The President Defied a Federal Judge, and the Judge Called His Bluff
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He played the card. The judge called it. He played it again.
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Column metadata
- Published
- Pen name
- Hector Rentier
- Primary entities
- White House, MS NOW, Politico, CNN, Judge Timothy Kelly, Donald Trump, Ted Boutrous, Laura Barrón-López, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Department of Justice
- Themes
- Press freedom, First Amendment litigation, Judicial independence, White House credentialing
- Floor values engaged
- human_life_and_dignity, Accountability of power, Truthfulness