BJI News
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
Read the full article.
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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