“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
“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
“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
“When Donald Trump says a distinguished judge born in Indiana can't do his job because of his Mexican heritage, or he mocks a reporter with disabilities, or calls women pigs, it goes against everything we stand for.” JobsBornJudgingTrumpDisabilityHeritagePigsReportersMexicanDistinguishedIndiana Author:Hillary Clinton
“We have a man [Donald Trump] who judges people based on their performance regardless of your gender, race, your ethnic or religious background.” PeopleMenReligiousRaceJudgingTrumpPerformancesGenderBackgrounds Author:Chris Christie
“I never respond to Donald Trump's personal insults about me. I could care less what he says about me. I'm going to respond when he calls a judge unqualified because of his Mexican heritage, or mocks a reporter with a disability, or says demeaning things about women. And the list goes on.” CareJudgingGoes OnTrumpListsInsultDisabilityHeritageReportersMexicanUnqualifiedDemeaningCould Care Less Author:Hillary Clinton
“There's no question that Donald Trump has said things that are very unsettling. I mean, whether it's comparing Mexicans to rapists, demonizing Muslim Americans, excoriating the federal judge who was handling the case.” MeanSaidCasesJudgingTrumpCompareFederal Judges Author:Donna Brazile