Main Justice carries the story. The gist of the ruling is that a policy-level lawyer stepped in to decide the case and administer the discipline -- when it should have been reviewed and decided by rank and file lawyers at DOJ.
As I've seen the DOJ's internal discipline process play out, I've wondered why the DOJ does the disciplining of the DOJ lawyers. The process seems plagued by cozy insider-ism punctuated by the occasional burst of politically inspired discipline. I suppose there's no one else who can do the disciplining.
As I've seen the DOJ's internal discipline process play out, I've wondered why the DOJ does the disciplining of the DOJ lawyers. The process seems plagued by cozy insider-ism punctuated by the occasional burst of politically inspired discipline. I suppose there's no one else who can do the disciplining.