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Trump's DOJ told a judge how to rule. Then it pulled her from court mid-hearing.

THE JUDGE HAD JUST CALLED COURT TO ORDER on that winter morning, and already, a dozen attorneys waited on her TV screen, each with an urgent request. Their clients, all locked up and facing deportation, needed hearing dates scheduled or bond requests considered. As always, the judge had prepared for every case days earlier, because almost nothing happened in Courtroom 15 that she didn’t anticipate. Then the door behind her swung open, thudding against the wall. In walked her supervisor. Subscrib