JP Collins
Law prof at GW Law. New Yorker turned Virginian. Former SDNY clerk and litigator at Sullivan & Cromwell. Studying and writing about court admin and the judiciary. #LFGM #COYS Papers here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAu…
- Now witness the firepower of this fully operational mobile McDonald's unit
- Your friendly reminder that Stephen Miller is not a lawyer, just a sad, small, shell of a human being
- And what should happen to unqualified circuit judges that post “video dissents” so they can show off their gun collection?
- The “unqualified” rating the ABA gave VanDyke was, in fact, overly generous
- Reposted by JP CollinsTrump-appointed Judge Lawrence VanDyke, speaking at a FedSoc event about nationwide injunctions, just mused whether judges should be removed from cases involving the Trump administration if they issue nationwide injunctions deemed to be "really egregious."
- Reposted by JP CollinsDivine is a 2012 *college* graduate, and may be the first judicial nominee born in the 1990s.
- I wouldn't be surprised to see one or more of Trump's Missouri district court nominees (Divine, in particular) eventually elevated to the Eighth Circuit. They're all young appellate practitioners, and two Missouri-based CA8 judges could retire during Trump's term.
- Just a reminder that all four district court vacancies occurred during the Biden administration, but Republican senators, emboldened by Senator Durbin's blue slip policy, refused to cooperate with the White House to fill these seats.
- Per @courtneybuble.bsky.social: Trump has announced additional district court nominees for Missouri and a Superior Court nominee for DC
