JP Collins
@profjpc.bsky.social
Law prof at GW Law. New Yorker turned Virginian. Former SDNY clerk and litigator at Sullivan & Cromwell. Studying and writing about court admin and the judiciary. #LFGM #COYS Papers here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=22389
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Here Are the Last Judicial Nominees Trump Wants Confirmed Before the Midterms
A few frantic weeks during the Senate’s lame-duck session could shape voting rights, immigration law, and presidential power for a generation.
ballsandstrikes.org
The Senate is back next week for one last four week session before the midterms. Here's everything you need to know about the state of play for Trump's awful judicial nominees:
I thought this was supposed to be a good matchup
September 18, 2026 at 1:03 AM
I thought this was supposed to be a good matchup
This new Buffalo stadium looks like a beautiful place for the Jets to lose later this season
September 18, 2026 at 12:17 AM
This new Buffalo stadium looks like a beautiful place for the Jets to lose later this season
FWIW, Judge Loken is 86 years old and the only thing standing between us and Judge Ilan Wurman.
Good heavens, Chris is not joking. The first portion of this hearing is just Judge Loken giving a rambling monologue about the upcoming election and situation in Missouri.
It his highly unusual to start an oral argument with a judge filibustering.
It his highly unusual to start an oral argument with a judge filibustering.
The first 10 minutes of today's Onder v. von Glahn arguments at the Eighth Circuit is just Loken doing ... something. media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2026...
September 17, 2026 at 11:37 PM
FWIW, Judge Loken is 86 years old and the only thing standing between us and Judge Ilan Wurman.
Finally some good news!
We are pleased to report that the nightmare is greatly exaggerated.
In all likelihood, you'd die almost instantly! 🤗
www.popsci.com/science/coul...
In all likelihood, you'd die almost instantly! 🤗
www.popsci.com/science/coul...
Could a whale really swallow a human? We asked a biologist.
The new thriller ‘Whalefall’ depicts a diver trapped inside of a sperm whale.
www.popsci.com
September 17, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Finally some good news!
Why does he have access to Twitter?
September 17, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Why does he have access to Twitter?
Also making edits is so much easier than inputting them. I’d hire an RA to do it but deciphering my handwriting would probably require hazard pay and that’s not in my budget.
September 17, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Also making edits is so much easier than inputting them. I’d hire an RA to do it but deciphering my handwriting would probably require hazard pay and that’s not in my budget.
There is no good writing only good rewriting exhibit 7,835
September 17, 2026 at 10:16 PM
There is no good writing only good rewriting exhibit 7,835
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Your Grandad Cyclops talks about his school days
September 16, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Your Grandad Cyclops talks about his school days
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Yesterday, the CA3 vacated an opinion filed on Sept. 1 and issued an amended opinion, which contained the below footnote about Judge Mascott's views on the case. The case was argued over the summer, so perhaps she was distracted by her other job and didn't read the opinion before it was filed.
September 16, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Yesterday, the CA3 vacated an opinion filed on Sept. 1 and issued an amended opinion, which contained the below footnote about Judge Mascott's views on the case. The case was argued over the summer, so perhaps she was distracted by her other job and didn't read the opinion before it was filed.
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This is a fascinating story. The Alaska senate was so outraged by the attorney general bringing in a complete outsider for this role that they rejected his nomination. Lorence didn't last long either. She's now of counsel at Cooper & Kirk after less than a year on the job.
I missed this but back in October, Alaska appointed Jenna Lorence, daughter of First Liberty / Alliance Defending Freedom lawyer Jordan Lorence, as its first state solicitor general. She doesn't seem to have any connection to Alaska, and previously worked in the Indiana and Kentucky SG offices.
September 16, 2026 at 4:33 PM
This is a fascinating story. The Alaska senate was so outraged by the attorney general bringing in a complete outsider for this role that they rejected his nomination. Lorence didn't last long either. She's now of counsel at Cooper & Kirk after less than a year on the job.
This is a fascinating story. The Alaska senate was so outraged by the attorney general bringing in a complete outsider for this role that they rejected his nomination. Lorence didn't last long either. She's now of counsel at Cooper & Kirk after less than a year on the job.
I missed this but back in October, Alaska appointed Jenna Lorence, daughter of First Liberty / Alliance Defending Freedom lawyer Jordan Lorence, as its first state solicitor general. She doesn't seem to have any connection to Alaska, and previously worked in the Indiana and Kentucky SG offices.
September 16, 2026 at 4:33 PM
This is a fascinating story. The Alaska senate was so outraged by the attorney general bringing in a complete outsider for this role that they rejected his nomination. Lorence didn't last long either. She's now of counsel at Cooper & Kirk after less than a year on the job.
He always did things his own way
I will never miss an opportunity to share this photo of Judge Posner--or to inform students that this is not how one should hold a cat
September 16, 2026 at 1:54 PM
He always did things his own way
Yesterday, the CA3 vacated an opinion filed on Sept. 1 and issued an amended opinion, which contained the below footnote about Judge Mascott's views on the case. The case was argued over the summer, so perhaps she was distracted by her other job and didn't read the opinion before it was filed.
September 16, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Yesterday, the CA3 vacated an opinion filed on Sept. 1 and issued an amended opinion, which contained the below footnote about Judge Mascott's views on the case. The case was argued over the summer, so perhaps she was distracted by her other job and didn't read the opinion before it was filed.
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My latest: With Republican control of the U.S. Senate in doubt, President Donald Trump's White House is pushing to confirm as many new federal judges as possible before the year's end. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Trump faces tight timeline to appoint judges as midterms loom
The White House is pushing to confirm a raft of new federal judges before the year's end.
www.reuters.com
September 16, 2026 at 11:13 AM
My latest: With Republican control of the U.S. Senate in doubt, President Donald Trump's White House is pushing to confirm as many new federal judges as possible before the year's end. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
He’s so close to getting it with that last line. Alas!
Every judicial nominee Trump sends to the Senate for the rest of his term is auditioning to prove that same loyalty. Senate Democrats have no business helping to confirm a single one.
September 15, 2026 at 8:41 PM
He’s so close to getting it with that last line. Alas!
There was a time not that long ago when lateraling in as a partner at S&C just didn't happen. Now it's every week!
Sullivan & Cromwell Raids Kirkland's Private Equity Team | Law.com
Sullivan & Cromwell is adding four partners from Kirkland & Ellis, as competition accelerates for PE partners.
www.law.com
September 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
There was a time not that long ago when lateraling in as a partner at S&C just didn't happen. Now it's every week!
what
PATEL: The previous regulation automatically disqualified any individual who participated in either side of it
KENNEDY: Either side of beastiality? So you disqualified the animal?
P: Well, we have great canines, but we're not going to disqualify them
K: I'm trying to understand why you did this.
KENNEDY: Either side of beastiality? So you disqualified the animal?
P: Well, we have great canines, but we're not going to disqualify them
K: I'm trying to understand why you did this.
September 15, 2026 at 3:56 PM
what
Another mini en banc decision from the Second Circuit
September 15, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Another mini en banc decision from the Second Circuit
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to celebrate Don Jr’s engagement here he is proposing to his first wife Vanessa in a mall jewelry store in exchange for a comped ring nypost.com/2004/11/12/t...
December 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
to celebrate Don Jr’s engagement here he is proposing to his first wife Vanessa in a mall jewelry store in exchange for a comped ring nypost.com/2004/11/12/t...
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Not very green of me, but there’s no substitute for working with hard copies
September 14, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Not very green of me, but there’s no substitute for working with hard copies
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The Senate has convened...
There is one vote at 5:30 p.m. on cloture on the nomination of Matthew Byrne to be a US District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio.
www.dailypress.senate.gov
There is one vote at 5:30 p.m. on cloture on the nomination of Matthew Byrne to be a US District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio.
www.dailypress.senate.gov
September 14, 2026 at 7:01 PM
The Senate has convened...
There is one vote at 5:30 p.m. on cloture on the nomination of Matthew Byrne to be a US District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio.
www.dailypress.senate.gov
There is one vote at 5:30 p.m. on cloture on the nomination of Matthew Byrne to be a US District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio.
www.dailypress.senate.gov
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Leader Thune filed cloture on the nomination of Kasdin Miller Mitchell to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas.
September 14, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Leader Thune filed cloture on the nomination of Kasdin Miller Mitchell to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas.
Not very green of me, but there’s no substitute for working with hard copies
September 14, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Not very green of me, but there’s no substitute for working with hard copies