Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.11.18

* President Trump may have a very busy Saturday night planned, because according to inside sources, he's considering firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein -- or even Attorney General Jeff Sessions -- in an attempt to take "aggressive action" against special counsel Robert Mueller. He could even fire Mueller, since he "believes he has the power to do so." [CNN] * Squire Patton Boggs ended its relationship with Michael Cohen on the same day his office was raided by the FBI, but sources inside the firm seem to have no idea why the firm's relationship existed with Cohen in the first place. Cohen was supposedly there to "advance the interests" of Squire's clients, but lawyers say they were generally kept in the dark about those alleged client interests. [American Lawyer] * The Trumpiest of those who reside in Trumpland? Apparently that honor goes to Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, Ginni, but it's worth noting that the justice "has not gone nearly as far as his Ginni in embracing fringy Trumpist dogma." [Slate] * Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg swore in 201 new U.S. citizens in New York yesterday, much to their surprise. Here's what one new American said about being addressed by Justice Ginsburg: "I felt so important. Sitting in front of somebody so special, I felt so special. I feel like I'm in my own country now." [New York Daily News] * Ieshia Champs, a 33-year-old single mother of five children, will be graduating from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University later this spring, and her inspirational graduation photos -- which include all five of her kids -- are going viral. A well-deserved congratulations go out to Ieshia from ATL! [The Grio]

By Staci Zaretsky on April 11, 2018 8:43 am

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty)

* President Trump may have a very busy Saturday night planned, because according to inside sources, he’s considering firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein — or even Attorney General Jeff Sessions — in an attempt to take “aggressive action” against special counsel Robert Mueller. He could even fire Mueller, since he “believes he has the power to do so.” [CNN]

* Squire Patton Boggs ended its relationship with Michael Cohen on the same day his office was raided by the FBI, but sources inside the firm seem to have no idea why the firm’s relationship existed with Cohen in the first place. Cohen was supposedly there to “advance the interests” of Squire’s clients, but lawyers say they were generally kept in the dark about those alleged client interests. [American Lawyer]

* The Trumpiest of those who reside in Trumpland? Apparently that honor goes to Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, Ginni, but it’s worth noting that the justice “has not gone nearly as far as his Ginni in embracing fringy Trumpist dogma.” [Slate]

* Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg swore in 201 new U.S. citizens in New York yesterday, much to their surprise. Here’s what one new American said about being addressed by Justice Ginsburg: “I felt so important. Sitting in front of somebody so special, I felt so special. I feel like I’m in my own country now.” [New York Daily News]

* Ieshia Champs, a 33-year-old single mother of five children, will be graduating from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University later this spring, and her inspirational graduation photos — which include all five of her kids — are going viral. A well-deserved congratulations go out to Ieshia from ATL! [The Grio]

Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky has been an editor at Above the Law since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.