NYT Editorial Board: 'EGREGIOUS.' 'BRAZEN.' 'LAWLESS.' HOW 48 JUDGES DESCRIBE TRUMP'S ACTIONS, IN THEIR OWN WORDS

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...The bipartisan alarm from federal judges offers a roadmap for others to respond to Mr. Trump’s often illegal behavior. His actions deserve to be called out in plain language for what they really are. And people in positions of influence should do what they can to stand up for American values, as many judges have done.

Here, we’ve compiled quotations from judges’ recent rulings and bench comments.

J. Harvie Wilkinson III, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Appointed by Ronald Reagan
On the refusal to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador:
“This is a path of perfect lawlessness, one that courts cannot condone.”


Leonie M. Brinkema, Eastern District of Virginia
Appointed by Bill Clinton
On an ICE official’s inconsistent affidavit:
“This is a terrible, terrible affidavit. If this were before me in a criminal case and you were asking to get a warrant issued on this, I’d throw you out of my chambers.”

James E. Boasberg, District of Columbia District
Appointed by Barack Obama
On a judge’s order blocking deportations:
“In an egregious case of cherry-picking, defendants selectively quote only a fragment of the court’s response here to mischaracterize its position.”

Patrick J. Schiltz, District of Minnesota
Appointed by George W. Bush
On the revocation of a student’s visa:
“The court cannot imagine how the public interest might be served by permitting federal officials to flaunt the very laws that they have sworn to enforce.”

Charlotte N. Sweeney, District of Colorado
Appointed by Joe Biden
On a claim that courts “do not have a role” in regards to the Aliens Enemies Act:
“This sentence staggers. It is wrong as a matter of law and attempts to read an entire provision out of the Constitution.”

Clay D. Land, Middle District of Georgia
Appointed by George W. Bush
On an attempt to designate someone as an “alien enemy” without due process:
“Allowing constitutional rights to be dependent upon the grace of the executive branch would be a dereliction of duty by this third and independent branch of government and would be against the public interest.”