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Seth Stern

@sethstern.bsky.social

Bloomberg Law editor for Supreme Court, federal judiciary, Justice Department and Homeland Security news; author of Speaking Yiddish to Chickens and co-author of Justice Brennan biography; Jonathan Hurtarte photo illustration

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Ben Penn@benjaminpenn.bsky.social · yesterday

Scoop: FBI Director Kash Patel wants to shrink his general counsel's office, as tensions escalate with bureau's chief legal adviser. OGC is pushing early retirement to reduce staff, but has contemplated terminations. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Patel Aims to Cut FBI Lawyers as General Counsel Tensions Rise

FBI Director Kash Patel is planning to shrink his legal advisory office, deepening divisions with his general counsel as outside lawsuits challenge prior staff terminations, said people familiar with ...

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Seth Stern@sethstern.bsky.social · yesterday

“This CYA motion is an attempt to prevent the court from engaging in the kind of scrutiny that frankly the court needs to pursue anyway at this point,” Washington University's Kathleen Clark tells @ccastronuovo.bsky.social

Bloomberg Law@bloomberglaw.com · yesterday

The Justice Department’s withdrawal of its criminal case against a former Olympian accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool attempts to deflect attention as judges scrutinize Trump administration initiated-prosecutions, former prosecutors and ethics lawyers said.

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

“My life has been disrupted and some people’s lives have been ruined,” Subway sandwich thrower Sean Charles Dunn tells Bloomberg Law's Keith Alexander. Dunn wouldn’t say where he now lives, except that it is on the East Coast. news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar...

A Year After DC Federal Surge: Cases Dropped, Lives Uprooted

In the weeks that followed President Trump’s order last August to send the National Guard into Washington, federal prosecutors filed more than two dozen cases charging people with assaults on federal ...

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

President Trump's 9th Circuit appointees have written separately, to agree or disagree with a case outcome, more frequently than other judges, @suzannemonyak.bsky.social reports. The separate opinions aim to “course correct” said fmr 9th Cir Judge Paul Watford news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Trump Picks Flex Rising Influence on Largest US Appeals Court

Trump’s 11 appointees to the 29-seat Ninth District have written separate opinions at a higher rate than their colleagues, with several cited by the Supreme Court in major decisions this year.

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Seth Stern@sethstern.bsky.social · last wk.

The Trump Justice Department likes to say it's doing more cases with fewer prosecutors, but the numbers it heralds in Nevada don't line up with their own case data, report @benjaminpenn.bsky.social and Owen Auston-Babcock news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

DOJ Data Contradicts Claims of Big Indictment Bump, Review Shows

The Justice Department is overstating the extent to which the Nevada US attorney’s office has increased criminal charges and indictments while losing prosecutors during President Trump’s second term, ...

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Ben Penn@benjaminpenn.bsky.social · last wk.

NEW: Justice Dept. claimed indictments are up under fiery Trump loyalist leader in Las Vegas, Sigal Chattah. Our analysis of DOJ’s own case data showed the opposite. My dive with Owen Auston-Babcock: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

DOJ Data Contradicts Claims of Big Indictment Bump, Review Shows

The Justice Department is overstating the extent to which the Nevada US attorney’s office has increased criminal charges and indictments while losing prosecutors during President Trump’s second term, ...

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Ben Penn@benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I went long on a new form of Trump DOJ turmoil: Top Las Vegas prosecutor Sigal Chattah repeatedly bypassed Main Justice recusal orders, pushed cases for ex-clients & friends, targeted political foe, & much more. "It's charitable to call it chaos." news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Seth Stern@sethstern.bsky.social · last mo.

Four Supreme Court justices reported a combined income of roughly $2.4 million from recently authored books, further demonstrating how lucrative the publishing world is for members of the court, @jordanonrecord.bsky.social and @justinfwise.bsky.social report news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Supreme Court Justices Report $2.4 Million in Book Income (1)

Four Supreme Court justices reported a combined income of roughly $2.4 million from recently authored books, further demonstrating how lucrative the publishing world is for members of the court.

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Ben Penn@benjaminpenn.bsky.social · last mo.

Scoop with @ccastronuovo.bsky.social: Pete Hegseth has authorized forced deployments of reservists as DOJ immigration judges. Email to marine reserves seeks "volunteers for involuntary orders." news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Hegseth Moves to Order Military Lawyers to be Immigration Judges

The Defense Department is planning to begin involuntarily activating military lawyers to serve as immigration judges and to represent the government in cases involving detained migrant children, accor...

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Ben Penn@benjaminpenn.bsky.social · last mo.

News: Under mounting Trump admin. pressure, DOJ inspector general starts sending GOP senators troves of interview transcripts on Crossfire Hurricane probe -- a first-of-its-kind production widely expected to chill future cooperators and whistleblowers news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

DOJ Watchdog’s Release of Russia Probe Transcripts Prompts Alarm

The Justice Department watchdog recently bypassed its own disclosure rules by providing Senate Republicans with highly-sensitive interview transcripts scrutinizing DOJ’s probe into Russian 2016 electi...

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Seth Stern@sethstern.bsky.social · last mo.

“That basically is saying that we, the Supreme Court, are OK with explicit racism from the government because of the way the president has changed the discourse in this country. And that’s shocking," Fordham's Jennifer Gordon tells @justinfwise.bsky.social news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Justices Spar Over Trump Rhetoric Attacking Haitian Immigrants

The Supreme Court’s decision allowing the Trump administration to end legal protections for migrants from Haiti and Syria again exposed a sharp divide over how the justices assess President Donald Tru...

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Ben Penn@benjaminpenn.bsky.social · last mo.

SCOOP: Stephen Miller was driving force behind DOJ memo eroding decades of disability rights protections. His push was rooted in view (not backed by evidence) that de-institutionalizing people w/ disabilities increases homelessness. w/ @ccastronuovo.bsky.social news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Stephen Miller Said to Drive DOJ Memo Eroding Disability Rights

White House adviser Stephen Miller was the driving force behind the Justice Department’s recent memo authorizing states to institutionalize people with disabilities rather than fund community-based ca...

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Bloomberg Law@bloomberglaw.com · last mo.

White House adviser Stephen Miller was the driving force behind the Justice Department’s recent memo authorizing states to institutionalize people with disabilities rather than fund community-based care, said people briefed on the situation.

Stephen Miller Said to Drive DOJ Memo Eroding Disability Rights

White House adviser Stephen Miller was the driving force behind the Justice Department’s recent memo authorizing states to institutionalize people with disabilities rather than fund community-based care, said people briefed on the situation.

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Seth Stern@sethstern.bsky.social · last mo.

Seamless Ken Paxton-Justice Department-Judge Reed O'Connor same-day sequence today echoes another last year against in-state tuition for undocumented students, @ccastronuovo.bsky.social reports news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Texas Judge Blocks Biden-Era DOJ Rule on Migrant Removals (1)

A conservative federal judge in Texas on Monday ruled against a Biden-era rule codifying immigration judges’ authority to close migrants’ removal proceedings—hours after the state filed a lawsuit chal...

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

The Justice Department’s Harmeet Dhillon can extend the anti-DEI approach she’s championed under President Trump as the Education Department offloads key responsibilities, @tianaheadley.bsky.social and @ccastronuovo.bsky.social report news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

DOJ’s Dhillon Widens Civil Rights Footprint in Education Deal

The Justice Department’s top civil rights enforcer can extend the anti-DEI approach she’s championed under President Donald Trump as the Education Department offloads key responsibilities.

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

Federal courts are struggling to manage high caseloads of immigration habeas cases, months after the spike began, @suzannemonyak.bsky.social reports. “It was like getting hit in the back of the head with a baseball bat,” one chief judge said. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Immigration Detention Cases Weigh on Courts, Months After Spike

A flood of challenges by immigrants seeking to be freed from detention facilities are delaying civil cases, forcing courts to hire more employees, and prompting some judges to share concerns directly ...

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

Judge Ross sent her former clerks revised apology letters Thursday, hours after a media report that she sent three-line letters that didn’t address her conduct as ordered by the judiciary, @suzannemonyak.bsky.social reports news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Judge Ross Sent New Apologies to Clerks After First Is Shared

An Atlanta federal judge who had an affair in her chambers sent her former clerks revised apology letters Thursday, hours after a media report that she sent three-line letters that didn’t address her ...

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Seth Stern@sethstern.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 and lied to judges about it, @oliviaalafriz.bsky.social and Maren Fagan report 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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Seth Stern@sethstern.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has embraced the concept of a “colorblind Constitution” in ending the use of race in college admissions, and now in reshaping how electoral maps are drawn, @jordanonrecord.bsky.social & @justinfwise.bsky.social report news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Conservative Justices Extend ‘Colorblind Constitution’ Embrace

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has embraced the concept of a “colorblind Constitution” in ending the use of race in college admissions, and now in reshaping how electoral maps are drawn acr...

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

Rep. Andrew Clyde becomes the first lawmaker to announce steps toward impeaching Judge Ross. Also new: Sen. Blackburn calls for Ross' removal. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

House Republican Preps Impeachment Bid Against Atlanta Judge

Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) is drafting articles of impeachment against a federal judge whom a judiciary panel found had sex with a police officer in chambers and improperly attended a political event, ...

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

At least two Republicans have raised doubts about acting AG Todd Blanche’s confirmation prospects after Trump announced plans to make him “permanent attorney general,” though he’s notching support among other GOP members. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Key GOP Senators Air Skepticism as Trump Gives Nod to Blanche

At least two Republicans have raised doubts about acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation prospects after President Donald Trump announced plans to make him “permanent attorney general,” t...

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

Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) says his staff has “already put together a memo” on the facts involved in the misconduct findings against Judge Eleanor Ross and "everything’s on the table,” reports @suzannemonyak.bsky.social news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Top Republican Weighs Impeachment for Reprimanded Atlanta Judge

The House Judiciary Committee’s top Republican said his staff is looking at possible congressional action after a Georgia federal judge had an affair in her chambers, in earshot of clerks, and lied to...

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