Josh Gerstein
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Sr. Legal Affairs Reporter, @POLITICO. Priors: ABC White House & China correspondent, CNN, NY Sun 🇺🇸🇦🇺[email protected]. DM for signal
Joined August 2009
If you prefer to follow me on other platforms, going forward, most posts are also available on Threads https://t.co/Sqy06c0GeO and Bluesky https://t.co/676NQv9T43. I intend to keep posting here. Updates as conditions warrant. Thank you for your attention.
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Our amazing @AAGSlater is on it, sir!
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IT’S OFFICIAL! Tennessee Republicans Glen Casada and Cade Cothren receive “full and unconditional” pardons from President Trump on corruption charges.
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From my new Confirmation Tales post on the Federalist Society: Perhaps you think it improper, even egregious, for federal and state judges to be active in an organization that files amicus briefs, including on hot-button issues like abortion, in the Supreme Court and other
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Interesting story re Judge Bork crusading against antisemitism at Kirkland & Ellis (and many other firms). Wasn't aware.
Thankful, as always, to @FedSoc for hosting the annual Robert H. Bork Lecture in honor of my grandfather. This year’s topic was especially timely. It should be a sober reminder that the evils of antisemitism are not new and that now is no time to sit on the sidelines. Thankful
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SCOOP: Trump is pardoning Michael McMahon, a retired cop convicted of acting as a Chinese agent in a plot to intimidate a Chinese family in NJ. Prosecutors said it was part of a CCP effort to control Chinese nationals. The WH says he was tricked into it.
nytimes.com
Prosecutors said Michael McMahon had acted as an illegal agent in a conspiracy targeting a Chinese family in New Jersey. The White House says he was tricked into it.
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Watch Condé Nast staffers literally boo head of HR Stan Duncan after he refuses to discuss layoffs. This video of the standoff, obtained exclusively by TheWrap, shows the confrontation that led to four employees being fired for "extreme misconduct." The whole story:
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Multiple sources: Backlash so strong against @KevinRobertsTX’ continued alliance with @TuckerCarlson that @Heritage was forced to cancel their planned signing event at @FedSoc of their new Constitution handbook after esteemed conservative judges decided to boycott the signing.
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SCOTUS SHOCKER: Trump scores short-term win at Supreme Court as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson lifts lower-court deadline that would've required USDA to pay billions in additional SNAP funding to states by midnight tonight. w/@Marcia_Brown9
politico.com
The justice’s order came after the Trump administration raced to the Supreme Court ahead of a lower-court deadline to pay full SNAP benefits.
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'IT'S A WAR, MAN': Deputy AG Todd Blanche goes off at Federalist Society confab , trashing 'rogue activist judges' and rejecting claims that Trump & allies are weaponizing DOJ https://t.co/4snNoUHbl1
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LATEST: Trump admin goes to #SCOTUS to head off order requiring full states be paid fully for November SNAP benefits today. SG asks for high court action by 9:30 P.M. today, fears money can't be recouped if paid out. 1st Cir. denied stay. w/@Marcia_Brown9
politico.com
The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Trump administration's emergency request for a stay of a lower court's order to pay full food stamp benefits during the government shutdown.
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At #FedSoc, just-departed Bondi chief of staff and acting DOJ No. 3 Chad Mizelle urges Congress to step up campaign to impeach federal judges who've blocked Trump policies. Mizelle also rejects Roberts' stance that rulings can't be grounds for impeachment. https://t.co/GazkDqPXZR
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At #FedSoc, Cruz delivers stemwinder against antisemitism, leaving little time for slew of judges to speak at religious freedom panel. US District Judge Roy Altman (Trump) quips: "Thank you, Senator...We got about 14 minutes left for ten federal judges to say their piece."
JUST IN: Sen. Ted Cruz, speaking at Federalist Society conference, says efforts to censor are uniformly from the left. Cruz: "It is not both sides. It is only one side saying: 'Silence my critics.'...It's only one side that is calling for silencing those they disagree with.'"
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JUST IN: Sen. Ted Cruz, speaking at Federalist Society conference, says efforts to censor are uniformly from the left. Cruz: "It is not both sides. It is only one side saying: 'Silence my critics.'...It's only one side that is calling for silencing those they disagree with.'"
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It is remarkable that the whole thing was a second act.
My favorite thing abt Nancy Pelosi is that the most effective legislator of the last 50 years was elected to Congress at the age of 47, *after* she raised five children... So if you're a 45yr old overwhelmed mom who doesn't know what's next... you could still be Nancy Pelosi
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JUST IN: Trump administration files emergency stay motion at 1st Circuit, seeking to block judge's order to pay full SNAP benefits for November. DOJ says the ruling 'makes a mockery of the separation of powers.' Doc: https://t.co/Lfbwe8usPZ Earlier:
politico.com
The Trump administration is appealing the decision, which requires officials to send the money to millions of food stamp recipients by Friday.
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NEW: Speaking at Federalist Society gala in DC Thursday night, Justice Amy Coney Barrett urged conservative women law students to stand by their principles and said they're the real feminists on campus
politico.com
The Trump appointees’ remarks came at a Federalist Society event in Washington.
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HAPPENING NOW: 2 Supreme Court Justices, Kavanaugh & Barrett, speaking at Federalist Society National Lawyers Conference in DC
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FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of https://t.co/w9zMlrtZeH The won't say what crime is being investigated. Sad :(
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