.MaddowBlog: Many of the Biden administration's recent legal setbacks have something important in common – judges appointed by former President Trump.
A federal judge on Tuesday issued a nationwide injunction against a vaccine mandate for federal contractors, ruling that President Joe Biden probably exceeded his authority by imposing the requirement. Judge R. Stan Baker, who's based in Georgia, temporarily blocked implementation of the administration after a lawsuit from numerous states and a trade group argued that letting the mandate take effect on Jan.
The White House indicated yesterday that it still expects to prevail in this case, and the Justice Department will continue to defend the underlying policy, but the injunction was a disappointing setback. But it turns out that this is more than just a story about the judiciary and a public-health crisis. As a political matter, it's worth noting for context that District Court Judge R. Stan Baker was chosen for the federal bench by Donald Trump.
In fact, if this dynamic seems at all familiar, it's not your imagination. It was just last week, for example, when Judge Terry A. Doughty issued
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