Trump’s Stealth Coup in Federal Courts

The right is establishing a stranglehold over the federal judiciary that will last for decades

Justin Ward
GEN
Published in
10 min readJan 9, 2020

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RRetention is a problem that has plagued Donald Trump for his entire presidency. His cabinet picks have been notoriously short-lived: He has the highest turnover rate of any president in the past four decades. (The garrulous Anthony Scaramucci…

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Justin Ward
GEN
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Journalist and activist. Founder and co-chair of DivestSPD. Bylines at SPLC, The Baffler, GEN, USA Today. Follow on Twitter: @justwardoctrine, @DivestSPD