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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan can be reached at sdinan@washingtontimes.com.

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In this Nov. 22, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump speaks with reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Donald Trump hit of judges ideological gap correct

President Trump wasn't wrong last week when he pointed to an obvious ideological gap between judges nominated by a Democratic president versus those nominated by a Republican -- but legal experts said his mistake was in coupling it with such naked criticism of the judiciary. Published November 25, 2018

In this March 27, 2018, file photo, plaintiffs Cathrine Schmid, second left, and Conner Callahan, second right, listens with supporters during a news conference in front of a federal courthouse following a hearing in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) ** FILE **

Trump admin asks Supreme Court to speed transgender troops case

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court Friday to step in and rule that a policy prohibiting transgender troops from serving in the military is legal, seeking to short-circuit lower courts which have been skeptical about the ban. Published November 23, 2018

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Judge allows lawsuit against Trump charity to proceed

A New York judge ruled Friday that the state's lawsuit against President Trump's charity can proceed, rejecting the president's insistence that he's immune from these sorts of cases while he's in the Oval Office. Published November 23, 2018

In this Sept. 27, 2017 file photo, Chief Justice John Roberts speaks during the Bicentennial of Mississippi's Judiciary and Legal Profession Banquet in Jackson, Miss. Roberts is pushing back against President Donald Trumps description of a judge who ruled against the administrations new asylum policy as an Obama judge. Its the first time that the leader of the federal judiciary has offered even a hint of criticism of Trump, who has previously blasted federal judges who ruled against him. Roberts says Wednesday that the U.S. doesnt have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges. He is commenting in a statement released by the Supreme Court after a query by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) **FILE**

Chief Justice John G. Roberts rebuts Trump on criticism of judges

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. issued a striking rebuff to President Trump on Wednesday, saying there is no such thing as "Obama judges or Trump judges" and insisting the country's federal judges uphold their independence from politics. Published November 21, 2018

President Trump was furious over the asylum ruling, complaining that federal judges in the 9th judicial circuit, which covers the West Coast, aren't giving him a fair shake. (Associated Press)

Obama-appointed judges undercut Trump on immigration

President Trump lost two big immigration court rulings Tuesday, after a federal judge in California shot down his attempt to limit asylum claims and another judge in Michigan ordered the administration to release nearly 100 Iraqi immigrants living in the U.S. illegally who had been detained as part of a travel ban-related deal. Published November 20, 2018

In this Nov. 16, 2018, photo, members of the U.S. military install multiple tiers of concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande near the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge at the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas. The Pentagon is estimating the cost of the military's mission on the U.S.-Mexico border will be about $210 million under current plans. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Kirstjen Nielsen, James Mattis: Troops to stay on Mexico border

The Trump administration says there is no timetable for the 5,800 troops at the border being withdrawn, undercutting a general who said Monday that he was beginning to draw down troops this week and expected all of them would be home by mid-December. Published November 20, 2018

In this Feb. 7, 2017, file photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, foreign nationals are arrested during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP, File)

Man tried to bribe ICE to deport wife

An Oregon man pleaded guilty Tuesday to trying to pay a deportation officer to oust his wife from the country. Published November 20, 2018

President Donald Trump speaks to the media before leaving the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, to travel to Florida, where he will spend Thanksgiving at Mar-a-Lago. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump vows to battle judges after latest immigration court defeat

President Trump vowed to retaliate Tuesday against liberal judges on the West Coast who he said appear to have it in for him, commenting hours after an Obama-appointed judge delivered yet another legal spanking to the administration on immigration policy. Published November 20, 2018

In this Sept. 5, 2018, file photo, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen speaks to George Washington University's Center for Cyber and Homeland Security, in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Judge orders feds to release dozens of illegal immigrants from Iraq

A federal judge ordered the government Tuesday to release nearly 100 migrants from Iraq who were awaiting deportation, finding that there's little chance they will be sent back home any time soon, so keeping them in detention now violates their rights. Published November 20, 2018

Central American migrants, as part of the Central American caravan trying to reach the United States, wait to receive donated dinner downtown in Mexicali, Mexico, Monday, Nov. 19, 2018. The United States closed off northbound traffic for several hours at the busiest border crossing with Mexico to install new security barriers on Monday, a day after hundreds of Tijuana residents protested against the presence of thousands of Central American migrants.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Immigration surges to top issue in Gallup poll

Immigration is now the top issue for Americans, according to the latest Gallup polling released Tuesday that says 21 percent of Americans identified migration and the country's borders as the major problem facing the U.S. Published November 20, 2018

Central American migrants, as part of the Central American caravan trying to reach the United States, wait in a line to receive donated dinner downtown in Mexicali, Mexico, Monday, Nov. 19, 2018. The United States closed off northbound traffic for several hours at the busiest border crossing with Mexico to install new security barriers on Monday, a day after hundreds of Tijuana residents protested against the presence of thousands of Central American migrants. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Army says no timetable for pulling troops from border

The Army says there is no timetable for the 5,800 troops at the border being withdrawn, undercutting a general who said Monday that he was beginning to draw down troops this week and expected all of them would be home by mid-December. Published November 20, 2018