There was a rather fascinating panel discussion at the Society for the Rule of Law summit this past week. [see a summary here ] Three retired federal judges -- Paul Grimm (ex-D MD), Nancy Gertner (ex- D MA), and Michael Luttig (ex- CA4), moderated by Benjamin Wittes of Lawfare -- spoke for an hour about what Judge Luttig called "the most important moment in all of American history . . . when the nation needs the federal judiciary more than it has ever needed it, and will ever need it again."

Judge Luttig [1] described the crisis this way:

Every day of the week, for the past 10 months, [district court] judges are facing the President of the United States and Attorney General of the United States… lying to their face. Lying to the judges. The prosecutors are lying to the federal courts. Me

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