Judge is skeptical of Justice Department's lawsuit against 15 federal judges as Trump tries to limit power of judiciary

Source: CNN

A federal judge was skeptical at a hearing Wednesday of the Justice Department’s effort to sue all of Maryland’s federal court judges in a case testing the Trump administration’s effort to limit the power of the judiciary.

The case raises major questions about ongoing power struggles between the Trump administration and the federal courts, specifically as judges have tried to curtail due process violations in President Donald Trump’s aggressive approach to immigration.

The Maryland court has become one of the central playing fields for immigration clashes between the administration and judges, after lawsuits, including one from Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, challenged how the administration was removing detainees with little to no due process.

“I don’t have a very good poker face,” US District Judge Thomas Cullen said during a major hearing in the case, where the Trump administration is challenging the ability of all 15 judges in Maryland’s federal district court from following a court rule that temporarily bars the administration from carrying out fast-moving deportations of immigrants. “I have some skepticism.”

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