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Why federal judges with life tenure don't need to fear political attacks from Trump or anyone else

  • Written by Amy Steigerwalt, Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
President Donald Trump, left, and federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, right.Trump, AP/Steve Helber and Jackson, Wikipedia

Editor’s note: President Donald Trump has mounted attacks on the Justice Department and its various branches, on prosecutions he’s interested in and the judges presiding over those cases. He’s complained that...

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