Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho said he’s resigning from a judicial group after it spoke up in defense of judges who’ve been criticized and threatened, as billionaire Elon Musk and others lash out at members of the federal judiciary ruling against Trump administration policies.
Speaking at a Federalist Society event on Saturday, Ho said he decided to resign after the Federal Judges Association sent a statement following these latest attacks, but not in defense of US Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, or Brett Kavanaugh, as well other federal judges in Florida or Texas.
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