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Yesterday,
we
unveiled
the
first
two
regions
of
our
2026
March
Madness
bracket:
the
Roy
Cohn
and
Rudy
Giuliani
Regions.
Those
regions
featured
some
spectacular
individual
performances
in
the
art
of
iffy
professional
decisions.
From
Lindsey
Halligan’s
star
turn
as
an
insurance
lawyer
cosplaying
as
a
federal
prosecutor
to
Ed
Martin’s
decision
to…
well,
do
everything
he’s
done.
If
you’ve
just
joined
us
and
want
to
go
back
and
vote
in
the
earlier
regions…
head
here
and
here.
Now
we
move
on
to
unveil
another
pair
of
matchups.
Voting
is
open
until
Monday
at
7:59
p.m.
Eastern.
THE
JOHN
EASTMAN
REGION
John
Eastman,
former
dean
of
Chapman
University’s
law
school
and
former
clerk
to
Justice
Thomas,
authored
the
legal
theory
that
the
Vice
President
gets
to
unilaterally
decide
what
the
electoral
votes
say.
His
work
became
the
intellectual
scaffolding
for
January
6th
and
the
government
lawyers
in
this
region
follow
in
his
footsteps.
(1)
Todd
Blanche
vs.
(4)
David
Warrington
1.
Todd
Blanche,
Deputy
Attorney
General
of
the
United
States
(Brooklyn
Law
School)
Todd
Blanche
was
a
Cadwalader
partner
before
giving
it
up
to
serve
as
Donald
Trump’s
personal
criminal
defense
attorney.
He
is
now
the
number
two
official
at
the
Department
of
Justice,
with
oversight
of
matters
that
directly
implicate
his
former
client’s
political
interests.
If
you
were
trying
to
design
a
conflict
of
interest
hypo
for
a
law
school
exam,
you’d
be
told
to
shelve
this
one
and
come
up
with
something
less
ridiculous.
From
ongoing
immigration
enforcement
violations
to
personally
keeping
Epstein
files
under
wraps,
Blanche
is
at
the
center
of
it
all.
He’s
asked
lawyers
to
join
a
“war”
against
federal
judges
and
threatened
Trump’s
hecklers
with
organized
crime
charges.
Whenever
the
government
needs
to
have
a
lawyer
say
something
loony
and
downright
detrimental
to
the
public
perception
of
the
profession,
Blanche
is
there.
4.
David
Warrington,
White
House
Counsel
(ASS
Law)
You’d
think
the
White
House
Counsel
would
earn
higher
than
a
4
seed.
And
yet
the
daily
transgressions
piling
up
from
both
DOJ
HQ
and
the
various
U.S.
Attorney’s
offices
are
so
glaring
that
the
White
House’s
top
lawyer
fades
into
the
woodwork.
But
he’s
the
one
laying
out
the
framework
for
pardoning
the
January
6
rioters
and
concocting
the
theory
that
court
orders
barring
the
government
from
deporting
certain
individuals
don’t
apply
if
the
plane
already
took
off.
The
executive
order
threats
to
coerce
Biglaw
firms
to
cave
to
the
administration
would’ve
come
across
his
desk.
Also,
it’s
kind
of
amazing
that
this
is
our
first
ASS
Law
participant.
(2)
Jeanine
Pirro
vs.
(3)
Kash
Patel
2.
Jeanine
Pirro,
U.S.
Attorney
for
the
District
of
Columbia
(Albany
Law
School)
The
Fox
News
personality
became
the
top
federal
prosecutor
for
the
nation’s
capital
after
Senate
Republicans
made
it
clear
that
they
would
not
support
Ed
Martin.
Her
old
bosses
at
Fox
privately
called
her
a
“reckless
maniac,”
which
at
the
time
seemed
harsh
and
now
seems
prescient.
Since
joining
the
administration,
Pirro’s
been
collecting
no
bills
like
she
can
win
a
free
sandwich.
And
sandwiches
are
a
touchy
subject
down
there.
She
attempted
to
convince
a
grand
jury
to
indict
six
Democratic
lawmakers
for
filming
a
video
that
accurately
restated
the
Uniform
Code
of
Military
Justice’s
provisions
on
refusing
illegal
orders.
The
grand
jury
declined.
She
tried
to
use
the
threat
of
prosecution
to
intimidate
Federal
Reserve
Chair
Jerome
Powell
into
lowering
interest
rates
—
or
something.
It
flopped
in
court
with
Lawfare
describing
the
evidentiary
record
as
one
of
“vaporous,
speculative
malice.”
3.
Kash
Patel,
FBI
Director
(Pace)
Technically,
Patel
isn’t
practicing
law
in
his
current
role,
which
may
be
the
only
thing
standing
between
him
and
a
bar
complaint.
But
he
has
a
law
degree
and
publicly
names
people
he
wants
investigated
even
though
they
aren’t
facing
any
charges
at
the
time.
Patel
announces
his
intentions
through
podcasts,
social
media,
and
celebratory
locker
room
appearances
with
hockey
teams.
He
maintained
a
public
“enemies
list”
before
taking
the
job.
He
has
co-opted
the
FBI’s
messaging
apparatus
to
broadcast
political
threats.
The
professional
conduct
rules
in
his
licensing
jurisdiction
prohibit
lawyers
from
engaging
in
conduct
involving
dishonesty,
fraud,
deceit,
or
misrepresentation,
and
from
engaging
in
conduct
prejudicial
to
the
administration
of
justice.
Whether
running
the
FBI
while
maintaining
a
public
hit
list
qualifies
remains
a
question
a
bar
authority
might
want
to
consider.
Remember
voting
is
open
until
Monday
at
7:59
p.m.
Eastern!
