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Jacqueline Thomsen

@jacqthomsen.bsky.social

Legal reporter, sometimes not. jthomsen@bloombergindustry.com

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Jacqueline Thomsen@jacqthomsen.bsky.social · last mo.

Potential candidates are both quietly and loudly teeing themselves up to be considered if a Supreme Court seat opens. Allies are privately pushing their people to those in Trump’s orbit. But some of the perceived jockeying among judges is pretty public. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Judges Jockey for Potential Trump Supreme Court Appointment

Several prominent conservative leaning judges are seen as auditioning to become President Trump’s next pick for the Supreme Court.

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Olivia Alafriz@oliviaalafriz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Congressional Democrats are largely staying silent as Republicans seek the ouster of a Georgia federal judge who a judicial panel found had sex in chambers within earshot of clerks. "It doesn't ring a bell," Sen. Whitehouse told @marenfagan.bsky.social today. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Democratic Lawmakers Stay Mum On Georgia Judge’s Misconduct

Congressional Democrats are largely staying silent as Republicans seek the ouster of a Georgia federal judge who a judicial panel found had sex in chambers within earshot of clerks and lied to judges ...

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Olivia Alafriz@oliviaalafriz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Sen. Kennedy pressed a Trump appeals court nominee over his decision to sign a letter pledging not to hire law clerks from Columbia University over its handling of Israel-Hamas war protests. “I hope you won’t do something like that again,” he said. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

GOP Senator Warns Trump Court Pick Over Columbia Protests Letter

A Senate Republican pressed a Trump appeals court nominee over his decision to sign a letter pledging not to hire law clerks from Columbia University over its handling of Israel-Hamas war protests.

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Jacqueline Thomsen@jacqthomsen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

News -- President Trump will get a chance to appoint another member of the Fifth Circuit, as Judge Kurt Engelhardt, a Trump appointee, is set to take senior status news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Trump to Gain New Fifth Circuit Seat as Appointee Steps Back

President Donald Trump will be able to appoint another member of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, as Judge Kurt Engelhardt will take senior status.

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Jacqueline Thomsen@jacqthomsen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New: The Ninth Circuit's chief judge announced a misconduct review into Judge Ryan Nelson, following reports of his misdemeanors charges of battery and malicious injury to property. All of that information "was only very recently received," per the order. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Ninth Circuit Reviewing Judge Charged with Misdemeanor Battery

The Ninth Circuit’s chief judge has opened a misconduct review into Judge Ryan Nelson, after he was charged with misdemeanor battery and malicious injury to property.

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Suzanne Monyak@suzannemonyak.bsky.social · 2mo ago

News: The judge reprimanded by the judiciary for having sex in chambers, in earshot of law clerks, is Judge Eleanor Ross of the Atlanta-based Northern District of Georgia, @bloomberglaw.com has confirmed. w/ @oliviaalafriz.bsky.social & @jacqthomsen.bsky.social news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Eleanor Ross of Atlanta Is Judge Reprimanded for Sex in Chambers

Eleanor Ross is the federal district court judge who was subject to a private reprimand for having sex with a police officer in chambers in earshot of law clerks, according to a person familiar with t...

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Seth Stern@sethstern.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A federal district judge engaged in an extramarital affair with a law enforcement officer in chambers, and in earshot of law clerks, a judicial conduct committee found, @suzannemonyak.bsky.social and @jacqthomsen.bsky.social report news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Judge Had Sexual Relationship in Chambers, Judicial Panel Says

A federal district judge engaged in an extramarital affair with a law enforcement officer in chambers, and in earshot of law clerks, a judicial conduct committee found.

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Jacqueline Thomsen@jacqthomsen.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New: A group of conservatives earlier this month pushed Texas's senators to make a pair of lawyers the nominees for two federal judgeships in Dallas. One has since been nominated, another -- a former Cruz staffer -- hasn't. From me and @oliviaalafriz.bsky.social news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Conservatives Push Ex-Cruz Aide to be Tapped for Federal Court

A group of conservatives took the unusual step of formally calling for attorneys to be nominated to federal judgeships in Texas.

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Olivia Alafriz@oliviaalafriz.bsky.social · 3mo ago

ICYMI: Trump last night announced his picks for vacancies on the 8th and 10th Circuit, as well as district court seats in Texas, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/... @jacqthomsen.bsky.social @suzannemonyak.bsky.social

Trump Plans to Tap First-Term Judge Picks for Appeals Courts (1)

President Donald Trump announced plans to nominate two of his first term judicial picks to be federal appellate judges.

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Ben Penn@benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New: After multiple court defeats blocking its access to trans youth health records from hospitals, Trump DOJ is going venue shopping by asking a Texas judge to enforce subpoena of a Rhode Island hospital. w/ @jacqthomsen.bsky.social news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

DOJ Turns to Texas Judge to End Transgender Health Probe Losses

The Justice Department asked a Texas court to order a Rhode Island hospital to comply with a subpoena for transgender health records, a new jurisdictional tactic after judges elsewhere have blocked pa...

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Ben Penn@benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 4mo ago

NEW: DOJ Inspector General refused to investigate whistleblower Erez Reuveni's misconduct complaint against Emil Bove & other top officials, as watchdog accused of failing to probe political scandals under Trump news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

DOJ Watchdog Accused of Abdicating Oversight of Trump Leaders

The Justice Department’s internal oversight offices have refused to pursue their traditional roles investigating senior officials at a time of unprecedented Trump-era misconduct, whistleblower attorne...

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Jacqueline Thomsen@jacqthomsen.bsky.social · 4mo ago

New: The federal judiciary pulled disclosure requirements for amicus briefs, months before they were set to go into effect. The long-debated measures were sidelined after top members of the courts' policymaking body raised privacy concerns news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Amicus Disclosure Requirements Pulled Over Privacy Worries

A measure to require more disclosure on amicus briefs was withdrawn by the federal judiciary, months before it would have gone into effect.

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Jacqueline Thomsen@jacqthomsen.bsky.social · 4mo ago

News: The federal judiciary's administrative arm offered buyouts after a budget shortfall and ~100 staffers took them. The Administrative Office of the US Courts said it filled some jobs, but needs more $$ from Congress to backfill 48 "critical" positions news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Judiciary Office Buyouts Lead to ‘Critical’ Staffing Shortages

The federal judiciary’s administrative arm offered buyouts to all of its staff this past fall, resulting in “critical staffing shortfalls” after nearly 100 employees accepted the packages.

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Jacqueline Thomsen@jacqthomsen.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Judge shopping in Texas isn't dead: Judge Pittman in Fort Worth got a FDA lawsuit from a North Carolina-based nicotine pouch manufacturer. He quickly transferred the case to a NC court in rejection of a new local rule that would've given the Fifth Circuit a chance to review his order.

Judge Moves FDA Case From Texas Court, Deepening Venue Showdown

A nicotine pouch manufacturer’s lawsuit against the FDA should be immediately sent to a North Carolina court, a Texas federal judge ruled, despite a new local rule that pauses case transfers.

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Jacqueline Thomsen@jacqthomsen.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Judge Lawrence VanDyke unapologetically stood by his controversial dissents in a speech one day after his "swinging dicks" opinion went viral, saying he's writing them to call out "misbehavior" by his judicial colleagues

VanDyke Unapologetic Over Colorful Dissents That Irk Colleagues

Judge Lawrence VanDyke offered a full-throated defense of his controversial and colorful dissents he’s issued on the Ninth Circuit, saying they’re meant to call out what he characterized as misbehavio...

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Seth Stern@sethstern.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Judge Schiltz rebuked the Trump administration’s approach to its immigration operation in court filings in a tone seen as out-of-character for a judge known to be even-tempered and conservative, @jacqthomsen.bsky.social and @suzannemonyak.bsky.social report news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Trump Tactics in Minnesota Irk Longtime Conservative Chief Judge

The chief judge of the Minnesota federal trial court rebuked the Trump administration’s approach to its sweeping immigration operation in court filings this week, adopting a sharp tone seen as out-of-...

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Seth Stern@sethstern.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Supreme Court is siding with President Donald Trump 75% of the time when challenges arrive via the emergency docket, a Bloomberg Law analysis found by @jacqthomsen.bsky.social and @suzannemonyak.bsky.social found news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Trump Reigns Supreme in High Court Emergency Docket Decisions

The Supreme Court is siding overwhelmingly with President Donald Trump when challenges arrive via the emergency docket, a Bloomberg Law analysis found.

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Jacqueline Thomsen@jacqthomsen.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Trump is kicking off 2026 with some judicial nominees -- Andrew Davis is his pick for Austin and Chris Wolfe to sit in Waco, after Texas's senators recommended them for those seats. Judges also announced in Louisiana and Arkansas, w/ @tianaheadley.bsky.social news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Trump Announces More Nominees for Texas Federal Judgeships

President Donald Trump nominated a former chief counsel to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to serve as a federal judge in Austin, setting up a second one of his appointees to sit in a court that’s teed up to ...

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Tiana Headley@tianaheadley.bsky.social · 9mo ago

NEW: US District Judge Sarah Pitlyk and Jesus Osete of the DOJ's Civil Rights Division are on a White House list of candidates interviewing for an 8th Circuit seat, per source familiar Litigator Erin Hawley, Sen. Hawley's spouse, also expressed interest news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Litigator Erin Hawley Said to Be Interested in Circuit Judgeship

A Trump-appointed trial judge and a senior Justice Department official are included on a White House list of candidates interviewing for a federal appeals court seat in Missouri, a person familiar wit...

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Jacqueline Thomsen@jacqthomsen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Social media gigs are colliding with federal noms as the wife of Trump’s pick to be the top prosecutor in Dallas is an influencer w/ 1.2 million instagram followers. Brooke Raybould posts a lot about her life and family, and ex-marshals say it’s a concern news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

A Prosecutor Pick, His Influencer Wife, and Ex-Marshals’ Worries

Brooke Raybould would like to sell you her life. The social media influencer posts daily about her life on Instagram—a recent move to Texas, taking care of five sons, and her and her husband’s workout...

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Ben Penn@benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 9mo ago

NEWS: Miami US Attorney prompted prosecutor resignations by demanding they sign statements under penalty of perjury naming those with whom they discussed an assignment expected to target Trump's foes, prompting office-wide fear of witch hunt news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Miami US Attorney Instills Fear as Trump Enemy Probes Ramp Up

Miami’s US attorney is alarming staff with unconventional interrogation tactics to oust prosecutors, while warning the office about dishonesty and disobedience as he staffs up investigations of the pr...

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Jacqueline Thomsen@jacqthomsen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Hi from the Federalist Society’s national convention, which is kicking off here in DC. Each seat in the ballroom has a commemorative coin of a significant Supreme Court ruling, I’ve found 4 of the 5 so far

Our legal movement has much to celebrate. This decade, the Supreme Court has delivered a series of generational wins on questions that have long galvanized and motivated our movement. There is no better place to commemorate our generational wins at the Supreme Court than here, at the Federalist Society's National Lawyer's Convention. The Federalist Society has, since its founding, fostered our legal movement, laying the ideological foundations for our efforts from its earliest days through to the present moment. It is thanks to the Federalist Society and its key leaders that we have the current Supreme Court and these generational wins. And so it is only appropriate to use this setting-the marquee event of the marquee organization within our movement-as our moment to celebrate. To that end, please find with this note one of five different commemorative coins, our gift to you in this great moment. We hope these coins help us all reflect on what we have accomplished together as a legal movement and what lies on the horizon as a result of all our successes. Your Friend In Common Cause, O.H. Skinner President & CEO, American Juris LinkCoins marking the Supreme Court rulings in Dobbs, Skrmetti and BruenCoin marking Loper Bright
Jacqueline Thomsen@jacqthomsen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

News: The Texas senators have sent recommended picks for federal judgeships to the White House. Among the new names: Erin Nealy Cox is up for a seat in Dallas, local judge Chris Wolfe is tapped for Waco, fed prosecutor Rob Jones for McAllen news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Texas Senators’ Picks for Federal Judgeships Sent to White House

A Kirkland & Ellis partner and a former chief counsel to Sen. Ted Cruz (R) are among recommended judicial nominees Texas’ two Republican senators have sent to the White House, according to multiple pe...

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Jacqueline Thomsen@jacqthomsen.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I was at Judge Bove and Mascott's debut argument this morning, where they sat on opposite ends of the dais. Bove didn't ask any questions but Mascott dove right in and pressed lawyers about conducting a history and tradition analysis over New Jersey gun/magazine restrictions.

Seth Stern@sethstern.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A more conservative Third Circuit will debut at en banc arguments, as two new appointees of President Donald Trump are expected to hear their first case, @jacqthomsen.bsky.social reports news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Seth Stern@sethstern.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Reagan appointed judges are emerging as vocal critics of the Trump administration’s efforts to circumvent court orders or challenge the law in unprecedented ways, @jacqthomsen.bsky.social and Brian Dowling report news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Reagan Judges Are Unrestrained Critics of Trump’s Legal Moves

Judges appointed by President Ronald Reagan are emerging as vocal critics of the Trump administration’s efforts to circumvent court orders or challenge the law in unprecedented ways, backed by decades...

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Seth Stern@sethstern.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A federal judge’s sentence of just over eight years for the would-be killer of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is teed up to be scrutinized by a federal appeals court as critics contend the punishment was too light, @jacqthomsen.bsky.social reports news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Judge Faces Backlash in Sentence of Would-Be Kavanaugh Assassin

A federal judge’s sentence of just over eight years for the would-be killer of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is teed up to be scrutinized by a federal appeals court as critics contend the puni...

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Seth Stern@sethstern.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The Supreme Court’s repeated grants of emergency relief to the Trump administration is creating fissures in the judiciary, while empowering the president to fight any lower court judge’s intervention, @jacqthomsen.bsky.social and @justinfwise.bsky.social report news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Supreme Court Emergency Orders For Trump Sow Cracks in Judiciary

The Supreme Court’s repeated grants of emergency relief to the Trump administration is creating fissures in the judiciary, while empowering the president to fight any lower court judge’s intervention.

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Jacqueline Thomsen@jacqthomsen.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Reed O'Connor, a conservative who's handled major national cases, is the new chief judge for the Northern District of Texas. The court's faced scrutiny for judge shopping by conservative litigants and O'Connor has defended the court's assignment rules. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Conservative Judge O’Connor is New Chief in North Texas

US District Judge Reed O’Connor, a conservative known for overseeing national policy cases, is now the chief judge for the Northern District of Texas, the court announced.

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