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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. The system was never perfect, but it worked on a certain level. The SCOTUS seems to be turning everything on its ear, and often through the shadow docket with no explanation or guidance.

I’m a former civil AUSA with a lot of appellate experience, and the direction to which the DOJ and the SCOTUS have pivoted are disorienting to me. It seems justice no longer matters if it doesn’t suit the politics of this administration and the six conservative members of the Court. [/quote]

Former fed attorney here and I so agree. It all feels so made up now. I used to be in an agency OGC and worked closely with DOJ on cases and it felt like there was so much internal process and we took it all so seriously. Like we were building something that mattered, or the courts would really look at the agency preamble and record and the arguments in the briefs. Now it feels like it was all pretty pointless.[/quote]

A lot of my appellate cases were immigration matters, and I'm truly shocked at the actions that ICE is taking and DOJ is defending. I sent so many garbage cases back to ICE and USCIS with essentially no question and the full backing of DOJ, and now I find myself actually concerned that this SCOTUS is going to mess with birthright citizenship! Not only are attorneys out there wiling to support this grim and blatant affront to the Constitution, but they are working for the agency that was once proud to say its job was about "justice" first and foremost? Who are these people? Why did I even bother trying to do the right thing?[/quote]

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