Immediately
after
Trump
won
the
second
election,
the
most
popular
flavor
of
cope
was
to
throw
up
one’s
hands
and
ask
“How
bad
could
it
really
be?”
Things
then
proceeded
to
become
really
bad
—
the
administration
attacked
private
industries
with
executive
orders,
student
journalists
and
protestors
faced
deportation
risks
for
sharing
thoughts
the
state
deemed
unacceptable,
and
the
FBI
started
arresting
judges
who
didn’t
cooperate
with
sending
immigrants
to
torture
prisons.
Judge
Hannah
Dugan’s
case
made
it
clear
that
ICE
was
no
longer
in
the
business
of
excluding
courthouses
from
their
patrol
range.
That
was
the
norm
prior
to
2018
and
there
was
wisdom
to
it;
ICE
is
scary.
Federal
agents
standing
around
courthouses
posed
an
access
to
justice
issue,
as
any
attempt
to
get
a
restraining
order
or
complain
about
a
landlord’s
crappy
property
upkeep
could
result
in
a
deportation.
While
the
threat
of
ICE
making
a
mess
of
general
proceedings
still
stands
for
many
judges,
Dugan
won’t
have
to
deal
with
that
any
more.
She
resigned
shortly
after
being
convicted
of
obstructing
federal
agents.
You
can
read
her
resignation
letter
on
the
tweet
below:
Nice
to
know
that
she
still
has
some
hope
in
the
process.
Now
to
see
if
it
was
well-placed.
Her
resignation
moots
the
effort
to
impeach
her
off
the
bench
and
opens
it
to
whomever
the
governor
appoints
in
her
stead.
Big
shoes
to
fill.
Earlier:
So,
We’ve
Entered
The
‘FBI
Arresting
Judges’
Stage
Of
Dystopia
If
Trump
Is
Immune,
So
Is
The
WI
Judge
The
DOJ
Just
Arrested
Judge
To
Hear
If
Green
Card
Holders
Can
Be
Deported
For
Disagreeing
With
American
Policy
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected]
and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.