"Like other government officials, judges sometimes violate the law,"
"This case involves an extraordinary form of judicial interference in Executive prerogatives."
"But as events over the past several months have revealed, these are not normal timesat least regarding the interplay between the Executive and this coordinate branch of government. It's no surprise that the Executive chose a different, and more confrontational, path entirely,"
"To hold otherwise would run counter to overwhelming precedent, depart from longstanding constitutional tradition, and offend the rule of law,"
U.S. District Judge Thomas Cullen dismissed the Justice Department's lawsuit naming all 15 Maryland federal district judges. The Justice Department argued the Maryland court exceeded its authority by imposing a temporary 48‑hour freeze on deportations for migrants who filed petitions challenging their detention. Cullen said the usual remedies would be appeals of individual decisions or petitions to the judicial council, not a blanket suit against an entire bench. Cullen concluded that suing all judges would conflict with precedent, undermine constitutional tradition, and offend the rule of law. The Maryland judges retained outside counsel because DOJ filed the suit.
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