Lawyers want to send Trump a message in New Jersey: Free accused criminals - POLITICO

That's the remedy some defense attorneys are now urging a federal judge to consider amid an escalating standoff over who is legally allowed to run the New Jersey U.S. Attorney's Office...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/30/lawyers-want-to-send-trump-a-message-in-new-jersey-free-accused-criminals-00756603 

 

 

CBS News staffers react to Barri Weiss being named editor-in-chief: ‘It’s utterly depressing’

"It's utterly depressing. Somebody who has zero experience in television news or even hard news for that matter... but with a clearly defined political agenda," said another staffer. "It's hard to see this as anything more than an attempt to bend the knee completely." 

They added: "It's early days and we don't know exactly how it's going to pan out … or what she will do with her role, but she is the last person who should be brought in to CBS."…

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/oct/07/cbs-news-staffers-react-bari-weiss-appointment

 

Tulsi Gabbard Is a Uniquely Bad Choice For Director of National Intelligence – Mother Jones

Trump plans to put Gabbard, a dabbler in conspiracy theories, in a job overseeing 18 spy agencies, with responsibility for preparing the president's daily intelligence briefing…

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/tulsi-gabbard-dni-intelligence-trump-appointment/

Trump demands Senate allow him to circumvent hearings to appoint cabinet

Trump urges support from Rick Scott, John Thune and John Cornyn for 'recess appointments' while US Senate is paused…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/11/trump-senate-administration-hearings

Trump challenges special counsel Jack Smith appointment in Jan. 6 case - The Washington Post

In a court filing, Trump attorneys John Lauro and Todd Blanche cited Thomas's concurring opinion in the Supreme Court's landmark presidential immunity decision this summer in which the justice suggested that Congress had not adequately established the office of special counsel by law...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/10/24/trump-challenges-jack-smith-appointment/

Fact check: Are Colorado Supreme Court justices ‘unelected,’ as GOP has claimed? | CNN Politics

Facts First: These comments aren't entirely accurate. In Colorado, supreme court justices are initially appointed by governors but then have to face the voters by running in statewide retention elections. Colorado voters previously chose to keep all four justices who were in the 4-3 majority that ruled against Trump...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/20/politics/facts-first-colorado-supreme-court-justices-unelected/index.html

Biden administration poised to ‘repair’ judiciary after Senate majority

"President Biden has the chance to confirm as many judges as President Trump did," Kang said. "He's certainly well on his way to leaving his mark on the bench."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/31/biden-transform-us-judiciary-senate-confirmations

Opinion | Biden's judicial appointments are his biggest unnoticed success - The Washington Post

Biden has had 75 judges confirmed, more than any president at this point in his term since John F. Kennedy. - Seventy-six percent of Biden's confirmed judges are women, more than any president in history. Obama ended up with 42 percent women among his appointees; Trump had only 24 percent, while Bill Clinton had 28 percent. - A full 65 percent of Biden's appointees have been non-White, compared to 40 percent for Obama and 12 percent for Trump at this stage…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/09/biden-courts-judges-appointments-his-biggest-unnoticed-success/

Kellyanne Conway didn't belong on the Air Force Academy board

… there's not a lot of room for any suit here. Appointees serve at the pleasure of the president no matter how long the term is — and the president ain't happy.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/kellyanne-conway-didn-t-belong-air-force-academy-board-n1278845

A year at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals shows Trump’s devastating impact.

With the help of Senate Republicans, Donald Trump spent the first three years of his presidency remaking the federal judiciary in his own image. The president has appointed 133 district court judges, 50 appeals court judges, and two Supreme Court justices—meaning about one-fifth of the nation’s federal trial judges, and one-fourth of its federal appellate judges, are Trump appointees. These jurists are leading a conservative revolution that will upend decades of precedent and enshrine reactionary policies into the law.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/12/fifth-circuit-trump-judges-devastating.html

Storm clouds loom as Trump loyalist Grenell becomes acting intelligence chief | TheHill

The president’s selection of Amb. Richard Grenell as acting director of national intelligence (DNI) has raised eyebrows with many national security experts. Grenell lacks experience with the intelligence profession, a feature all previous DNIs have brought to the position since ODNI was created in 2004. He similarly lacks experience overseeing a complex enterprise like the U.S. intelligence community.
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/484086-storm-clouds-loom-as-trump-loyalist-grenell-becomes-acting

Nepotism and partisanship in the US civil service is reaching a crisis point | Preet Bharara - the guardian

Here is how we can reform the political appointments process to protect government decision-making from political patronage or nepotism ....
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/14/nepotism-partisanship-us-civil-service

Polo ponies and private planes: Trump impeachment fight deepens a rift among ambassadors - POLITICO

The congressional investigation into Trump has unearthed findings that are leading some diplomats to demand a revamp of how ambassadors are appointed.....
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/13/trump-ambassadors-impeachment-044039?cid=apn