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Politics
Jonathan H. Adler

Do Federal Judges Believe We Are in the Midst of a "Judicial Crisis"?

Today's New York Times reports that some federal judges are unhappy with the Supreme Court's repeated grant of interim relief to the Trump Administration in cases challenging Administration actions.

More than three dozen federal judges have told The New York Times that the Supreme Court's flurry of brief, opaque emergency orders in cases related to the Trump administration have left them confused about how to proceed in those matters and are hurting the judiciary's image with the public. . . .

The striking and highly unusual critique of the nation's highest court from lower court judges reveals the degree to which litigation over Mr. Trump's agenda has created strains in the federal judicial system.

The story is based upon the Times' selective survey of federal judges. Here's how the Times summarizes its results.

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