparing his friends and donors from investigation, prosecution, and possible punishment”

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Why I Am Resigning

A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.

www.theatlantic.com

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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · 1d

News: How the prolonged shutdown is impacting federal defenders/CJA panel attorneys AND budget anomalies the judiciary has submitted to Congress for a possible CR

www.law360.com/articles/240...

Shutdown, Funding Crisis Leave Federal Defenders Unpaid - Law360

The record-long government shutdown has hindered an already dire funding situation for the federal defense community, but now the judiciary is working on requests to Congress to alleviate that.

www.law360.com

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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · 2d

Regarding the uptick in bar complaints against DOJ officials, Blanche said they're working on a way to just handle them "in house" with their ethics dept and take "activist bars," calling out DC, out of the picture

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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · 2d

Blanche says he feels "gaslit" when he hears that DOJ under Trump is weaponized

"This is DOJ is not weaponized in any way, shape or form"

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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · 2d

Deputy AG Todd Blanche is currently speaking at a Federalist Society convention.

About 5 months ago Trump called longtime FedSoc exec Leonard Leo a "sleazebag"

(Other Trump officials have spoken at this event too)

fedsoc.org/conferences/...

2025 National Lawyers Convention

The National Lawyers Convention is now sold out. Over three days, the Federalist Society's 2025...

fedsoc.org

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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · 2d

Looking to hear from CJA panel attorneys about the impact of the shutdown and funding shortage since July. Specifically want to know how this is affecting you personally and your clients. Feel free to message me here or email [email protected]. Thanks!

Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · 2d

Judicial and US attorney nominees for Mississippi are being held up in committee over an unrelated spat between senators on and off the judiciary committee 👀

www.law360.com/articles/240...

Miss. Judge, US Atty Nominees Held Up In Committee - Law360

Consideration of judicial and U.S. attorney nominees for Mississippi has stalled in committee over tensions between senators that are unrelated to the nominations, according to the Senate Judiciary…

www.law360.com

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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · 4d

Trump went on a rant about blue-slips during the breakfast for GOP senators at the WH this morning. Says he has the right to pick his judges and US attorneys

He once again teased "going to court" over blue-slips

Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · 5d

Dunlap, breaking the drought of no GOP appointed judges on the 1st Circuit, will be based in Maine. The Maine senators were split. Collins is a stronger supporter, King is not. His rationale is below:

www.law360.com/articles/240...

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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · 5d

Feature alert: It's been about 5 months since DOJ cut ties with the ABA. Here's how judicial nominee ratings (long considered the gold standard) are going and what folks on both sides are saying

www.law360.com/pulse/articl...

'Frankly, They're Irrelevant:' ABA Ratings In Trump's 2nd Term - Law360 Pulse

The American Bar Association, long considered the gold standard for rating judicial nominees, no longer gets to interview them as Trump officials claim the group's "not qualified" rating for some…

www.law360.com

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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · 5d

Funding for public defender services in Washington, D.C., is about to run out as the government shutdown drags on

www.law360.com/articles/240...

DC Public Defender Funding To Halt Because Of Shutdown - Law360

Funding for public defender services in Washington, D.C., is about to run out as the government shutdown drags on, according to a recent letter from members of the D.C. Courts Joint Committee on…

www.law360.com

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Law360 @law360.bsky.social · 12d

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is calling on the federal judiciary to set formal policies regarding artificial intelligence after he exposed two mishaps involving federal judges in New Jersey and Mississippi. www.law360.com/artic...

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Law360 @law360.bsky.social · 11d

The Senate Judiciary Committee has received pre-hearing paperwork for anticipated judicial nominees for Texas, Alaska and Arkansas, despite no formal announcement yet from President Donald Trump.

3 Judge Picks Sent To Senate Despite No Public Notice - Law360

The Senate Judiciary Committee has received pre-hearing paperwork for anticipated judicial nominees for Texas, Alaska and Arkansas, despite no formal announcement yet from President Donald Trump.

www.law360.com

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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · 17d

Story here: www.law360.com/articles/240...

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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · 17d

Baldwin officially opposes Rebecca Taibleson for the 7th Circuit, based in her state

(Reminder blue-slips are NOT needed for circuit judges anymore)

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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · 17d

NEW: Grassley received responses from NJ and Mississippi federal judges following his inquiry on alleged use of AI in faulty orders they issued (see below)

Both owned up to it. In one case it was an intern and in the other it was a clerk

Story tk

www.law360.com/articles/239...

Grassley Probes Judges' Possible AI Use In Faulty Rulings - Law360

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, pressed two federal judges on Monday about their possible use of artificial intelligence in court orders that contained a…

www.law360.com

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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · 19d

TW: suicide

There is an epidemic in law enforcement that often goes unnoticed, which is the number of correctional officers who die by suicide

I looked into why that is and some pending legislation that would work to fix that

This is in front of the pay wall
www.law360.com/articles/239...

An Unseen Epidemic: Correctional Officers Dying By Suicide - Law360

It's not news that there are problems in America's prisons, including mass incarceration and forced labor, but another crisis in those same prisons doesn't always garner the same attention: the…

www.law360.com

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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · 23d

Durbin’s office released the following on the judiciary’s upcoming funding constraints, which cites my reporting from earlier this week

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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · 24d

CIGIE has still not been funded, meaning oversight dot gov has been down since 10/1

In lieu of that, @democrats-judiciary.house.gov have launched an IG repository on their website

democrats-judiciary.house.gov/OIG_Repository

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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · 26d

My latest on the shutdown’s impact on the courts and how my question to Grassley inspired (?) future legislation to protect the judiciary from shutdowns

“You woke me up to that”

www.law360.com/articles/239...

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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · 26d

Durbin just now: "We don't need National Guard troops to bring peace to Chicago; we just need a few runners," referring to the Chicago Marathon this past weekend

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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · Oct 10

Cotton and Blackburn introduced a bill yesterday that would allow current/former federal judges and prosecutors (state, local, and federal) to carry concealed firearms

www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-r...

Cotton, Blackburn Introduce Bill to Allow Concealed Carry for Prosecutors, Federal Judges | U.S. Senator Cotton of Arkansas

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353October 9, 2025 Cotton, Blackburn...

www.cotton.senate.gov

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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · Oct 9

Running x shutdown news: the Army 10-Miler is ON

Good luck to all the runners!

Full deets here-https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JGqpjZC7e/

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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · Oct 8

“The only way to get a muscle stronger is to exercise it” —Kaine talking about Congress utilizing its Article I powers

(Also a reminder for us runners who loathe strength training)

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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · Oct 7

The Senate voted, along party lines, tonight to confirm the second batch of noms under the new rules.

This included 2 top DOJ roles and 16 US attorneys

www.law360.com/articles/239...

Senate Confirms 2 DOJ Noms, 16 U.S. Attys - Law360

The U.S. Senate voted 51-47 Tuesday, along party lines, to confirm a slew of nominees for the U.S. Department of Justice.

www.law360.com

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