Dani Schulkin

Reminder that today is also the last day of the deferred resignation program, which means thousands of career employees (including—per @justiceconnection.bsky.social—4500 DOJ employees) end their jobs today, let alone whatever will happen with the shutdown.

Every day a team at @justsecurity.org tracks litigation updates nationwide, surfacing fast-moving shifts in core areas of law. Proud of this work and proud of this team.

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This is a fascinating -- and troubling -- development: consent decrees are being used as a tool for deregulation. John and Aaron explain why courts should be cautious in letting this tactic slide...

Another important piece from @margyoh.bsky.social 👇

Come work with me! Very excited to announce this new opportunity. If you know someone organized, curious, and passionate about democracy + rule of law, please send them our way.

Embracing the Purely Adjudicatory Administrative Agency: The Case for a Labor Court The recent decision in SpaceX v. NLRB heightens the urgency for those litigating like cases to reconsider their approach.

The 5th Circuit just ruled the NLRB’s structure unconstitutional, raising questions about the independence of multimember agencies.

Samuel Estreicher proposes a new “Labor Court” to preserve administrative adjudication and address constitutional concerns.

www.justsecurity.org/119345/embra...

Sigh. Big decision out of CA5 finding the structure of the NLRB unconstitutional. A death knell for the New Deal agency:

www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...

Continuing to track the litigation landscape every day. New from me and @rgoodlaw.bsky.social 👇

Next up in our series: @abigailbellows.bsky.social explains the toll of corruption 👇

The Human Costs of Systemic Corruption When core functions of the state become warped into tools of personal enrichment or political control, ordinary people suffer.

1/ Kickbacks, conflicts of interest, and collusion may seem abstract, but their impact on people’s health, livelihoods, and security is all too real.

@abigailbellows.bsky.social explains the human costs of systemic corruption:

www.justsecurity.org/118796/human...

Next up in our When Guardrails Erode series: what is happening to FOIA offices across the federal government .

See below for more from Amanda Teuscher from @weareoversight.bsky.social and stay tuned for new updates to the anti-corruption tracker today. ⤵️

Read below for our first essay in our #WhenGuardrailsErode series.

The short of it? #FCPA enforcement will continue, just not by the United States.

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See more for our overall approach to the series here 👇

@amymarkopoulos.bsky.social and I have been hard at work cataloguing evidence of erosion of our anti-corruption systems across the executive branch. And today we are releasing a two‑part project at @justsecurity.org that documents just how these federal oversight safeguards are being dismantled.

Dropping U.S. Biodefenses: Why Cuts to Federal Health Agencies Make Americans Less Safe The Trump administration's sweeping changes to the Department of Health and Human Services will make the United States highly insecure, not healthy.

United States Drops Its Biodefense Systems

A Must Read.

Two brilliant public health experts: Dr. Stephanie Psaki
(@spsaki.bsky.social) and Dr. Beth Cameron (@bethcameron-dc.bsky.social)

Clear and detailed examination of what very recent HHS cuts mean and indicators for all of us to watch.