Reagan judges surface as unfiltered assessors of Trump

When U.S. District Judge William Young ruled this summer that the Trump administration illegally canceled hundreds of research grants focused on gender identity or diversity, he went further than just striking the revocations down. The Reagan-appointed judge, who took the bench in 1985, said it was his “unflinching obligation” to draw the conclusion that the administration’s move amounted to racial discrimination and discrimination against the LGBTQ community. “That’s what…