Reagan judge brands Trump as an ignorant bully, braggart, threat to free speech and the republic writ-large

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1. What bothers me about this opinion...

...is there are pundits and legal commentators who have assailed it as "inappropriate". The words of this judge should have come from the Supreme Court months ago. But, of course, the Republican justices (and they can take umbrage to that, but that's who they are) are as much Trump's lapdogs as the members of Congress who blindly obey him. It should be heartening that words like these come from our branch of government that has nothing other than its ability to persuade as its mightiest tool, and hopefully other lower court judges who've seen their thoughtful, reasoned, and well-researched work thrown into the wastebasket by vague shadow docket orders will follow this judges example.