Trump & Bondi versus the Rule of Law: This is why we Americans live in fear today The Honorable Thomas Cullen, the judge from the Federal District Court in Virginia who was brought in to decide Donald Trump’s and Pam Bondi’s corrupt and unprecedented lawsuit against the Federal Court in Maryland,

This should be where the end begins. Let’s pray it is. Governor Ferguson, America salutes you.

My Substack post on Donald Trump’s attack on Nicolle Wallace. “I don’t have a doubt in the world that Nicolle Wallace is the one journalist in America today who Donald Trump fears most — and for good reason.

Thomas Friedman, New York Times August 4, 2025, “The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away” “That is why, dear reader . . .

Where Is the Supreme Court of the United States? open.substack.com/pub/judgelut...

Never before in the Nation’s almost 250 year history has America’s present and future depended more on the free press than it does today.

David French: “It’s hard to describe how thoroughly Trump is disrupting and corrupting our system of justice. . . . Donald Trump is determined to transform America’s system of justice into his personal political weapon.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/o...

I posted this piece today on Substack about the House Republican Oversight Committee’s bludgeoning of President Biden’s aides to compel their testimony. open.substack.com/pub/judgelut...

Adam Liptak of The New York Times this morning: “[The Supreme Court’s order] was an exercise of power, not reason.”

I’m unaware of any other time when large numbers of judges (retired) publicly opposed a nominee for the federal bench. But this is what it is going to take.

My friend Ryan Lizza posted this audio of “The Self-Evident Truths of Freedom — and of Tyranny” this morning. www.telos.news/p/the-self-e...

Thank you, @ryanlizza.bsky.social and Telos for hosting “The Self-Evident Truths of Freedom — and of Tyranny” on Substack. www.telos.news/p/luttig-the...

Thank you, Mr. Reich. Yes, the federal Judiciary is the last obstacle to absolute power in this president, which is why Donald Trump is viciously attacking the federal courts and even individual federal judges,

David French in this morning’s New York Times: “If you try to intimidate a judge, you’re often confirming to the judge the necessity of her or his ruling. And some judges take acts of intimidation as a kind of personal insult. They don’t become afraid. They just get mad.

From The New Republic’s Michael Tomasky, in his article yesterday, “The Only ‘Judicial Coup’ in This Country Is By Trump Against Judges.” “It’s funny. But it’s worth noting that Trump doesn’t always chicken out. Most of the time, he just loses.

The Memorial Day Message from the President of the United States of America, in memory of those who have given their lives defending America, the Constitution, and the freedoms that we Americans enjoy on this Memorial Day 2025.

The Wall Street Journal had a piece last night that the Judicial Conference of the United States — the policy making body for the federal judiciary — is discussing whether the Judiciary should have its own armed security force rather than rely on the U.S. Marshals for federal judges’ protection.

I am pleased to have this article, “The End of Rule of Law in America” in The Atlantic this morning. Thank you, Jeffrey Goldberg, @theatlantic.com, @washingtonweekpbs.social, @adriennelaf.bsky.social, @beccarosen.bsky.social

I joined Ryan Lizza today on his new Substack podcast to discuss President Trump’s first one-hundred days and the Rule of Law in America. open.substack.com/pub/telos/p/...

“On Monday, Luttig told MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace that Trump's comments ‘are perhaps the most important words ever spoken by a president of the United States.’ He added that the story is ‘one of the most important stories of our times.’” www.rawstory.com/trump-consti...

This is a shockingly mistaken understanding of due process by Stephen Miller. It is likely this misunderstanding that is informing the President’s misunderstanding.

I joined Ali Velshi of MSNBC this morning and Ali’s first question was about the President’s jarring answer “I don’t know” to the question “Don’t you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?”

So that all can read, I am gifting today’s NYT piece on the lawless presidency of the 45th President of the United States. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...

The words of the Attorney General of the United States of America on FOX News yesterday, after the FBI arrested Wisconsin state Judge Hannah Dugan and charged her with two federal felony offenses.

This — the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s arrest today of a sitting judge — against the backdrop that the President of the United States is, at this same moment, defying an April 10 Order of the Supreme Court of the United States

To read the Criminal Complaint and attached FBI Affidavit that gave rise to Wisconsin State Judge Hannah Dugan’s federal criminal arrest today for obstructing or impeding a proceeding before a department or agency of the United States and concealing an individual to prevent his discovery and arrest

The President of the United States fears only those who do not fear him.

Chris Krebs is America’s next profile in courage. The entire nation should support this honorable and courageous fellow citizen.

I gift this NYT piece by David French, so that all can read. “Millions of Americans are desperate for a quick and effective response to Trump’s attacks on the Constitution. But the election foreclosed that possibility. The courts — even if they have the courage — lack the power to save America.

Ben Wittes, Roger Parloff, Quinta Jurecic, & Anna Bower, I would be glad to make a “Champion” contribution toward the $15,000 match by your generous donor. Lawfare is literally indispensable in these historic times in which we live.

While acknowledging what actually is the near certainty that President Trump “may be bloody-minded enough that he wants to show the judiciary who’s boss,”

On this day, April 14, 2025, the President of the United States openly defied the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion of April 10, 2025, ordering him to “facilitate Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador

The President’s unprecedented Executive Order yesterday targeting Messrs. Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor for nothing but the exercise of their First Amendment rights is the President’s most constitutionally corrupt Executive Order to date.

From the great David Brooks of The New York Times, in the May volume of The Atlantic. Everyone should read every word of this historic piece. It's worth the price of a subscription to The Atlantic, without question the most courageous magazine in America today.

This morning, the New York Times Editorial Board published the “playbook” for Americans to defeat Donald Trump in his war on America’s Democracy, the Constitution, and the Rule of Law.

I am gifting this superb piece today, “President’s Third Term Talk Defies Constitution and Tests Democracy,” by Peter Baker of The New York Times. Looking back over the past four years from the President’s latest reckless talk that he is serious about serving a third term in office,

“This is unlike anything that has ever occurred in all of American history,” says J. Michael Luttig, a former federal judge who worked to expand presidential power while serving in the Justice Department under President George H.W. Bush.

346 former judges filed this amicus brief today supporting Perkins Coie, in its case pending on motion for summary judgment in the federal district court in Washington, D.C. cdn.prod.website-files.com/67cf71f1f27e...

I was working for White House Counsel Fred Fielding on March 30, 1981, the day John Hinckley attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan.

Mr. Brad Karp, Managing Partner at Paul Weis, well deserves this remarkable, scornful rebuke and public shaming from the great Judge Simon Rifkind’s granddaughters, Amy Rifkind and Nina Rifkind, both of whom are practicing lawyers.

The State Attorneys General send a powerful message to the Trump Administration that they will defend the Rule of Law, the Federal Judiciary, and the nation’s legal profession against the President’s vicious and palpably unconstitutional attacks.

Jenner & Block, truly one of the preeminent law firms in America today, sued the Department of Justice and essentially the entire Federal Government this morning in a devastating 64-page complaint,

Yesterday, more than 1,000 lawyers and legal groups signed a letter calling on Attorney General Pam Bondi to defend the Federal Judiciary, the Rule of Law, and the legal profession from the President’s vicious and palpably unconstitutional attacks.

I am “gifting” this morning’s powerful piece from the ever-brilliant David French of the New York Times, so that everyone can read David’s piece without a subscription to the NYT. @davidfrenchjag.bluesky.social @nytopinion.nytimes.com @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/o...

I am pleased to have an essay this morning in the New York Times on The President versus The Federal Courts. This standoff will not end well for the President. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/o...

The President of the United States' latest attack on the Nation's legal profession. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/u...

This is a tremendous interview of the Society for the Rule of Law's Executive Director Gregg Nunziata, by former chief Washington correspondent for CNBC, John Harwood. Gregg is as strong and articulate a conservative voice in support of the Constitution and the Rule of Law as I know.