RULE OF LAW: Obama Lawyers Fined by Federal Court. “It is noteworthy that these two lawyers — the ones who directly superimposed their own legal judgment in the New Black Panther Party case — are now the subject of the court’s order, which as the report notes is unusual, in that it is ‘directed at individual lawyers that specifically says their employer is not responsible for paying the costs.’ To boot, King is a multiple-sanctions recipient. During the Clinton administration, she was one of the Justice Department attorneys who was responsible for a fine of more than half a million dollars.”

UPDATE: A reader says there’s less to this story than this makes it appear. Stay tuned.