@Blaw deputy news director Supreme Court, federal judiciary, Justice Department & Homeland Security news; author: Justice Brennan, Speaking Yiddish to Chickens
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A DC federal judge who has recently drawn Trump’s ire has taken her direct and no-nonsense approach to a dispute with DOJ officials over a golf course.
"There’s no BS about her," said a former colleague. "She doesn’t want to waste anyone’s time." New: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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Judge Ada Brown sent confidential and sealed court documents to about 140 lawyers, judges, and members of the media in an early morning email Saturday, the Fifth Circuit says. She's now facing questions about having shared that information news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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The Fifth Circuit has now publicly posted the documents related to Judge Brown ca5.uscourts.gov/docs/6993a1…
NEW: Judge Ada Brown is facing a misconduct proceeding over several claims, including the mishandling of her docket. Her cases were transferred, investigators say "reasonable basis" to believe Brown "suffers from a mental condition" per court docs news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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from over the weekend: a Dallas federal judge “abandoned” her docket, judicial investigators said per internal court documents. Judge Ada Brown has issued only a handful of orders since Aug. 10
NEW: Judge Ada Brown is facing a misconduct proceeding over several claims, including the mishandling of her docket. Her cases were transferred, investigators say "reasonable basis" to believe Brown "suffers from a mental condition" per court docs news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
Seth Stern retweeted
The judge, a Trump 1 appointee, allegedly refused to manage her docket, recused from 40+ cases since June 1, made “racial insults to judges and court staff,” and sent “copious and bizarre emails to court staff and judges.”
Don’t miss weekend scoop from @jacq_thomsen:
NEW: Judge Ada Brown is facing a misconduct proceeding over several claims, including the mishandling of her docket. Her cases were transferred, investigators say "reasonable basis" to believe Brown "suffers from a mental condition" per court docs news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
Seth Stern retweeted
NEW: Judge Ada Brown is facing a misconduct proceeding over several claims, including the mishandling of her docket. Her cases were transferred, investigators say "reasonable basis" to believe Brown "suffers from a mental condition" per court docs news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
Seth Stern retweeted
As DHS touted fewer naturalizations, @kreighbaum + I were looking at the data. Apps are down, approvals are down, denials are up, wait times doubled.
We also uncovered some people are experiencing months-long gaps between approvals and their final oaths.
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Immigrants have increasingly lost asylum claims since President Donald Trump returned to office, and are more likely to lose if their case is before one of his administration’s newest immigration judges.
My latest for @BLaw: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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Permanent immigration judges installed since Trump returned to office have denied 49% of asylum applications that went before them from October 2025 through August 2026, compared to 41% among previously appointed judges who have remained, per analysis of Mobile Pathways data.
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Some conservative groups are scrutinizing Fifth Circuit nominee Todd Butler's record, as his confirmation could affect Republican priorities before the court. w/@jacq_thomsen
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DOJ accused Minnesota federal judges of misconduct for speaking to NYT about the admin’s immigration surge and its effect on the court.
Judge Patrick Schiltz, most recent chief judge, said that he was “acting well within the ethical rules” for judges. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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As the fiscal year comes to a close today, ICE deaths in custody have nearly doubled over last FY. The DHS OIG tells me they're preparing to increase their oversight capacity. But formers say the absence of other offices is felt.
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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…
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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…
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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…
Seth Stern retweeted
Immigrant detainees filing habeas petitions without a lawyer face incredibly steep odds. @crepeau, @SeamusHughes & @AlexiaCampbell scoured court documents to understand the data and the people behind the numbers
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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/busine…
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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…
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Trump in his second term so far is down on Asian-American judicial picks—but up on female circuit court nominees. More here:
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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…
