Judges’ Revolt Against Trump Exposed

His warning wasn’t about one man’s ego. It was about a system that now punishes independence and rewards obedience.

Inside that system, he suggests, fear has become a quiet colleague in chambers. Judges weigh not only the law, but the threat of retaliation, smears, and orchestrated outrage.

Wolf’s choice forces a harder question onto the rest of us: if a Reagan-appointed judge believes the guardrails are failing, can anyone still pretend this is normal? His resignation is not a footnote to the Trump era. It is a line in the sand, and an invitation to decide which side of it we stand on.