U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche urged young lawyers to join the administration's "war" against "rogue activist judges."

The big picture: His stark language exposed how the Trump-aligned Justice Department treats the judiciary less as an independent branch of government and more as an adversary to be fought.

Driving the news: "We need you, because it is a war, and it's something we will not win unless we keep on fighting," Blanche said Friday at an annual Federalist Society conference. • He said the Justice Department's lawyers are "bouncing around this country fighting these activist judges," who he said are "more political, or certainly as political, as the most liberal governor or" district attorney, Blanche said. • Blanche said there were "a group of judges that are repe

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