Now
we
come
to
the
final
region
in
our
bracket
challenge.
If
you
missed
the
prior
regions,
they’re
still
waiting
for
your
votes
here,
here
and
here.
Voting
is
open
until
Monday
at
7:59
p.m.
Eastern.
THE
STEPHEN
MILLER
REGION
Stephen
Miller
is
not
a
lawyer.
He
is,
however,
arguably
the
most
powerful
person
directing
the
administration’s
legal
strategy
—
a
non-lawyer
with
extraordinary
influence
over
the
Attorney
General
and
the
Justice
Department’s
priorities.
He
can’t
be
disciplined
by
any
bar
because
he
doesn’t
belong
to
one.
Which
means
we
can
only
honor
him
by
making
him
the
namesake
for
this
region.
(1)
Emil
Bove
vs.
(4)
HARMEET
DHILLON
1.
Emil
Bove,
former
Principal
Associate
Deputy
AG,
now
Third
Circuit
Judge
(Georgetown
University
Law
Center)
It’s
really
a
whiff
on
our
part
that
Bove
isn’t
headlining
the
Roy
Cohn
region
since
he
even
looks
like
Cohn.
Emil
Bove
—
then
the
number
three
official
at
the
DOJ
—
reportedly
told
senior
lawyers
at
a
key
meeting
that
deportation
planes
under
the
Alien
Enemies
Act
would
be
leaving
for
El
Salvador
“no
matter
what”
and
if
any
court
enjoined
the
administration
and
purported
to
block
the
flights,
DOJ
lawyers
should
tell
the
courts
“f***
you.”
The
Campaign
for
Accountability
filed
a
bar
complaint,
citing
Bove’s
apparent
role
in
dropping
the
Mayor
Eric
Adams
corruption
investigation
—
a
move
that
resulted
in
tons
of
career
lawyers
leaving
the
DOJ
in
protest.
New
York’s
disciplinary
body
declined
to
investigate.
And
in
a
development
that
captures
everything
you
need
to
know
about
accountability
in
this
era,
Bove
was
subsequently
confirmed
to
a
lifetime
appointment
on
the
federal
appellate
bench.
4.
Harmeet
Dhillon,
Assistant
Attorney
General
for
Civil
Rights
(University
of
Virginia)
The
DOJ’s
Civil
Rights
Division,
under
Dhillon’s
leadership,
has
transformed
into
something
closer
to
the
Civil
Rights
Demolition
Division,
with
more
than
half
the
division’s
roughly
380
attorneys
departing
since
she
arrived.
While
she’s
taken
a
sledgehammer
to
the
Justice
Department’s
statutorily
mandated
role
in
enforcing
civil
rights,
there’s
honestly
not
been
a
ton
of
ethical
issues
coming
out
of
her
office.
Being
maliciously
bad
at
one’s
job
is
not,
per
se,
a
disciplinary
event.
She
did
amplify
a
false
identification
of
a
shooting
suspect
after
the
Brown
University
shooting,
which
is
an
explicit
no-no
for
a
prosecutor.
She
does
get
in
hilariously
catty
Twitter
fights
as
part
of
upholding
the
dignity
of
her
office.
(2)
Chad
Mizelle
vs.
(3)
John
Sarcone
2.
Chad
Mizelle,
former
DOJ
Chief
of
Staff
(Cornell)
Chad
Mizelle
left
the
DOJ
in
September
2025
to
begin
a
career
of
glazing
Pam
Bondi
from
the
private
sector.
But
his
legacy
at
the
department
is
secure.
Beyond
the
recruiting
stunt,
Mizelle
had
up
to
$250,000
in
undisclosed
conflicts
of
interest
with
companies
the
DOJ
was
actively
suing
or
investigating,
including
Apple,
Meta,
and
Visa.
He
didn’t
file
his
required
financial
disclosure
until
after
leaving
government.
A
Revolving
Door
Project
investigation
found
that
his
entanglements
posed
clear
conflicts
with
his
broad
leadership
role
—
and
that
for
nine
months,
the
public
had
no
way
to
know
about
them.
He
was,
in
the
group’s
words,
“reminded
of
recusal
obligations”
by
an
ethics
official.
He
also
put
out
a
call
to
recruit
AUSAs
lawyers
over
Twitter,
which
probably
isn’t
cause
for
discipline,
but
is
an
embarrassment
for
the
profession.
3.
John
Sarcone,
Pretend
U.S.
Attorney,
N.D.
NY
(Pace)
Sarcone
rounds
out
the
bracket
as
another
variation
on
the
theme
of
installing
loyalist
hacks
as
U.S.
Attorneys
even
if
they
aren’t,
in
fact,
legally
allowed
to
be
U.S.
Attorneys.
The
Campaign
for
Accountability
filed
a
bar
complaint
against
Sarcone
alongside
complaints
against
Habba
and
Halligan.
Sarcone
has
a
lower
profile
than
the
other
two
phony
U.S.
Attorneys
in
the
bracket,
but
he
makes
the
list
as
a
reminder
that
for
every
Halligan
and
Habba
making
splashy
incompetent
decisions,
there’s
a
Sarcone
quietly
occupying
positions
across
the
federal
system,
carrying
out
the
agenda
without
making
as
much
noise.
Voting
is
open
until
Monday
at
7:59
p.m.
Eastern.
