'Worst judicial neck-punching ever': Legal analysts stunned by explosive Trump DOJ hearing

Legal analysts at Slate are calling a federal court hearing in New Jersey this week one of the "harshest judicial rebukes" of the Trump Justice Department yet — and say the fallout goes beyond embarrassment.

Writing for Slate's Amicus podcast, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern broke down Friday an "explosive" transcript obtained by The New York Times in which U.S. District Judge Zahid Quraishi "laid bare the disturbing incompetence and contempt currently plaguing the entire agency."

Stern...