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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Bush-appointed judge torches Trump with 27 exclamation points — and a gumbo recipe — in ruling against an executive order

A conservative federal judge has ruled that Donald Trump’s executive order punishing a law firm tied to his political opponents “must be struck down in its entirety as unconstitutional,” dealing yet another blow to the president’s retaliatory campaign against lawyers and legal groups that opposed his agenda.

“Indeed, to rule otherwise would be unfaithful to the judgment and vision of the founding fathers!” wrote Judge Richard Leon in Washington D.C.

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