
The recusal of every active federal judge at Nashville from Senator Marsha Blackburn's lawsuit against Special Counsel Jack Smith is a striking development in a high-profile constitutional crash.

An order handed down earlier this week by Chief United States District Judge William Campbell to declares that all district judges of the Middle District of Tennessee have recused in this matter.

As such, a district judge from outside the district will be designated by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

The judges who recuse themselves are Judge Campbell Jr., Judge Waverly Crenshaw Jr., Judge Eli Richardson, and Judge Alita Traeger.


The recusal of every active federal judge at Nashville from Senator Marsha Blackburn's lawsuit against Special Counsel Jack Smith is a striking development in a high-profile constitutional crash.

An order handed down earlier this week by Chief United States District Judge William Campbell to declares that all district judges of the Middle District of Tennessee have recused in this matter.

As such, a district judge from outside the district will be designated by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

The judges who recuse themselves are Judge Campbell Jr., Judge Waverly Crenshaw Jr., Judge Eli Richardson, and Judge Alita Traeger.

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