Here's one recent example of what I'm talking about.
A federal judge admonished the DOJ after finding that a legal filing in an immigration detention case appeared to cite a nonexistent court decision, suggesting the citation was likely generated by artificial intelligence, according to court filings on July 16th.
What makes this case so interesting is the judge was a Trump appointee (a rare case) who warned that AI-generated legal research has fueled a "rash of cases" involving fabricated authorities, noting that courts increasingly face briefs containing "fake, hallucinated cases that do not exist."
One of my theories is the DOJ has such incompetent lawyers they need any help they can get, and AI has become their latest backup. Others involve using Trump loyalists willing to lie and risk humiliation and worse to please Dear Leader. The above is one of many bogus filings used by the DOJ in their desperation to get convictions.
Let's take a look at the DOJ's track record since Trump slithered back to the White House.
The regime's success rate in court varies significantly by judicial level: there was significantly more pushback in lower federal courts, but the regime maintained a high win rate at the Supreme Court that Trump controls.
An analysis by the New York Times revealed that on final merits rulings, and plaintiffs challenging the regime's policies won 48 times and only lost 5 times, giving Trump a roughly 25% success rate on his initial policy challenges.
The regimes success rate improved at the circuit court level, to around 51% with Trump appointed judges voting in Trump's favor 92% of the time, according to the New York Times.
The most appalling statistic is Trump's ownership of the Supreme Court where he won about 90% of the cases testing the bounds of presidential power.
There's one statistic that is encouraging, however. Across all federal challenges to major regime rules, they prevailed in only 23% to 31% of cases. That's compared to past presential administrations DOJs that typically won in 70% of their cases.
I would also like to point out that the justice department has lost a quarter of its lawyers, the lowest number of employees in 40 years after Trump lackeys purged it.
The best lawyers, with the longest tenure were shoved out the door when the Trump regime ascended to power last year. Now there's backlogs and staff shortages, with senior leaders looking for new jobs.
Epilogue.
Since its founding in 1870, the Justice Department has occupied elevated status in American democracy, sustained through transitions of power by reliance on facts, evidence and law.
That's no longer the case.
As it Stands, democracy is still being defended by judges who risk threats from the regime for sticking to judicial standards that made this country great.
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