"Beginning last February, shortly after President Trump took office, a number of people I respect, including some federal judges, began urging me to retire and to speak out. They felt that as a result of my career, perhaps my reputation, the coincidence that I was appointed by Ronald Reagan, I would have some special stature to be heard in this cacophony of complaining voices."
"I was skeptical and I was reluctant, because I loved being a judge. I expected to do it as long as I was cognitively and physically able to do it. But it was the almost daily, outrageous, egregious things that the president and members of his administration were doing, things that are an assault on the rule of law, and democracy, and the fundamental ideal of equal justice under law, that finally led me to agree that I couldn't any longer bear to be silent."
Judge Mark L. Wolf retired after 40 years on the federal bench, driven by what he described as almost daily, outrageous actions by the president and administration. Colleagues and some federal judges urged him to retire and speak out, believing his career, reputation, and Reagan appointment would lend special stature amid widespread complaints. He was initially skeptical and reluctant because he loved being a judge and expected to serve while able. The accumulation of assaults on the rule of law, democracy, and equal justice convinced him he could no longer remain silent and compelled him to act.
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