After a three-month battle over the legality of her appointment, Alina Habba has resigned from her position as the Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey. She announced her resignation as U.S. attorney in a social media post on Monday. She will remain serving as "Senior Adviser to the Attorney General for U.S. Attorneys." The resignation comes after a protracted legal fight about whether she could serve in the U.S. attorney role without Senate confirmation. In August, a federal judge ruled that she was serving in the position "without lawful authority" and disqualified her as New Jersey's top federal law enforcement officer. A federal appeals court unanimously upheld that decision last week, and the Department of Justice has not appealed that decision. Despite the rulings, Hab

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