Someone on Volokh noticed that Underneath Their Robes, the amusing blog I mentioned yesterday, is now gone and the entire site is password protected. I suspect that his boss at the U.S. Attorney's Office didn't like the idea of him dishing about judges they appear in front of. And while I guess that's understandable, it's also rather humorless and probably short sighted. Underneath Their Robes was enjoyed by a lot of judges and clerks, who clearly got the joke even while thinking that A3G was a woman. I hope the poor guy doesn't get fired for being clever and amusing.
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His big mistake was coming out. The blog was sort of fun when everyone believed that he was a woman, but became a bit creepy when it was known he wasn't. The illusion was broken.
The DOJ in general frowns on its employees writing about their work.
Writing about judges in your district is suicide if your name is going to be attached to it. Anonymous is the only way to go.
Or, like some of us, anonymous and don't-write-about-work.