The New Republic: "Trump Judge Says Some Women Are Just a `Warm, Wet Hole'"

Kevin R. Johnson

28 Apr 2026 — 1 min read

Believe It or Not: Check out this story from the New Republic: Trump Judge Says Some Women Are Just a “Warm, Wet Hole” According to the story,

"Melissa Isaak, an Army veteran and reservist, was hired by the Justice Department on April 8 as a temporary immigration judge. She was permitted to begin hearing cases immediately . . . . In 2007, Isaak graduated from Barry University School of Law . . . . Afterward, she joined [a] law firm . . . in Alabama . . . and in 2009 began her own private practice, self-styled as a `divorce attorney for men,' where she has worked ever since. . . . She does not have any immigration court experience . . . . Isaak was a defense attorney for three of the January 6 Capitol rioters (she later withdrew from two of the cases) . . . ."

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Law360: BREAKING: Justices To Weigh If Cooking For Terrorists Bars Asylum

Britain Eakin for Law360 reports that the U.S. Supreme Court today granted review "whether a Nigerian man's short stint as a cook for a terrorist group constituted `material support' that would render the already deported man ineligible for asylum." The Court granted the U.

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