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Jacqueline Thomsen, based in Washington, is a reporter covering D.C. federal courts and the legal side of politics. Contact her at [email protected] and follow her on Twitter @jacq_thomsen.
April 7, 2021 | National Law Journal
Trump is now being sued by 11 members of Congress and two U.S. Capitol police officers over the Jan. 6 riot.
By Jacqueline Thomsen
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March 30, 2021 | National Law Journal
Out of the 11 nominees—the most unveiled by a president by this point of his term in recent history—nine are women, and four have backgrounds as public defenders. A number of others have Big Law experience, including two nominees who are currently working at large firms.
By Jacqueline Thomsen
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March 30, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Biden's first slate of judges include a number of historic picks, including a nominee to be the first Muslim American judge appointed in the U.S.
By Jacqueline Thomsen
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March 25, 2021 | National Law Journal
"I feel there's a cost when voices are missing from the room," one judge testified. "That cost is not theoretical. It is real. Diversity makes for a better judiciary, and that in turn helps fulfill our promise of justice for all."
By Jacqueline Thomsen
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March 18, 2021 | National Law Journal
Republican attorneys general are filing their lawsuits against Biden in circuits featuring conservative majorities on the appeals courts, and a number of Trump-appointed judges have been tapped to preside over the cases.
By Jacqueline Thomsen
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March 1, 2021 | National Law Journal
The government can obtain a "rebuttable presumption" in favor of detention if a federal judge finds there's probable cause the defendant committed certain offenses, including destruction of government property. Several of the Capitol rioters are facing that charge.
By Jacqueline Thomsen
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February 26, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Lawmakers repeatedly referenced the Capitol siege during this week's hearings on the judiciary's FY22 funding request.
By Jacqueline Thomsen
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February 22, 2021 | National Law Journal
"My job is to protect the Department of Justice and its employees in going about their job and doing the right thing under the facts and the law," Garland said.
By Jacqueline Thomsen
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February 16, 2021 | National Law Journal
Attorneys with Cohen Milstein and the NAACP allege the Jan. 6 riots were "the intended and foreseeable culmination of a carefully coordinated campaign to interfere with the legal process required to confirm the tally of votes cast in the Electoral College."
By Jacqueline Thomsen
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February 13, 2021 | National Law Journal
The constitutional arguments made by Trump's defense counsel were largely panned, but most Senate Republicans still voted to acquit the former president.
By Jacqueline Thomsen
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