Todd Blanche Disgrace Train Rolls On | Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer

Todd Blanche Disgrace Train Rolls On | Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer

July 1, 2026 · 36 min · Season 1 · Episode 470

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The episode discusses the controversies surrounding Todd Blanche and Judge Pauline Newman, along with the implications of AI on legal resumes.

Supreme Court ignores Judge Newman's rights. ----- All the news that's fit to print agrees that Todd Blanche isn't fit to head the Department of Justice. Something about the whole transforming the DOJ into a weaponized arm of Donald Trump's political grievances thing. The Supreme Court dodged the ongoing Judge Pauline Newman debacle in the Federal Circuit. Her fellow judges have performed an end run around the Constitution, and the rest of the judiciary seems content to just look the other way. And as more folks use AI to brush up their resumes, its biases keep coming out. But does it really produce different legal resumes for men and women? Subscribe to Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer: https://play.megaphone.fm/lpff6i7nq9wlb-pkdudwtw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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