Jacqueline Thomsen

August 04, 2021 | National Law Journal

"I don't know what more to do and I don't know what more to say other than escalating this to people who will actually understand that when a court actually rules on something, that that order should be followed," U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said at a hearing last week.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

6 minute read

August 04, 2021 | National Law Journal

Authoritative court statements debunking election fraud should at least have warned attorneys to proceed with caution, a U.S. magistrate judge said, blasting the attorneys for instead pressing their case at full speed, even after the Jan. 6 insurrection "that had been prompted, in part, by dangerous suggestions that the election had been stolen."

By Jacqueline Thomsen

5 minute read

August 04, 2021 | National Law Journal

"The requests are tailored to, and in practical operation will affect, only President Trump," Trump's lawyers wrote. "The requests single out President Trump because he is a Republican and a political opponent. They were made to retaliate against President Trump because of his policy positions, his political beliefs, and his protected speech, including the positions he took during the 2016 and 2020 campaigns."

By Jacqueline Thomsen

4 minute read

August 03, 2021 | National Law Journal

"The mere availability of rapid judicial response neuters the advantage of delay tactics. So this need not become a recurring burden for courts," said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, the chair of the courts' subcommittee.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

6 minute read

July 30, 2021 | National Law Journal

"In our view, the 2019 opinion failed to give due weight to Congress's status as a co-equal branch of government with legitimate needs for information in order to exercise its constitutional authorities," reads the opinion signed by Dawn Johnsen, the acting assistant attorney general at OLC.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

4 minute read

July 30, 2021 | Law.com

The spread of the Delta variant, however, is causing some courts to make changes.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

8 minute read

July 29, 2021 | National Law Journal

The legislation would expand discrimination protections to federal judiciary staff, offer shields to whistleblowers and create a Commission on Judicial Integrity to oversee workplace misconduct prevention programs.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

5 minute read

July 28, 2021 | National Law Journal

"With a Democrat president, in a state with two Democratic colleagues who are here, I'm not sure that we could hope for anything better than a smart, experienced liberal with the misfortune of extensive experience before the increasingly erratic Fourth Circuit," top Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley said of Heytens.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

3 minute read

July 27, 2021 | National Law Journal

DOJ attorneys wrote Brooks' alleged conduct in the complaint "if proven, would plainly fall outside the scope of employment for an officer or employee of the United States: conspiring to prevent the lawful certification of the 2020 election and to injure members of Congress and inciting the riot at the Capitol."

By Jacqueline Thomsen

5 minute read

July 27, 2021 | National Law Journal

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Thomas Massie and Ralph Norman are on the lawsuit filed against Speaker Nancy Pelosi in D.C. federal court.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

5 minute read