Thread by @KlasfeldReports

FEDERAL JUDGE: "It's an embarrassment."
DOJ ATTORNEY: "It is an embarrassment, a national embarrassment."

Powerful exchange on the shutdown today in a case over a 2017 collision of the USS John S. McCain., with a U.S. judiciary funding deadline looming. courthousenews.com/us-judiciary-b…

Starting on Feb. 1, the U.S. federal judiciary will operate without funding. My colleagues @cam_langford, @NicholasIovino and I sort out how this will affect federal courts across the country.

h/t @WalzTV, for the tip on today's hearing over the USS John S. McCain incident

More from the DOJ attorney:

“If I wanted to, I suppose, I could call in sick. I can’t strike, but I could call in sick. My duties — and I think many of the attorneys feel this way — is that we don’t swear allegiance to an administration. We do it to the Constitution."

I recommend that news organizations order the poignant transcript in this morning's hearing in Energetic Tank, Inc. v. Unknown (SDNY, 1:18-cv-01359).

As much as I'd like to share more of it, the shutdown means stenographers aren't getting gov't buyers. So they're struggling too.

Note: Since publication, the story has been restructured in editing.

The exchange that starts off the thread now continues toward the conclusion of the piece.