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Courtney Bublé
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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
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
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"
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
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!
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
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...
Reposted by Courtney Bublé
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...
Reposted by Courtney Bublé
Baldwin officially opposes Rebecca Taibleson for the 7th Circuit, based in her state

(Reminder blue-slips are NOT needed for circuit judges anymore)
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…
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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…
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Durbin’s office released the following on the judiciary’s upcoming funding constraints, which cites my reporting from earlier this week
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
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...
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
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/
“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)