Matt Schwartz at the New York Times interviewed Judge Patrick Schiltz and six of his colleagues from the District of Minnesota.
I have a few reflections.
First, while Schiltz is named and quoted at length, it appears that only a few of the other six were quoted on the record. I think it is problematic when federal judges talk to reporters "off the record." They are not Publius. Article III judges are afforded lifetime tenure precisely because they should be able to voice their opinions. One of the judges admitted as much:
