Harmeet Dhillon

It is the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.

It is the basis on which this country was founded and so

I look forward to getting convictions under both of these statutes eventually against all the people charged.

So

Let me explain to your audience how magistrate judges work.

I've gone before many of them, and often we lawyers who are looking for a speedy resolution of our cases, we stipulate to magistrates actually trying cases where there's a bench trial situation.

So I respect the role of the magistrate judge, but the magistrate judge is an employee of the federal court.

They have tenure appointments.

They are selected by the district court Article III judges, so the life tenure judges in the district court.

They put out a posting.

People apply for the job.

They go through an interview process.

They get selected.

So they're hired by the court.

So if you have a certain bias

in who gets appointed to the court because of the notorious blue slip process, who can get through the archaic and frankly needs to go blue slip process in 2026, then you're going to have a bias selection panel and you're going to have an outcome of this type of person.

And even so,

I don't presume any person who administers justice is biased.

I deeply respect judges, and I think many of them try to do the right thing, no matter whether they're Democrat or Republican.

I've gotten good outcomes from Democrat-appointed judges, particularly in constitutional issues.