On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis took the unusual step of ordering Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino to appear in court every day to report on “use of force incidents” after a series of tear gassings in Chicago neighborhoods flouted her past orders. On Wednesday, less than two hours before Bovino — the head of Trump’s Chicago immigration crackdown — was set to appear before Ellis for his first check-in, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals put a temporary halt to the judge’s order. Without comment, the appellate court granted an emergency motion from the Trump administration that described Ellis’ order as “extraordinary and extraordinarily disruptive.” On today's podcast, federal defense attorney Mike Leonard on the role of federal judges in Operation Midway Blitz.