Chris Geidner

at this point, i honestly don't believe anyone is real unless i've met you or at least talked to you

"practising," eh.

Enh. That's not helpful. This is important reporting.

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Open to arguments, but it seems that if you consider the story itself to have risen to the newsworthy and publication-ready point (i.e., 1), then you almost always have a responsibility to name the person when dealing with a government employee — as part of the news and so not to impugn others..

Does the Post have a history of (1) reporting on allegations of serious wrongdoing by a then-federal employee, yet (2) not naming the person accused because the Post has not "independently confirmed" the allegations, while nonetheless (3) allowing the unnamed person to deny the allegations?

Randy Herman @randyhermanlaw.com • 2h Judge: your surreply claims these quotations were "inadvertently included". What do you mean by that? Renfer: I mean that I thought I had reviewed the document and checked the citations but I guess I didn't © 267 Randy Herman @randyhermanlaw.com • 2h Judge: you intentionally drafted this with Al and you intentionally filed it with the court without checking it. How is this accidental? Why weren't you candid with the court? 3 门 53 0 376 刀的… Randy Herman @randyhermanlaw.com • 2h Judge: attorneys, and particularly those with the awesome power of the US Attorney's office, have a responsibility to be candid 2 ≥ 15. © 270 刀的… Randy Herman @randyhermanlaw.com • 2h Renfer: the issue is whether I tried to deceive the court. I didn't intentionally deceive the court. I just made a mistake.

I ... am so glad that @randyhermanlaw.com was at this hearing.

This guy is unreal.

Check out the footnote for ... more questions.

Indeed. (Always read Law Dork! And subscribe! And pay!)
www.lawdork.com/p/posse-comi...

tl;dr: It's not just this guy.

Trump admin effort to claim Kari Lake had power over Voice of America was illegal, judge rules "The Court declines Lake’s invitation to do such violence to the statutory and constitutional scheme," Judge Lamberth ruled on Saturday. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.

And, of course, there is the questionable explanation of a different federal law noted by Judge Lamberth over the weekend in the Kari Lake case, which I discussed here: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...

FWIW, this echoes a misquote that I caught in the Minnesota case I covered this morning — www.lawdork.com/p/posse-comi... — relating to the text of a federal law.

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Welp. Today in embarrassing DOJ hearings ...

Background information here:

70s style office building

Hello and welcome on the Terry Sanford Federal Building in beautiful downtown Raleigh, NC where I will be live-posting a show cause hearing starting at 4:00 ET

This is a threeeead.

No. 25A964 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States CHARLES L. BURTON, JR., Petitioner, JOHN Q. HAMM, COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent MOTION TO WITHDRAW APPLICATION FOR STAY OF EXECUTION PENDING PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI MATT SCHULZ SUPREME COURT BAR # 306494 Counsel of Record DONNA VENABLE FEDERAL DEFENDERS FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

Charles L. Burton, Jr., respectfully moves to withdraw his Application for Stay of Execution Pending Petition for Writ of Certiorari, filed on March 3, 2026, as moot following Governor Kay Ivey’s grant of executive clemency on March 10, 2026. Because Mr. Burton no longer faces execution, a stay is no longer necessary for this Court to have adequate time to consider his Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Respectfully submitted, MATT SCHULZ Counsel of Record FEDERAL DEFENDERS FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

And, there we go ...

Sonny Burton's SCOTUS application for a stay of execution is being withdrawn because it is no longer needed.

this is stupid.

Please help me share the post below. I don’t have a huge following, but this nomination is a bit under the radar and deserves more attention. His committee vote is this Thursday.

Sherrod is right there, Ohio.

Fix this, friends.

Jesus.

(Would weep.)

STATE OF ALABAMA March 10, 2026 John Q. Hamm, Commissioner Alabama Department of Corrections 301 S. Ripley Street Montgomery, AL 36130 Dear Commissioner Hamm: Pursuant to the authority granted to the Governor of Alabama by the Alabama Constitution, I hereby commute the death sentence of Charles Lee Burton to life imprisonment without parole. See Ala. Const. art. V, § 124 (governor's power to grant reprieves and commutations to persons under sentence of death); Ala. Code § 15-22-27(b) ("[a]ny person whose sentence to death has been commuted by the Governor shall not be eligible for a parole"). Prior to exercising this power, I notified a designated member of the family of the victim, Mr. Doug Battle. I also notified the Attorney General. Sincerely, 似 Kay Ivey Governor

UPDATE: Law Dork has been provided a copy of Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey's commutation of Charles "Sonny" Burton. www.lawdork.com/p/alabama-so...

STATE OF ALABAMA March 10, 2026 John Q. Hamm, Commissioner Alabama Department of Corrections 301 S. Ripley Street Montgomery, AL 36130 Dear Commissioner Hamm: Pursuant to the authority granted to the Governor of Alabama by the Alabama Constitution, I hereby commute the death sentence of Charles Lee Burton to life imprisonment without parole. See Ala. Const. art. V, § 124 (governor's power to grant reprieves and commutations to persons under sentence of death); Ala. Code § 15-22-27(b) ("[a]ny person whose sentence to death has been commuted by the Governor shall not be eligible for a parole"). Prior to exercising this power, I notified a designated member of the family of the victim, Mr. Doug Battle. I also notified the Attorney General. Sincerely, 似 Kay Ivey Governor

UPDATE: Law Dork has been provided a copy of Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey's commutation of Charles "Sonny" Burton. www.lawdork.com/p/alabama-so...

DHS Ousts CBP Privacy Officers Who Questioned ‘Illegal’ Orders Department of Homeland Security leaders removed top privacy officers who objected to mislabeling government records to block their public release, WIRED has learned.

Scoop: DHS ousted multiple privacy officers at CBP after they questioned orders to purposely mislabel records about government surveillance to prevent their release under FOIA.

Indeed!

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Credit Bureaus Are Leaving More Mistakes on Frustrated Consumers’ Reports Under Trump’s CFPB The credit bureaus have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help since the Trump administration began dismantling the CFPB.

Since the CFPB has been stripped of its power, Credit Bureaus aren't correcting mistakes on consumers' credit reports.
www.propublica.org/article/cred...

lmao / and correct

This is very much needed and a good start. Read the full thread from @jimmyhoover.bsky.social —>