The
Underneath Their Robes blog, which posted judicial gossip and humor, has gone offline after the anonymous blogger called Article III Groupie (A3G for short) was identified in a recent New Yorker
article. A NorthJersey.com
article explains.
That is, however, until "she" was outed in this week's issue of The New Yorker.
It turns out the voice behind A3G is a 30-year-old assistant federal prosecutor in Newark. His name is David Lat.
Lat, who sounded uneasy with his newfound fame Monday, quickly said he would need to check with his employer this time around before talking. A few minutes later, he politely declined to comment.
Michael Drewniak, spokesman for U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie, also declined to comment.
The blog was then removed by late Monday afternoon according to the article. The Legal Reader
notes that the story is "lighting up the blawgosphere" as bloggers discuss what happened, whether or not Lat will keep his job and if and when Underneath Their Robes will return. Legal Underground
says the blog can still be read at
Bloglines. More discussion can be found on
Wonkette,
BrendanLoy.com,
The Volokh Conspiracy,
PrawfsBlawg and
Objective Justice.
