This was the Reflecting Pool just a few months back. Looked perfect to me on an evening jog. Feels like a long time ago.
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Former head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel; former head of Office of Legal Policy at U.S. DoJ; always NC
Walter Dellinger, my dad and best of friends, would be 85 today. He lived a spectacular life and lives on in the memories, humorous and profound and loving, held dear by so many.
Surely a result, in part, of my former agency (www.osc.gov) losing its independence thanks to POTUS and the courts…
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Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 5mo agoOnly 23% of government workers believe they “can report a suspected violation of a law, rule, or regulation without experiencing retaliation.” That's way down form the share the prior year (72%) who said they could report suspected illegal activity without fear www.thebulwark.com/p/two-more-g...
If UNC is looking for new men’s basketball coach, what about USC’s Dawn Staley? Friend of mine suggested the idea which I think is a great one.
www.politico.com/news/2026/03... HD: does court decision invalidating Lake actions at VOA call into ?validity of acts taken by my successor at Office of Special Counsel (OSC)? Hope so as I disagree with reversal of my efforts to protect probationary workers and enforce Hatch Act against White House
Judge says Kari Lake’s tenure atop US media agency was improper, voids actions as ‘acting CEO’
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth concluded that her ascension was an illegal end-run around the Senate’s advice and consent role.
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A hero and a history that should not be forgotten…or erased
Joseph McNeil, Young Spark in a Civil Rights Battle, Dies at 83
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Thinking of and thankful for federal workers, so many of them military veterans. Tried to protect them from retaliation and unfair treatment when their colleague. Punishing organized labor hurts families and weakens USA. #LaborDay #StayStrong
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A job is vital and fundamental to so many Americans and their families. A huge number of civilian federal employees are military veterans. I honor their civilian, as well as their military, service....
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Today, #GeorgetownLaw Dean William M. Treanor joined 79 law school deans in signing the letter posted below, issued March 26, 2025. [ Those signing are expressing their personal views and are not speaking for their institutions. Find the full letter and list of signatories: bit.ly/4hSna6u ]
!["As deans of law schools, we have a special responsibility for the legal profession. Recently, the federal government has imposed significant sanctions on the law firms of Perkins Coie, Covington & Burling, Paul Weiss, and Jenner & Block seemingly because of the clients they and their lawyers represented and litigation in which their lawyers participated.
We write to reaffirm basic principles: The government should not punish lawyers and law firms for the clients they represent, absent specific findings that such representation was illegal or unethical. Punishing lawyers for their representation and advocacy violates the First Amendment and undermines the Sixth Amendment.
We thus speak as legal educators, responsible for training the next generation of lawyers, in condemning any government efforts to punish lawyers or their firms based on the identity of their clients or for their zealous lawful and ethical advocacy."
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Enjoyed talking to and, as always, learning from Prof. Akhil Amar…
The Shelter From The Storm - Special Guest Hampton Dellinger
Podcast Episode · Amarica's Constitution · 03/19/2025 · 1h 33m
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Common Cause North Carolina@commoncausenc.bsky.social · last yr.Judge Jefferson Griffin’s ongoing challenge of over 65,000 ballots cast in the North Carolina Supreme Court race constitutes “a threat to the public’s faith in our judicial system,” according to a letter signed Tuesday by over 200 former judges and attorneys. More: bit.ly/4ig3AC6
So glad to see this…
Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · last yr.BREAKING: Federal judge orders reinstatement of thousands of probationary federal workers Trump administration tried to fire. Order from Judge William Alsup, Clinton appointee in SF, covers DoD, Treasury, USDA, VA, Energy. w/@kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
