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Judicial pushback against executive legal tactics

Judges were central to news in mid-December 2025, with mistakes by the Justice Department prompting judges to quash subpoenas, threaten contempt and issue sharp opinions

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Feb 7, 2026

Judges arrested

Reports of a wave of "" are inaccurate as a blanket claim: there is no verified, major event showing a coordinated mass arrest of judges, though several isolated, documented arrests and prosecutions o...

Jan 20, 2026

Were any judges mentioned in Trump social posts or speeches on Dec 16, 2025?

A review of the reporting provided finds no contemporaneous, sourced record in these materials showing that former President Trump named or directly attacked any specific judge in a social post or spe...