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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.
June 30, 2021 | National Law Journal
Labor lawyer Jennifer Sung and Virginia solicitor general Toby Heytens are President Joe Biden's picks for appellate vacancies.
By Jacqueline Thomsen
6 minute read
June 24, 2021 | National Law Journal
One of the bipartisan bills would let federal judges authorize the broadcast of proceedings in their courts. The second piece of legislation would require the Supreme Court to allow television coverage of its arguments.
By Jacqueline Thomsen
4 minute read
June 18, 2021 | National Law Journal
"This recent decision underscores that Texas and Louisiana cannot establish standing here," a Biden DOJ official told a federal court of a GOP lawsuit challenging an immigration policy.
By Marcia Coyle | Jacqueline Thomsen
5 minute read
June 4, 2021 | National Law Journal
Lawyers and legal experts said they believe it's important for judicial opinions to be accessible to the general public, but they're split on whether the pop culture references are effective in achieving that goal.
By Jacqueline Thomsen
8 minute read
April 30, 2021 | National Law Journal
President Joe Biden's nominees are changing the face of the judiciary.
By Jacqueline Thomsen
1 minute read
April 23, 2021 | The Recorder
The Biden Justice Department this week agreed to pay $1.5 million in attorney fees to end a Trump-era census lawsuit after the Trump DOJ paid roughly $9 million to resolve litigation over the failed attempt to add a citizenship question to the census.
By Jacqueline Thomsen
1 minute read
April 22, 2021 | National Law Journal
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the defendant's religious beliefs wouldn't play into her ruling for his release, but raised concerns about whether he'd follow her orders.
By Jacqueline Thomsen
1 minute read
April 20, 2021 | National Law Journal
"Shedding tears for [George Floyd's] family, for the witnesses and community traumatized by this killing. For those who protested and still protest demanding change. The heaviness remains. But step-by-step. Step-by-step," said Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
By Nate Robson | Jacqueline Thomsen | Alaina Lancaster
1 minute read
April 15, 2021 | The Recorder
Democrats' bill to expand the U.S. Supreme Court may be all but dead on arrival in Congress—but lawmakers have their eyes on a number of other pieces of legislation touching the federal courts.
By Jacqueline Thomsen
1 minute read
April 9, 2021 | National Law Journal
Eighteen of the commission members clerked at the Supreme Court for current or former justices including Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Antonin Scalia, John Roberts Jr., Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, David Souter, Thurgood Marshall and John Paul Stevens.
By Marcia Coyle | Jacqueline Thomsen
1 minute read
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