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Donald Trump, Justice, Politics, U.S. Attorneys OfficesU.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Fired After Refusing To Resign
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Department of Justice, Federal Government, Supreme CourtAnd The Nominee For Solicitor General Is....
The long and winding road to a nominee for Solicitor General of the United States is about to come to an end. 
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Department of Justice, Federal Government, Supreme CourtA Prominent Professor's Pick For Solicitor General
The professor and the candidate go back some thirty years.
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Department of Justice, Federal Government, SCOTUS, Supreme CourtCongratulations To The 2017 Bristow Fellows
Congratulations to the new fellows, their law schools, and their judges! -
Department of Justice, Federal Government, SCOTUS, Supreme CourtChuck Cooper Withdraws From The Solicitor General Sweepstakes
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Department of Justice, Solicitor General's Office, Supreme CourtCongratulations To The Next Solicitor General
Has the stalemate between New York and D.C. been resolved? -
Civil Rights, Department of JusticeCivil Rights Leader's Poignant Statement On Jeff Sessions
What you need to know about Jeff Sessions. -
Department of Justice, JusticeTrump Tells Acting A.G. 'You're Fired,' Probably Just Like That
The Jeff Sessions confirmation is now a Senate vote on the Muslim Ban. 
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Department of Justice, Federal Government, PoliticsWhat Does The Federal Government Hiring Freeze Mean For The Justice Department?
What does President Trump's federal government hiring freeze mean for aspiring Justice Department lawyers? -
Justice, PoliticsState Department Managers Resign En Masse; Justice Department, Your Move
The senior management at the U.S. State Department has seen enough in these six days to make their call. -
Department of Justice, Justice, PoliticsDemocrats Request More Time To Review Jeff Sessions's Responses Before Rolling Over
Jeff Sessions is going to get confirmed. And Democrats are too weak to even make it difficult. -
Department of Justice, Federal Government, PoliticsD-Day At DOJ: The Trump Administration's 'Beachhead' Team For The Justice Department
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Biglaw, Department of Justice, Federal Government, Politics, White House CounselJones Day In The (White) House: The Biglaw Firm Fills Top Jobs In The Trump Administration
Congratulations to these legal eagles on their well-feathered nests in the Trump Administration.
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Morning DocketMorning Docket: 01.19.17
* The Seventh Circuit — in an opinion by Judge Diane Sykes, a top-tier SCOTUS possibility under President Trump — just struck down Chicago ordinances regulating shooting ranges as violative of Second Amendment rights. [ABC News]
* Speaking of firearms, law professor Fredrick Vars has an excellent proposal for preventing gun suicides. [Washington Post]
* Possible good news for legalizing sports betting in New Jersey: the U.S. Supreme Court wants to hear from the solicitor general on this issue (although we don’t yet know who the solicitor general will be). [How Appealing]
* But we think we know who the principal deputy solicitor general will be — Noel Francisco, whose imminent departure from Jones Day is now public. [National Law Journal]
* In other Justice Department news, what can we expect from Jeff Sessions’s DOJ in terms of civil rights enforcement? [New York Times]
* Are we seeing a “fragile recovery” in the number of people interested in law school? [ABA Journal]
* If you share my curiosity about the future of Chief Judge Merrick Garland in the wake of his unsuccessful SCOTUS nomination, it seems that the distinguished jurist is back on the bench — at least for now. [National Law Journal]
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Department of Justice, Solicitor General's Office, Supreme Court
The Case For Chuck Cooper As Solicitor General
A former colleague offers warm words of support for one of the two SG finalists. -
Department of Justice, Solicitor General's Office, Supreme Court
The Latest In The Solicitor General Sweepstakes
It's a two-person contest -- and it has been for weeks.... -
Department of Justice, Federal Government, Politics, U.S. Attorneys OfficesA Deep Dive Into The Department Of Justice Transition
Who will be the next deputy attorney general, associate attorney general, and head of the Office of Legal Counsel? -
Morning DocketMorning Docket: 01.11.17
* After hearing powerful testimony from victims’ relatives, a federal jury sentenced Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof to death. [BuzzFeed]
* Dahlia Lithwick on yesterday’s Jeff Sessions hearing: the nominee “will be handily confirmed,” and Democrats “are rightly very, very afraid.” [Slate]
* An interesting puzzle for the Supreme Court: free speech and credit card fees. [New York Times via How Appealing]
* Also from Howard Bashman, also about free speech: Gibson Dunn partner Miguel Estrada “warns City of Philadelphia that his hourly rate is very expensive.” [How Appealing]
* More about Morrison & Foerster snagging former Justice Department national security chief John Carlin — the latest in a series of high-profile hires of former government lawyers, including Kathryn Thomson and Jessie Liu. [Law.com]
* Some good news out of the Charlotte School of Law: students might be getting their spring semester loan proceeds after all. [ABA Journal]
* Speaking of money, Volkswagen is going to pay a lot of it — perhaps $4.3 billion in fines — to resolve the federal criminal investigation into its cheating on vehicle emissions tests. [New York Times]
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Department of Justice, PoliticsThe Sessions Confirmation Hearing: The Best Tweets So Far
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Morning DocketMorning Docket: 01.10.17
* The confirmation hearings for Jeff Sessions to serve as U.S. attorney general get underway today; here’s what to watch for. [How Appealing]
* Biglaw faces big challenges today, and even top law firms need to up their game. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law (and also holder of an NYU Law degree), will serve as senior adviser to President Trump; Kushner’s lawyer, Jamie Gorelick of WilmerHale, dismissed nepotism and conflict-of-interest concerns. [Washington Post]
* Speaking of conflicts, it’s probably a wise idea for Supreme Court justices to unload their holdings of individual stocks — as a recent snafu involving Chief Justice John Roberts suggests. [New York Times]
* Speaking of SCOTUS, the Court heard arguments yesterday in a case about a Colorado law making it more difficult for criminal defendants whose convictions get overturned to obtain refunds of fines and restitution they previously paid. [How Appealing]
* Here is Chris Geidner’s assessment of the where the Court is right now — and how it might change after President Trump’s first appointment, to be announced sometime after inauguration. [BuzzFeed]
* And here is a detailed dossier on one of Trump’s SCOTUS finalists, Judge Neil Gorsuch of the Tenth Circuit. [U.S. Law Week / Bloomberg BNA]
* What can we expect from the SEC if Sullivan & Cromwell partner Jay Clayton is confirmed as chair? Thoughts from Peter J. Henning. [DealBook / New York Times]
