Trump Legal Moves Attract Criticism From Reagan-Appointed Judges

Judges appointed by President Ronald Reagan are emerging as vocal critics of the Trump administration’s efforts to circumvent court orders or challenge the law in unprecedented ways, backed by decades of experience and plenty of practice being blunt in other cases.

The judges—all in their 80s and located in Washington, Boston, Seattle, and Charlottesville, Va.—have made notable remarks from the bench or in written rulings.