Jacqueline Thomsen

January 27, 2022 | Law.com

As a reporter I'll always be on the side of transparency, accountability and accessibility. I don't think it disqualifies me, I think it's what we should all be aspiring to, in one way or another. And that includes the judiciary itself.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

8 minute read

January 26, 2022 | National Law Journal

Biden promised to appoint a Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court if a seat opened, and his administration has nominated eight Black women to federal appeals courts so far.

By Marcia Coyle | Jacqueline Thomsen

1 minute read

January 25, 2022 | National Law Journal

A DOJ lawyer said the "dramatically changed circumstances of this case warrant either a dismissal for mootness, or at the very least an affirmance and a remand to the district court" if the immigration judges' union wanted to file a new challenge.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

3 minute read

January 21, 2022 | Law.com

"I think a reasonable person would doubt that a judge who thought he was probably unpatriotic could judge his case fairly," said one judicial ethics expert.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

9 minute read

January 20, 2022 | National Law Journal

"I think there really is no case and no question that this court has no jurisdiction to order Congress, because of the Speech and Debate clause, to return documents that it has received," U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said. "And I further agree it does not have authority to tell Congress what it can and cannot do."

By Jacqueline Thomsen

4 minute read

January 19, 2022 | National Law Journal

Justice Clarence Thomas would have granted Trump's application for an injunction.

By Marcia Coyle | Jacqueline Thomsen

4 minute read

January 19, 2022 | National Law Journal

Also featured in Wednesday's nominees are a Gibson Dunn & Crutcher partner, a Jones Day attorney and lawyers with civil rights and public defender backgrounds.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

5 minute read

January 18, 2022 | National Law Journal

Hector Gonzalez, chair of Dechert's global litigation practice and nominee for the Eastern District of New York, reported incomes of over $3.3 million in 2019 and $3.2 million in 2020.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

2 minute read

January 13, 2022 | Law.com

"How can judges who have been schooled in the extraordinarily punitive system that produced mass incarceration for the past thirty years suddenly operate in a system that—one hopes—will reflect wholly different premises?" wrote former U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

7 minute read

January 12, 2022 | National Law Journal

"Simply put, there shouldn't be one set of rules for Republican nominees under Republican presidents and a different set for nominees under Democratic presidents," said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

5 minute read