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
Trump’s win isn’t only helping his own criminal cases. It’s helping other Jan. 6 defendants, too.
Two judges presiding over Jan. 6 cases have agreed to postponements due to Donald Trump’s generic campaign promise to grant such defendants clemency when he takes office.
Rudy Giuliani’s lawyers don’t want to defend him anymore in Georgia election worker case
Rudy Giuliani's lawyers no longer want to represent him in the civil case stemming from his defamation of former Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, who are attempting to collect on the multimillion dollar judgment they won against him.
Jack Smith asks to pause appeal of Judge Cannon’s classified documents dismissal
The special counsel’s request follows a similar one he made to the trial judge handling Trump’s federal election interference case.
Ten Commandments case could give Supreme Court another precedent to overturn
In 1980, the Supreme Court rejected a Kentucky law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. A similar Louisiana law is headed for appeal.
Trump won’t face 2020 election-related charges while he’s in office. But others will.
Donald Trump won’t stand trial related to his allegedly criminal efforts to overturn the 2020 election results — at least not anytime soon.
Jack Smith plans to step down before Donald Trump takes office
Trump has said he would fire the special counsel within "two seconds." The Republican's presidential victory means his federal criminal cases will vanish.
Justice Gorsuch misses a chance to call out a vague drug law he previously criticized
When Neil Gorsuch was a federal appeals court judge, he wrote critically of the federal Analogue Act. The Supreme Court just declined a challenge to it.
What Judge Merchan agreeing to more delay in Trump’s hush money case means
Judge Juan Merchan was set to rule Tuesday on whether he would throw out Trump’s guilty verdicts in New York. Instead, the only criminal case in which Trump has gone to trial is delayed again.
Supreme Court declines to hear Mark Meadows’ appeal in Georgia case
Trump’s former White House chief of staff was seeking to move his state charges in the 2020 election-related case to federal court.
Joe Biden can still prevent a second Trump administration from resuming executions
The federal death penalty will continue to exist under the second Trump administration. The president-elect’s ability to make quick use of it is up to the outgoing Democratic president.
Ask Jordan: What happens to Trump's criminal sentencing now?
Judge Juan Merchan is set to rule on whether Trump can overturn his 34 guilty verdicts for falsifying business records in light of the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling.
