Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature,
Quote
of
the
Day.
The
Justice
Department
should
not
be
criticizing
the
judges
so
vigorously.
If
they
want
to
appeal,
they
should
just
go
ahead
and
appeal
and
not
take
to
social
media
and
castigate
the
judges.
It’s
not
clear
what
the
Justice
Department
is
doing,
but
I
don’t
think
they
are
doing
[themselves]
any
favors
by
insulting
the
judges.
The
use
of
the
term
‘rogue
judges’
is
the
last
thing
I
think
of
when
I
think
of
the
quality
of
the
bench
of
the
Eastern
District
of
Virginia.
—
Professor
Carl
Tobias
of
the
University
of
Richmond
School
of
Law,
in
comments
given
to
the
National
Law
Journal,
regarding
the
“gratuitous
swipes”
Attorney
General
Pam
Bondi
and
Deputy
Attorney
General
Todd
Blanche
made
against
Eastern
District
of
Virginia
judges
who
expressed
ongoing
concerns
about
recently
disqualified
interim
U.S.
Attorney
Lindsey
Halligan .
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