'Silence for me is intolerable’: Federal judge resigns over Trump's threats to rule of law

The battle to salvage whatever it is that remains of the rule of law in America. It just may go down as one of those shots heard around the world. And the news wasn't extraordinary because of what he was doing and retiring. It is how he did it. After 40 years on the bench, a federal judge appointed by Ronald Reagan with decades of experience overseeing criminal cases of mobsters and lawmakers alike is retiring from the bench so that he can sound the alarm and take a stand against Donald Trump's assault on t ...