Legal experts laugh at DOJ lawyer's 'next-level stupid' fail in court before top judge

Legal analysts were shocked to see Judge William Alsup grow increasingly angry when facing Justice Department lawyers attempting to justify the mass firings of employees in their probationary period. Lawfare's Anna Bower also pointed out on X, "Judge Alsup additionally extends the order to offer reinstatement to *five* other agencies: USDA, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Interior, and Department of Treasury." "You underestimate the extent to which Judge Alsup is viewed with enormous respect by the rest of the judiciary, and also the extent to which the government's efforts to hide the ball and openly mislead the court will hurt them on appeal," said Reichlin-Melnick. The 501 law firm, National Security Counselors, "The highlight of my day was when Judge Alsup responded to the DOJ lawyer talking about the administrative record, 'I have some thoughts on administrative records, would you like to hear them?'"