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Salon
Maggie Jo Buchanan

Justice under siege with Trump nominees

Less than 200 days into Trump 2.0, amid an unrelenting wave of scandals, it’s easy to forget his first term. But we are still feeling its shockwaves every day through the lasting impact of his judicial appointments. We’re reminded again this week of the importance of judges with the Senate Judiciary Committee’s consideration of Trump’s first group of judicial nominees in this second term.

Talk about the Trump administration’s unprecedented assault on our fundamental freedoms has revolved around the breathtaking corruption and flouting of our law being committed in plain sight, including fancy dinners for foreign interests who buy Trump’s cryptocurrency, a $400 million flying bribe from Qatar, and abusive immigration enforcement tactics that include snatching a college student off the street with no due process.

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