Jacqueline Thomsen

June 14, 2021 | National Law Journal

"The department chose not to tell the court the purpose of the memorandum or subject it addressed at all, and no amount of apologizing for 'imprecision' in the language it did use can cure the impact of that fundamental omission," U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson wrote.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

7 minute read

June 14, 2021 | National Law Journal

Cuccinelli is listed as one of the attorneys on a lawsuit filed by GOP Reps. Louie Gohmert and Andrew Clyde, who allege a House security screening rule is being selectively applied to Republicans and not Democrats.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

5 minute read

June 11, 2021 | National Law Journal

"There is no doubt that the pandemic provides a compelling reason for remote courtrooms. It does not, however, provide a reason to exclude the public from watching what happens in those remote courtrooms, a practice that therefore violates the First Amendment," the filing reads.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

6 minute read

June 11, 2021 | Law.com

Senate Republicans seem to have found their in-road to criticizing President Joe Biden's nominees: Their defense-heavy credentials.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

8 minute read

June 09, 2021 | National Law Journal

Disciplinary counsel in D.C. said they generally do not "intervene in matters that are currently and publicly being discussed in the national political arena." One legal ethics expert said that explanation "seems dangerously overbroad."

By Jacqueline Thomsen

9 minute read

June 09, 2021 | National Law Journal

"Certainly I have, as I said, no specific experience in most of those topics that you raised. But I am very confident in my ability to get up to speed and to handle the cases that come before me," said one nominee in response to the Republican questioning.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

5 minute read

June 09, 2021 | National Law Journal

"Sometimes it means that we have to make a decision about the law that we would never have made, that we strongly disagree with as a matter of policy," Garland said.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

3 minute read

June 08, 2021 | National Law Journal

Days after former White House counsel Don McGahn testified as part of a settlement reached to end a two-year court fight, lawmakers seem ready to make changes to how congressional subpoenas are enforced.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

5 minute read

June 04, 2021 | National Law Journal

Lawyers and legal experts said they believe it's important for judicial opinions to be accessible to the general public, but they're split on whether the pop culture references are effective in achieving that goal.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

8 minute read

June 03, 2021 | National Law Journal

"With little connection to any actual or perceived quid pro quo corruption interest, the FEC's asserted rationale boils down to a general concern about money in politics and campaign contributions to incumbents—but such general concerns about influence or access cannot justify government regulation in the vital area of political speech," the court ruled.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

5 minute read