The Friday arrest of a Wisconsin judge has ratcheted up the stakes even higher in President Trump’s clash with the judiciary.

To his liberal critics, it is the latest example of Trump’s willingness to traduce norms, demolish democratic guardrails and seek to intimidate ideological opponents.

To his supporters, it is a righteous push to ensure that the immigration laws, in particular, are upheld and to choke off the leeway that liberal-leaning judges have had to impose their own will.

All of this comes in a context of repeated clashes with judges, especially — but not exclusively — over immigration, and polls showing Trump’s position eroding as he nears his 100th day in office.

The specific allegations against Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan are set out in a charging document that is now public. Lawyers for the judge say she will vigorously protest her innocence against the charges.

The offenses alleged are obstructing or impeding a proceeding, and concealing an individual to prevent his discovery and arrest.

The controversy starts with a Mexican citizen, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, who appears to have initially been removed from the United States as an unauthorized migrant back in 2013.

Flores-Ruiz seems to have reentered the country some time after that, again illegally. His path intersected with Dugan this month because he was charged with three counts of battery-domestic abuse.

Immigration officials, becoming aware of the case, issued a warrant for Flores-Ruiz’s address the day before he was to appear in Dugan’s court on the criminal charge. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents then went to the court........

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