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Judge Patrick J. Schiltz had warned that the administration’s actions “created a grave threat to the rule of law.” The attorney general accused him of “obvious bias.”
Judge Patrick Schiltz, an appointee of George W. Bush, became an unlikely foil for his criticism of the Trump administration’s tactics in Minnesota.
Judge Patrick Schiltz, an appointee of George W. Bush, became an unlikely foil for his criticism of the Trump administration’s tactics in Minnesota.
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A high-stakes hearing Friday will bring the immigration crackdown in Minnesota to a head in the courts, as the nation’s top Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official will be forced to take the stand to explain the agency’s aggressive surge. “The Court’s patience is at an end,” Patrick Schiltz, the chief judge of Minnesota’s federal district court, wrote Monday. Schiltz’s contempt threat against acting ICE Director Todd Lyons comes as the court has been overwhelmed with lawsuits challenging the agency’s tactics and the Trump administration’s efforts to shield it from scrutiny. The Hill's Zach Schonfeld explores all of that in The Gavel, his newsletter covering the courts and legal issues. Read More:…
"The extent of IC'’s violation of court orders is likewise extraordinary, and lesser measures have been tried and failed," Judge Patrick J. Schiltz wrote