November 17, 2025 | Steve Vladeck | One First Substack Deputy Attorney General Blanche’s attack on lower courts is an impressive combination of light on substance; shamelessly hypocritical; and profoundly dangerous. More people should be condemning it. Read more
November 16, 2025 | John E. Jones III | Penn Live When the second-highest official at the Department of Justice calls for a “war” on federal judges, every American, regardless of party, should be alarmed. At a recent gathering of…
November 14, 2025 | Breanne Deppisch | Fox News A group of former federal judges sharply criticized a top Justice Department official this week for characterizing the court fights playing out in President Donald Trump’s second term as a “war”…
November 14, 2025 | June Grasso | Bloomberg Podcasts Federal judge John E. Jones III, formerly of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, discusses the second-in-command at the Justice Department, Todd Blanche, saying the department is…
November 13, 2025 | Rose Krebs | Law 360 A group of former federal judges on Thursday condemned what they called “inflammatory remarks” last week by Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche detailing the U.S. Department of Justice’s “war” with……
Nov. 13, 2025 | Jacqueline Thomsen | Bloomberg A group of former federal judges is pushing back against a Trump administration official’s call for attorneys to join the “war” against the judiciary. The Keep Our Republic’s Article III Coalition said…
November 13, 2025 | Alex Swoyer | Washington Times Former judges are disputing Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s comments when he said it’s time to declare war on activist judges as the administration fights in courts to defend President Trump’s…
Nov. 4, 2025 | Alex Aronson | Legal AF Judges O’Malley and Kugler joined the LegalAF Podcast for another episode. Watch on YouTube
Oct. 19, 2025 | Holly Otterbein | AXIOS Nine months into Donald Trump’s presidency, young people in a Pennsylvania focus group were apathetic about the midterm elections and didn’t display much enthusiasm for the Democratic Party. Why it matters: Young…
Two former federal judges discuss how courts are handling the enormous stress being put on the legal system. Oct. 8, 2025 | Natalie K. Orpett, Philip M. Pro, Jeremy Fogel, Jen Patja | Lawfare On today’s podcast, Executive Editor Natalie Orpett…