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The Courts Are Doing Their Job. The Press Just Isn't Writing That Story.
10/31/2026
"Why do you need this?" a Ninth Circuit judge asked a Justice Department lawyer on Thursday. "You can't prosecute anybody in four days. You can't convict them in four days. ... Why do you need this?" The lawyer's answer was refreshingly honest: the government has "a serious inter…
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