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Judge Fogel’s recent interview and quotes
February 26, 2026
Berkeley Judicial Institute (BJI)’s Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.) spoke in an interview with CBS News in the recent segment, Judges angry about Trump administration violating their orders in immigration cases, NYT reports. Watch the full interview.
February 20, 2026
Berkeley Judicial Institute (BJI)’s Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.) is quoted in the New York Times article, Even After Supreme Court Ruling, Trump Insists He Can Do as He Wishes
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From the article:
In my professional career, I don’t remember any president attacking judges in quite so personal way,” said Jeremy Fogel, a retired federal judge and former executive director of the Federal Judicial Center. “Presidents of both parties have been unhappy with major decisions. That’s not unusual and sometimes they’ll express pretty extreme disappointment about what the court did, but the name-calling in my experience is unprecedented.”
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Educating the Community about the Judiciary - Judge Jeremy Fogel
Judge Jeremy Fogel (U.S. District Judge, Northern District of CA, ret.) shares how he reaches out to the community to educate those outside of the judiciary, whether high school students, jurors, retirement home residents, or the general public, about the Constitution, the work of a judge, and more. He emphasizes that civic education requires more than just teaching about the three branches of government; it requires listening to what people believe and know, and meeting them where they are. Judge Fogel says judges need to be good explainers and good listeners, both of which are very teachable skills. His tip for those interested in educating the public about the judiciary is to ask, “Tell me more about what you’ve heard?”
The following are slides Judge Fogel uses in teaching high school students: Rule of Law