Ex-judges blast top Trump DOJ official for declaring ‘war’ on courts

A group of former federal judges sharply criticized a top Justice Department official this week for characterizing the court fights playing out in President Donald Trump’s second term as a "war" against so-called "activist judges" — remarks they described as unnecessarily inflammatory, and amounting to "pouring oil" on an already fast-burning fire.Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, spoke colorfully last week during a fireside chat hosted by the Federalist Society. Blanche used his time to excoriate federal judges for pausing or blocking some of Trump's biggest executive orders and acti