Safety of Judges Who Defy Trump's Deportation Agenda Is at a 'High Risk,' Ex-Federal Judge Warns

Judges who continue to defy President Donald Trump's agenda, including his mass deportation plans, may be putting themselves and their families at risk, according to ex-federal judge John Jones.

"The constant mischaracterization by Trump and his allies of judicial rulings as political in nature, together with their false, vituperative and ad hominem attacks on individual judges who make them, skews the public's perception of the work of the federal judiciary," Jones told The Guardian.

"These attacks foment a climate where the safety of judges and their families is at high risk," he added.

Trump has clashed with the nation's courts since the start of his presidency, following a flurry of executive orders that federal judges scrambled to block. Currently, there are more than 200 lawsuits challenging the president's executive orders.

Some of the most high-profile cases question the constitutionality of Trump's orders to end birthright citizenship, deport thousands of Venezuelan migrants using 18th century wartime act, gut government agencies, and punish law firms associated with his political rivals.

In response to blocks against his executive orders, Trump and his MAGA allies continuously take to social media to rebuke the legal system, calling it "corrupt" and "anti-democratic."

Legal experts including Jones warn that such incendiary language threatens the physical safety of judges nationwide.

"I'm hearing everywhere that judges are worried about their own safety. There are people who are inflamed by the incendiary comments of our president and members of Congress about judges. Public officials have legitimized attacks on judges with whom they disagree," former judge Nancy Gertner told The Guardian.