Jacqueline Thomsen

July 30, 2020 | National Law Journal

The proposed policy was met with a major outcry from legal conservatives, including from some of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

4 minute read

July 28, 2020 | National Law Journal

"Do you think that it's fair for a 67-year-old man to be sent to prison to seven to nine years?" Barr asked one Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee.

By Jacqueline Thomsen | C. Ryan Barber

6 minute read

July 28, 2020 | National Law Journal

"This unnecessarily forceful treatment of protesters, at the expense of proper constitutional protections, casts a pall over future protests and cannot continue," the lawsuit reads.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

5 minute read

July 27, 2020 | National Law Journal

"There was simply no time for litigation, particularly if these allegations were true. Whatever we did, it had to be fast," Eisen wrote of impeaching Trump.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

10 minute read

July 24, 2020 | National Law Journal

Republican members of Congress are suing over proxy voting rules adopted by the House during the pandemic. House lawyers argue the lawsuit has to be thrown out due to protections offered under the Constitution's speech and debate clause.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

5 minute read

July 24, 2020 | Law.com

The use of federal law enforcement at protests has some questioning the legality of the effort.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

11 minute read

July 23, 2020 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Marshals Service, which secures those within the federal judiciary, asked for 19 new positions, including 13 agents, for "protective intelligence and operations."

By Jacqueline Thomsen

4 minute read

July 22, 2020 | The Recorder

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg wrote "parents face a difficult choice: release their children to sponsors for an unknown amount of time, or keep their children with them in conditions that petitioners fear are dangerous."

By Jacqueline Thomsen

4 minute read

July 22, 2020 | National Law Journal

Senators also pressed Patrick Hovakimian, chief of staff to the deputy attorney general, about how he would handle whistleblower complaints if confirmed as general counsel for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

5 minute read

July 22, 2020 | National Law Journal

The president's effort to exclude undocumented immigrants from the population count for congressional seats is pulling in attorneys who challenged the census citizenship question and the DOJ division that defended it.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

8 minute read