“For the most part, much of the legal world's attention has been focused on Donald Trump and his attacks on Gonzalo Curiel, the federal judge who is currently presiding over the Trump University fraud cases in California. Trump somehow managed to offend surprising numbers of establishment Republicans.” WorldHas BeensNumbersAttentionCasesJudgingTrumpRepublicanUniversityFocusedCaliforniaFraudEstablishmentSurprisingFederal Judges Author:Dahlia Lithwick
“The criticism from the other side of [race] debate - and these are not necessarily I think defenders of [Donald] Trump, but they're certainly quick to say, you know, if you're going to live by the race card, you die by the race card.” IfsThinkingKnowsDiesSidesRaceTrumpCriticismDebateCardsLive ByDefendersRace Car Author:Dahlia Lithwick
“What's exquisitely weird about the Donald Trump/Judge [Gonzalo] Curiel formulation is that this isn't even a case about race.” RaceCasesJudgingTrump Author:Dahlia Lithwick
“What's doubly, possibly triply weird about the [Donald] Trump claim is that I said something really hateful and offended an entire class of people, and in a case that actually has nothing to do with race he should still be conflicted out.” PeopleShouldSaidStillsRaceClassCasesTrumpClaimsOffendedHateful Author:Dahlia Lithwick
“On the one hand we want to preserve the integrity of the judicial branch, and we want to talk about judicial independence, and how damaging and dangerous it is when Donald Trump calls out Judge [Gonzalo] Curiel. And at the same time, at the end of the day, judges work for us and we can recall them and we can impeach them.” WantEndsHandsDangerousJudgingTrumpIntegrityIndependencePreservesBranchesThe End Of The DayRecallsJudicialJudicial Branch Author:Dahlia Lithwick
