Category KOR in the News

March 7, 2026 | Ron Devlin | Scranton Times Tribune Retired federal judge John E. Jones III, a Schuylkill County native, stands by his recent allegations that the Trump administration has created an atmosphere that’s exposing judges to harassment, personal…

March 6, 2026 | Ned Barnett | The News & Observer Allyson K. Duncan, a retired federal judge, refers to herself in courtroom parlance as “Exhibit A” while describing how much has changed since MAGA politics collided with the courts.…

March 5, 2026 | Lee Eric Smith | Tri State Defender Inside the Ford Theatre at the National Civil Rights Museum, four retired federal judges gathered Thursday, Feb. 26 to remind an audience that during the Civil Rights era, it…

March 3, 2026 | WPTF Keep Our Republic, a bipartisan group of former federal judges committed to defending judicial independence and the rule of law, will host a public forum titled “The Judiciary: Constitutional Checks and Balances.” It will be…

March 1, 2026 | Bill Whitaker, Heather Abbott | CBS News Judge Jones was featured on CBS News’s 60 Minutes to denounce the threats from the Trump administration. “It’s a presidency sort of on steroids. And you have a very dormant, I think, United States…

March 1, 2026 | Heather Abbott and Paulina Smolinski | CBS Federal District Judge John Coughenour was unprepared for what happened after he temporarily blocked President Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order last year and called it “blatantly unconstitutional.” He said…