Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns NYT | Top Stories By: Mattathias Schwartz 10 November 2025 at 06:42 Judge Mark L. Wolf, writing in The Atlantic, said he was stepping down to speak out against the “assault on the rule of law” by President Trump, whom he accused of “targeting his adversaries.” © Brian Snyder/ReutersU.S. District Court Judge Mark L. Wolf at the federal courthouse in Boston, in September.