Happy Friday, and welcome to another roundup of the week’s news about the judiciary. This week, I spoke with two legal experts about the arrest of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan for allegedly obstructing an ICE arrest: What they’re watching for as it unfolds and how it relates to previous charges brought against a Massachusetts judge in Trump’s firm term.
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‘Not Questions Regularly Litigated’
The recent arrest of a Wisconsin judge for allegedly blocking a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest is reminiscent of a 2018 case in Massachusetts during Trump’s first administration—with one legal expert saying he expects similar defenses to crop up.