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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JP Collins
@profjpc.bsky.social
· Dec 19
How Trump Is Making the Federal Judiciary Younger, Whiter, and More Republican
Trump’s first year of second-term judicial nominations could have been worse. It is still very bad.
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Trump's 2025 judicial appointments year in review: it was bad, but could have been worse.
Is there a single American institution that doesn't need to be rebuilt from the ground up?
February 4, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Is there a single American institution that doesn't need to be rebuilt from the ground up?
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Four more nominees (Davis, Wolfe, Shepherd, and St. John) will have their hearing tomorrow. And that's it. As far as we know, there are no other nominees pending anywhere in the Senate.
Busy week for Trump's judges in the Senate. Two were confirmed today (Fowlkes and Ganjei), two will be confirmed tomorrow (Peterson and Benton), another will probably be confirmed on Thursday (Lea), and cloture was filed on another today (Olson). This would clear the floor.
February 3, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Four more nominees (Davis, Wolfe, Shepherd, and St. John) will have their hearing tomorrow. And that's it. As far as we know, there are no other nominees pending anywhere in the Senate.
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Busy week for Trump's judges in the Senate. Two were confirmed today (Fowlkes and Ganjei), two will be confirmed tomorrow (Peterson and Benton), another will probably be confirmed on Thursday (Lea), and cloture was filed on another today (Olson). This would clear the floor.
February 3, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Busy week for Trump's judges in the Senate. Two were confirmed today (Fowlkes and Ganjei), two will be confirmed tomorrow (Peterson and Benton), another will probably be confirmed on Thursday (Lea), and cloture was filed on another today (Olson). This would clear the floor.
Four more nominees (Davis, Wolfe, Shepherd, and St. John) will have their hearing tomorrow. And that's it. As far as we know, there are no other nominees pending anywhere in the Senate.
Busy week for Trump's judges in the Senate. Two were confirmed today (Fowlkes and Ganjei), two will be confirmed tomorrow (Peterson and Benton), another will probably be confirmed on Thursday (Lea), and cloture was filed on another today (Olson). This would clear the floor.
February 3, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Four more nominees (Davis, Wolfe, Shepherd, and St. John) will have their hearing tomorrow. And that's it. As far as we know, there are no other nominees pending anywhere in the Senate.
Busy week for Trump's judges in the Senate. Two were confirmed today (Fowlkes and Ganjei), two will be confirmed tomorrow (Peterson and Benton), another will probably be confirmed on Thursday (Lea), and cloture was filed on another today (Olson). This would clear the floor.
February 3, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Busy week for Trump's judges in the Senate. Two were confirmed today (Fowlkes and Ganjei), two will be confirmed tomorrow (Peterson and Benton), another will probably be confirmed on Thursday (Lea), and cloture was filed on another today (Olson). This would clear the floor.
Tremendous ratio in the works here
February 3, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Tremendous ratio in the works here
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The rumored Trump pick to be U.S. Attorney for New Jersey has under five years of legal experience but is proficient in Microsoft Excel and Office
February 3, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The rumored Trump pick to be U.S. Attorney for New Jersey has under five years of legal experience but is proficient in Microsoft Excel and Office
Durbin, Hassan, Kaine, Shaheen, sure. Proud enablers, the lot of them.
But I appear to have grossly overestimated Senator Whitehouse's appetite for a fight.
But I appear to have grossly overestimated Senator Whitehouse's appetite for a fight.
By a vote of 54-40, the #Senate confirmed the nomination of David Clay Fowlkes to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.
Dems voting in favor: Durbin, Hassan, Kaine, Shaheen, and Whitehouse.
Dems voting in favor: Durbin, Hassan, Kaine, Shaheen, and Whitehouse.
February 3, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Durbin, Hassan, Kaine, Shaheen, sure. Proud enablers, the lot of them.
But I appear to have grossly overestimated Senator Whitehouse's appetite for a fight.
But I appear to have grossly overestimated Senator Whitehouse's appetite for a fight.
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I like how the picture choice makes it look like he’s hearing the news
NEWS: The New York Giants are hiring Matt Nagy to be their next offensive coordinator, per source.
John Harbaugh has his new OC.
John Harbaugh has his new OC.
February 3, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I like how the picture choice makes it look like he’s hearing the news
Will probably sell better if he’s still a sitting Supreme Court Justice in October, which I guess is “good” news
just learned that Justice Sam Alito has a book coming out in October called "So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country" and wow I already hate it
February 3, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Will probably sell better if he’s still a sitting Supreme Court Justice in October, which I guess is “good” news
Won’t be long until it’s “you’re just jealous you weren’t invited”
February 3, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Won’t be long until it’s “you’re just jealous you weren’t invited”
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What tier will show me where the fish lives?
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February 2, 2026 at 9:22 PM
What tier will show me where the fish lives?
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like this is absurd, get over yourselves
February 2, 2026 at 1:57 PM
like this is absurd, get over yourselves
Send in De Blasio
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil is said to have seen his shadow, predicting 6 more weeks of winter weather.
February 2, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Send in De Blasio
In a little over a week, it could get all the way up to 40 degrees!
a woman is standing on a sandy beach with the words beach time written below her
ALT: a woman is standing on a sandy beach with the words beach time written below her
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February 2, 2026 at 12:02 PM
In a little over a week, it could get all the way up to 40 degrees!
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Jodi Kantor in the NY Times reports that the Chief Justice requested Court employees sign nondisclosure agreements in November 2024 - moving to formal contracts requiring silence/confidentiality after Trump was reelected: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
February 2, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Jodi Kantor in the NY Times reports that the Chief Justice requested Court employees sign nondisclosure agreements in November 2024 - moving to formal contracts requiring silence/confidentiality after Trump was reelected: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Uh, just for the record, Wolf Trap loves Trump and should be left alone accordingly, thank you, we won’t be taking questions
February 1, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Uh, just for the record, Wolf Trap loves Trump and should be left alone accordingly, thank you, we won’t be taking questions
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