youtube.com/shorts/Y6_jF... Congress has abdicated its oversight responsibility over the federal courts. Judicial accountability is a congressional problem requiring congressional solutions. If your member of Congress won’t act, fire them + elect someone who will. @thelap.bsky.social

abovethelaw.com/2024/03/law-... Reupping my @abovethelaw.com article about Judge Aileen Cannon’s workplace conduct for, well, reasons. 👀👀

Thanks for sending this around, Aliza

Former Massachusetts federal Judge Mark Wolf, who said he stepped down from the bench last year to freely raise concerns about President Donald Trump, created a stressful culture for his chambers staff, according to seven former employees.

“The headwinds against reporting misconduct are enormous,” I told @bloomberglaw.com of fmr judge Mark Wolf, who resigned late last yr amid a misconduct investigation. Wolf’s despicable misconduct included *throwing things* ‼️at staff. @thelap.bsky.social

🚨🚨 Silence from members of Congress is DEAFENING 👀👀 @thelap.bsky.social

“It should disturb all of us that federal judges so brazenly flout congressional authority, and that Congress allows them to do so," I told @legal.reuters.com @thelap.bsky.social www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

New: A federal judge has acknowledged the environment in her chambers "resulted in an abusive workplace," following a misconduct complaint by a former clerk. A group says the jurist is Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby, who is overseeing SCOTUS lawyer Tom Goldstein's trial. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

A federal district court judge within the Fourth Circuit acknowledged creating an “environment and atmosphere” in their chambers that “resulted in an abusive workplace,” according to a judicial order.

A federal judge has acknowledged that the environment in her court chambers for a time "resulted in an abusive workplace," and has agreed to take steps to improve its conditions following a judicial misconduct complaint by a former law clerk.

“ @thelap.bsky.social called those corrective remedies ‘laughable,’ and said they would not deter Griggsby and other judges from mistreating clerks. Shatzman said Congress should act. ‘It should disturb all of us that federal judges so brazenly flout congressional authority + Congress allows it.

2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ will be a year of *real* accountability for the federal judiciary. @thelap.bsky.social

Yikes yikes yikes yikes yikes.

None of this behavior is acceptable. (Although, in the SDNY, there was only one in-chambers bathroom and it was the exclusive province of the judge and I would have never dared use it.)

Without meaningful discipline for judges who abuse their power, abusive conduct will persist unabated in the federal courts. @thelap.bsky.social

"Without meaningful discipline for judges who abuse their power, abusive conduct will persist unabated in the federal courts." @alizashatzman.bsky.social LAP’s statement on judicial disciplinary order re Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby.👇 www.legalaccountabilityproject.org/press-releas...

"Without meaningful discipline for judges who abuse their power, abusive conduct will persist unabated in the federal courts." @thelap.bsky.social statement regarding Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby, who acknowledged she created an abusive workplace. 👇 www.legalaccountabilityproject.org/press-releas...

Federal judge Lydia Kay Griggsby is alleged to have "subjected clerks to harassment, verbal abuse and erratic behavior. ... [She] would unleash 'a verbal browbeating' if the clerks could not provide exact details 'at a moment's notice.'" Thanks to @alizashatzman.bsky.social of @thelap.bsky.social

The order did not identify the judge in question but two sources familiar with the process told NPR it is U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby, a Biden appointee. n.pr/45XFzM1

Federal judge acknowledges ‘abusive workplace’ in court order www.npr.org/2026/02/10/n...

Tomorrow at Georgetown Law! Knowledge is power: It’s *never* been more important for students to inform themselves abt judges *as managers * + clerkship work environments *before* applying. @thelap.bsky.social

oof that Reagan-appointed federal judge who was lauded for his Trump resistance had an open investigation into his alleged misconduct that was initiated by a brave clerk who came forward to report it by leaving the bench, the investigation ended

@thelap.bsky.social in @bostonglobe.com on fmr judge Mark Wolf, who allegedly resigned to take a principled stand against the Trump admin—but actually resigned amid a misconduct investigation, to evade accountability.

“A judge’s departure from the bench amid a misconduct investigation doesn’t eliminate the need for real accountability or transparency. This outcome doesn’t represent justice for the mistreated clerk who bravely reported.” @alizashatzman.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/06/m...

“A judge’s departure from the bench amid a misconduct investigation does not eliminate the need for real accountability or transparency. This outcome doesn’t represent justice for the mistreated clerk who bravely reported the misconduct.” @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/06/m...

youtube.com/shorts/rROqG... Yet another federal judge accused of misconduct resigns to evade accountability @thelap.bsky.social

@thelap.bsky.social @newsweek.com

LAP’s @alizashatzman.bsky.social in @newsweek.com on fmr judge Mark Wolf, who resigned late last year amid a misconduct investigation to evade accountability 👇

Judge Mark Wolf said last year he was resigning due to what he views as the president's “assault on the rule of law."

“A judge’s departure from the bench amid a misconduct investigation does not eliminate the need for real accountability or transparency. This outcome represents neither justice for the clerk who bravely reported the misconduct … nor accountability for one of many judges who abuse their power.”

Former Massachusetts U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf was the subject of an inquiry into potential misconduct when he announced his resignation, a decision he said at the time was motivated by a desire to speak out against the Trump administration, according to a source.

New: The chief judge on the federal appeals court covering New England has found probable cause based on information from a former clerk that unnamed district court judge engaged in misconduct by violating a rule prohibiting creating a hostile work environment. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

LAP’s statement regarding fmr judge Mark Wolf, who allegedly resigned late last year to protest Executive Branch overreach—but actually resigned amid a misconduct investigation to evade #accountability. 👀👇 www.legalaccountabilityproject.org/press-releas...

@thelap.bsky.social ‘s statement regarding former judge Mark Wolf, who allegedly resigned late last year to protest Trump administration overreach—but actually resigned amid a misconduct investigation to evade #accountability. 👇 www.legalaccountabilityproject.org/press-releas...

The latest in my reporting on misconduct allegations and workplace issues involving federal courts - www.npr.org/2026/02/04/n...

2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ will be a year of *real* accountability for the federal judiciary. @thelap.bsky.social

Another judge investigated for creating a hostile work environment - this one apparently stepped down to evade accountability. When will Congress conduct oversight over the courts? When will the judiciary stop shielding abusive judges from accountability? news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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@thelap.bsky.social is having one of those huge Clerkships Database subscriber days. Maybe ppl read my latest @abovethelaw.com article + understand how hazardous these clerkships can be, how limited options are for mistreated clerks, + why they should avoid the abusive ones in the first place.

Congress has 4 tools 🧰 in the toolbox - legislation, oversight, appropriations 💰, + the bully pulpit 🗣️- to use *right now* to hold the judiciary accountable for rampant misconduct, @alizashatzman.bsky.social argues in @abovethelaw.com . abovethelaw.com/2026/01/seco...

@thelap.bsky.social ‘s complaint against Judge Sarah Merriam circumvents both congressional intransigence + judicial branch inaction, I argue in @abovethelaw.com Spineless congressional Dems should get off their butts and do their job - oversight over the courts. abovethelaw.com/2026/01/seco...

✨Today is my Barriversary: I was sworn into the DC Bar 6️⃣yrs ago today. ⚖️ 📜Then, I assumed now I’d be a homicide prosecutor in the DC USAO. But that’s not what happened.🌪️ ⚖️Instead, I turned my pain into purpose, launching @thelap.bsky.social to correct injustices I experienced as a student+ clerk.

LAP’s @alizashatzman.bsky.social spoke w @glennkirschner.bsky.social abt how LAP addresses both congressional intransigence + judiciary inaction - including by filing a judicial misconduct complaint against 2nd Cir Judge Sarah Merriam.

LAP’s @alizashatzman.bsky.social spoke w @glennkirschner.bsky.social abt how LAP addresses both congressional intransigence + judiciary inaction - including by filing a judicial misconduct complaint against 2nd Cir Judge Sarah Merriam.

The federal judiciary is perpetrating a fraud upon the public, yet spineless members of Congress are complicit by refusing to conduct oversight over the courts. I spoke with @glennkirschner.bsky.social abt what @thelap.bsky.social is doing abt it—incl filing a complaint against Judge Sarah Merriam