#Judicial-Independence
Events indexed under #Judicial-Independence — 31 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 | Chief Judge Bumb Appoints Career Prosecutor Robert Frazer as NJ US Attorney, Resolving Constitutional Crisis
4 src Chief Judge Renee Marie Bumb · Robert Frazer · Alina Habba · Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-17 | ~150 Retired Federal and State Judges File Bipartisan Amicus Brief Supporting Anthropic Against Pentagon Blacklist
2 src former federal judges · Anthropic | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-17 | Judge Quraishi Ejects DOJ Prosecutor From Courtroom, Orders NJ US Attorney Leadership to Testify
4 src Judge Zahid Quraishi · Mark Coyne · Philip Lamparello · Jordan Fox · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-07 | DOJ Appeals Four Court Rulings Blocking Trump Executive Orders Targeting Political Opponent Law Firms
3 src U.S. Department of Justice · Jenner and Block · Perkins Coie · Susman Godfrey · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-07 | Trump Administration Escalates Campaign to Strip Federal Judges of Power to Block Presidential Orders
4 src Trump Administration · U.S. Supreme Court · U.S. Department of Justice · U.S. House of Representatives | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-26 | Chief Judge Schiltz Threatens Criminal Contempt Against ICE After 96 Court Order Violations
4 src Patrick Schiltz · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Todd Lyons · Daniel Rosen · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-25 | Hegseth Appeals Ruling Protecting Sen. Kelly Military Rank, Calls Video "Sedition"
4 src Pete Hegseth · Mark Kelly · Richard Leon · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | Judge Bryan Holds Federal Government in Contempt for ICE Transfer Violations
3 src Jeffrey Bryan · Daniel Rosen · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | Federal Judge Blocks DOJ from Searching Washington Post Reporter's Seized Devices, Cites Cannot Trust Government
4 src William B. Porter · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Hannah Natanson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-19 | Supreme Court Rejects Trump Administration Emergency Request to Silence Immigration Judges, First Major Loss on Shadow Docket
4 src Supreme Court of the United States · Donald Trump · National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ) · Department of Justice · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-10 | DOJ Leaders Attack Federal Judges for Disqualifying Lindsey Halligan as Unlawfully Appointed U.S. Attorney
4 src Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Lindsey Halligan · Judge Cameron McGowan Currie · +4 | reported | |
| 2025-12-09 | Third Federal Judge Calls for Lindsey Halligan's Resignation as Unlawfully Appointed U.S. Attorney
4 src Leonie Brinkema · Lindsey Halligan · Alina Habba · James Comey · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-12-08 | Trump Administration Fires Nearly 100 Immigration Judges in Ideological Purge Targeting Immigrant Defense Backgrounds While Court Backlog Exceeds 3.4 Million Cases
3 src Department of Justice · Executive Office for Immigration Review · Tania Nemer · Kyra Lilien · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-07 | Judge Blocks DOJ from Using Evidence Seized from Comey's Attorney in Fourth Amendment Ruling
3 src Colleen Kollar-Kotelly · Daniel Richman · James Comey · Department of Justice · +4 | reported | |
| 2025-12-04 | Grand Jury Rejects DOJ's Weaponized Prosecution of NY Attorney General Letitia James
6 src Letitia James · U.S. Department of Justice · Norfolk Virginia Grand Jury · Judge Cameron McGowan Currie · +8 | reported | |
| 2025-11-30 | Kristi Noem Denies Defying Court Order on National Television, Calls Judges "Activist"
4 src Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. District Judge James Boasberg · Kristen Welker · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-24 | Federal Judge Dismisses Indictments Against Letitia James and Comey, Ruling Halligan's Appointment Unlawful
4 src Cameron McGowan Currie · Letitia James · James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · +6 | reported | |
| 2025-10-25 | ICE Deports Man to Laos Despite Federal Court Order Blocking Removal, Ignoring Torture and Persecution Risk
6 src Chanthila "Shawn" Souvannarath · Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick · ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) · ACLU of Louisiana · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-29 | DOJ Loosens Requirements to Deploy ~600 Military JAG Officers as Immigration Judges
3 src Department of Justice · Trump · U.S. Military | reported | |
| 2025-08-20 | US Imposes Unprecedented Sanctions on Four International Criminal Court Officials
5 src Kimberly Prost · Nicolas Guillou · Nazhat Shameem Khan · Mame Mandiaye Niang · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-15 | Federal Judicial System Faces Unprecedented Integrity Challenge
3 src Margaret Satterthwaite · UN Special Rapporteur · Supreme Court Justices · Sen. Cory Booker · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-09 | DC Bar delivers 91% rebuke to Trump-allied candidates
4 src DC Bar Association · Bradley Bondi (Paul Hastings, brother of AG Pam Bondi) · Diane Seltzer (employment attorney, winner) · Alicia Long (DOJ attorney) · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-05 | Congressional Hearing Exposes Systematic Judicial Intimidation Tactics
4 src Senate Judiciary Committee · Chief Justice John Roberts · U.S. Marshals Service · Supreme Court Justices · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-05 | Trump Administration Escalates Judicial Oversight Tensions
3 src Trump Administration · Federal Courts · U.S. Supreme Court | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-10 | Mass Judicial Removal Attempt Triggers Constitutional Emergency
3 src Trump Administration · Federal Judiciary · Department of Justice · White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-15 | Federal Judiciary Responds to Mounting Constitutional Threats in Emergency Closed-Door Conference
3 src Federal Judiciary Leadership · Judge Richard Sullivan · U.S. Marshals Service · Judicial Conference Leadership · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Federal Judges Address Escalating Threats to Judicial Independence
3 src Chief Justice John Roberts · Chief Judge James Boasberg · Federal Judiciary · U.S. Supreme Court · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-01 | Systematic assault on judicial independence begins
4 src Trump Administration · Federal Judiciary · Law firms | confirmed | |
| 2016-06-02 | Trump Attacks Federal Judge Curiel as "Mexican" Despite Indiana Birth, Paul Ryan Calls It "Textbook Racism"
3 src Donald Trump · Gonzalo Curiel · Paul Ryan | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-27 | Obama Criticizes Citizens United at State of Union, Alito Responds 'Not True'
4 src Barack Obama · Samuel Alito · John Roberts · Ruth Bader Ginsburg · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1937-07-22 | Senate Defeats FDR Court-Packing Plan 70-22, Handing Roosevelt His Greatest Legislative Defeat
3 src U.S. Senate · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Senate Judiciary Committee · Joseph Robinson · +2 | confirmed |