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Jordan Rubin

Deadline: Legal Blog writer

Jordan Rubin is the Deadline: Legal Blog writer. He was a prosecutor for the New York County District Attorney’s Office in Manhattan and is the author of “Bizarro," a book about the secret war on synthetic drugs. Before he joined MSNBC, he was a legal reporter for Bloomberg Law.

Jordan Rubin is the Deadline: Legal Blog writer. He was a prosecutor for the New York County District Attorney’s Office in Manhattan and is the author of “Bizarro," a book about the secret war on synthetic drugs. Before he joined MSNBC, he was a legal reporter for Bloomberg Law.

Latest from Jordan Rubin

Supreme Court justices heard a case about Trump (sort of)

Donald Trump was on Supreme Court justices’ minds on Wednesday, even though the former president wasn’t a party to the case being argued in Washington.

Josh Hawley's 'Citizens United' stunt isn't what it seems

Sen. Josh Hawley is announcing a bill aimed at unraveling the Citizens United decision that’s long been a liberal target.

Senate Democrats finally move toward subpoenas for Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo

Senate Judiciary Democrats announced they’ll vote on subpoenaing Republicans behind some of the latest Supreme Court ethics scandals.

Trump is already testing Judge Chutkan on the gag order in D.C.

In a Truth Social post, the election subversion defendant and leading GOP presidential candidate railed against the "RADICAL LEFT THUGS" who charged him.

The case over Trump’s eligibility isn’t ‘election interference’

Despite what his lawyer just said, the 14th Amendment case in Colorado over Trump’s eligibility for the ballot is a far cry from “election interference.”

Buckle up for a big gag order week in Trump’s D.C., N.Y. cases

The former president’s federal gag order is back on in Washington, while it may be tested yet again in Trump’s civil fraud case in New York.

Clarence Thomas' RV loan forgiveness program

Supreme Court justices retake the bench Monday for the November oral argument sitting, which features a case threatening to further expand the Second Amendment.

Ivanka Trump has to testify in her father's New York fraud trial

Ivanka Trump escaped her family’s $250 million civil fraud case, but she can’t escape testifying in it.

Colorado secretary of state calls out Trump’s ‘deafening' silence on 14th Amendment suit

Jena Griswold, Colorado’s top election official, told us how she's navigating a lawsuit seeking to keep Trump off the ballot in her state.

DeSantis-backed ban on pro-Palestinian group runs into First Amendment

A Ron DeSantis-backed “deactivation” of a pro-Palestinian group on Florida college campuses appears to run into a problem: the First Amendment.

Why Meadows getting immunity wouldn’t mean he flipped on Trump

Receiving immunity for testimony isn’t the same thing as fully cooperating. We still don’t totally know what Mark Meadows or federal prosecutors are up to.