Reuters reported last week that the Senate confirmed Eric Tung after President Donald Trump nominated him to serve on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

The president will soon be making another nomination, as another federal judge recently revealed that he is stepping down over Trump's "assault on the rule of law."

Judge lays out reasoning in op-ed piece

According to the Daily Caller, U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf officially announced this past Friday that he is retiring from the bench.

Wolf explained the rationale behind his departure in an op-ed piece published by The Atlantic, writing, "My reason is simple: I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom."

"President Donald Trump is using the law for partisan purposes, targeting his adversaries while sparing his friends and donors from investigation, prosecution, and possible punishment," Wolf alleged.

"This is contrary to everything that I have stood for in my more than 50 years in the Department of Justice and on the bench," the former judge maintained.

Wolf, who was appointed by former President Ronald Reagan, went on to add that "[t]he White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out."

Conservative attorney accuses Wolf of dishonesty

The Daily Caller noted how Wolf's op-ed piece was greeted with derision by critics, including conservative attorney Mike Davis.

1. Good riddance, Mark.

2. Mark is deceiving everyone by pretending he’s a Reagan Republican. Mark was hand-selected by both of his Massachusetts Democrat home-state senators.

3. Mark knows both of his Massachusetts Democrat home-state senators will keep open his vacancy until… https://t.co/KPOQhuz2yh

— 🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸 (@mrddmia) November 9, 2025

"Good riddance, Mark," Davis wrote in a social media post. "Mark is deceiving everyone by pretending he's a Reagan Republican. Mark was hand-selected by both of his Massachusetts Democrat home-state senators."

"If Trump is so lawless, why has he won over 80% of his petitions to the Supreme Court’s emergency docket this year?" the lawyer demanded.

Wolf pointed to indictment of New York attorney general

Among Wolf's complaints was that the Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on mortgage fraud, a move the former judge says was politically motivated.

Interestingly, Wolf did not mention how a New York appeals court threw out the half-billion-dollar civil judgment which James won against Trump.

Justice David Friedman wrote that James' "ultimate goal was not market hygiene … but political hygiene, ending with the derailment of President Trump’s political career and the destruction of his real estate business."