Note From Elie

Elie Honig is a contributor to CAFE and writes the weekly Note From Elie column featured in the CAFE Brief newsletter. He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and co-chief of the organized crime unit at the SDNY.

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“One Unelected Judge” vs. the President

Dear Reader, Every single time the Trump administration loses a court ruling, count on this: they’ll rail against the evils of a single, unelected district court judge upending the president’s policy agenda. This week, a district judge in DC temporarily blocked Trump’s ban on transgender military troops. “Indefensible judicial tyranny,” White House advisor Stepehen Miller […]

Note from Elie: Trump Pushes Courts to the Brink

Note from Elie: Eric Adams: NYC’s Mayor, DOJ’s Yo-Yo

Note from Elie: Blocked, Un-Blocked, Re-Blocked: How to Understand the Dizzying DOGE Court Rulings

Note from Elie: The Nation’s Most Dangerous Prosecutor

Note from Elie: The Justice Department’s Existential Crisis Is Self-Inflicted

Note from Elie: DOJ Abandons Adams Prosecution — and Independence

Note from Elie: The “Make Me” Presidency

Note from Elie: Donald Trump’s Assault on DOJ

Note from Elie: The Power of Pardons (To Distract)

Note from Elie: Jack Smith, Paper Tiger

Note from Elie: The Trump Hush Money Sentencing: A Felon, Unpunished

Note from Elie: TikTok’s Last Stand