Madden and Soto, Lawyers/Abogados

06/01/2026

The choice for expanding the FISC’s role should not be viewed as a binary one.

Congress has more options than “warrant” or “status quo” when crafting a role for the FISC under FISA Section 702.

05/28/2026

“Whether due to confusion, oversight, an overly hurried jury selection process, or some other cause, things broke down, and the ordinary trial-court procedure for resolving Batson claims at step three never occurred—notwithstanding the repeated efforts of Pitchford’s counsel to pursue and preserve the Batson objection.”

(Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)The Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a Mississippi man’s conviction and death sentence. By a vote of 5-4, the court in Pitchford v. Cain agreed with Terry Pitchford that the judge at his 2006 trial had not properly analyzed whether the prosecutor in Pitchf...

05/28/2026

The probe is just the latest among a series of investigations launched by the department into political foes of President Trump, a number of which have faced significant obstacles in the courts and grand juries.

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05/27/2026

“The purported ‘settlement’ that was publicly disclosed after this court dismissed this matter raises profound questions about the parties’ candor toward the court and manipulation of the judicial system, which threatens to undermine confidence in the administration of justice.”

A bipartisan group of 35 former federal judges on Wednesday asked the judge who oversaw President Trump’s remarkable lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service to reopen the case and conduct an inquiry into whether the hasty deal to resolve it could be challenged as an act of fraud.

The motion was particularly significant because it asked the judge overseeing the initial suit against the I.R.S. to examine the terms of the deal.

05/24/2026

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05/23/2026

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05/23/2026

Former DOJ prosecutor Brendan Ballou quit when Trump started pardoning Jan 6 rioters. Now, he's the lead attorney in a lawsuit filed by Officers Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges to shut down Trump’s rioter payout slush fund.

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Former DOJ prosecutor Brendan Ballou quit when Trump started pardoning Jan 6 rioters. Now, he's the lead attorney in a lawsuit filed by Officers Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges to shut down Trump’s rioter payout slush fund. Read the full story here: https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/the-resistance-hits-back-hard-jan

05/22/2026

“The objective evidence here shows that, absent Abrego’s successful lawsuit challenging his removal to El Salvador, the Government would not have brought this prosecution."

A federal judge wrote that the investigation against Abrego in Tennessee was reopened to justify the administration’s decision to deport him to El Salvador.

05/22/2026

Before two separate grand juries last year, a federal prosecutor repeatedly stepped over the line, including “vouching” about the strength of the evidence, telling panel members who disagreed with the prosecution’s theory of the case that they could just leave, and having “ex parte” communications with a grand juror outside the proceedings.

Just five days before a jury trial was set to begin, federal prosecutors have dismissed all remaining counts in the “Broadview Six” case.

05/21/2026

Aimee Bock, the convicted ringleader of the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme in Minnesota, was sentenced to more than 40 years in prison.

The ringleader of the sprawling Feeding Our Future fraud scheme will be sentenced in federal court on Thursday morning.