""Talking straight here," Young said, "the big problem in this case is that the Cabinet secretaries and ostensibly, the president of the United States, are not honoring the First Amendment." Then he turned his fire directly on Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio: "These cabinet secretaries have failed in their sworn duty to uphold the Constitution.""
"Young went even harder, saying: "I find it breathtaking that I have been compelled on the evidence to find the conduct of such high-level officers of our government - cabinet secretaries - conspired to infringe the First Amendment rights of people with such rights here in the United States." That is not the language of mild concern. That is the language of a judge who thinks the executive branch is playing Calvinball with the Constitution."
Judge William Young, 84 and Reagan-appointed, sharply criticized the Trump administration for allegedly retaliating against international students who protested in support of Palestine by targeting their immigration status. He called the president an "authoritarian," accused the administration of an "unconstitutional conspiracy to pick off certain people," and said the government excluded "from participation everyone who doesn't agree with them." Young asserted that Cabinet secretaries and the president were not honoring the First Amendment, named Kristi Noem and Marco Rubio as having failed to uphold the Constitution, and found evidence that high-level officers conspired to infringe First Amendment rights.
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